2 Kings 5:1-19

 "Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!”

{2 Kings 5:13} (NIV1984)

Naaman needed healing. He had gone to great lengths to seek out a person who could heal him. He had listened to one of his slaves, gotten permission from his king, brought large sums of money and had come to his enemies to seek healing from leprosy. He had gone to the door of Elisha’s house and had listened to what Elisha’s servant told him, and now he was in a rage! We see this as simple pride, and yet, Naaman had shown humility in listening to the slave and approaching his enemies for help. The unreasonableness of Naaman’s rage shows that there was a spirit trying to stop him from being healed. It took his servants asking him this question to help him enter into healing. 

I wonder my friend, about us. We mourn over sin, we seek God’s face, we humble ourselves, and then when a simple, basic step of action is required for healing we balk. Why won’t we do the simple thing? We want healing - don’t we? We want to be rid of this sin - don’t we? Then why won’t we do the simple thing asked of us? Friend, Naaman had to enter the river, to experience the healing, he had to listen to reason, overcome his internal resistance, and then go and do the thing he was told. 

May our personal story this day have the happy, blessed ending, that Naaman’s story had! May we enter into God’s healing today!

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