2Kings 5:. 1- 14.(AMP)
1NAAMAN, COMMANDER of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, accepted [and acceptable], because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
2The Syrians had gone out in bands and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited on Naaman's wife.
3She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.
4[Naaman] went in and told his king, Thus and thus said the maid from Israel.
5And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, 6,000 shekels of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel. It said, When this letter comes to you, I will with it have sent to you my servant Naaman, that you may cure him of leprosy.
7When the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Just consider and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.
8When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to the king, asking, Why have you rent your clothes? Let Naaman come now to me and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stopped at Elisha's door.
10Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean.
11But Naaman was angry and went away and said, Behold, I thought he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and heal the leper.
12Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13And his servants came near and said to him, My father, if the prophet had bid you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather, then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean?
14Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, as the man of God had said, and his flesh was restored like that of a little child, and he was clean.
Often, we get so familiar with a condition or a lifestyle which causes us not to discern the direction The Lord is leading us. From the scripture above, it can be seen that Naaman the commander of the Syrian army was so used to the rivers Abanah and Pharpar that he despised the idea of washing himself in the river Jordan when the man of God instructed him to. Again it can be seen that the genesis of Naaman's deliverance came from an unlikely source i.e the Hebrew slave girl. There are moments in life that God requires us to stoop low before He brings deliverance in our lives. God's ways are higher than our ways. So are His thoughts. The way God sees situations is different from the way we do.
Naaman was a prominent member of the Syrian army. He was a man of integrity but he had to live with a shameful disease. In our walk as believers, there are moments in our lives in which we face unfriendly circumstances. There are moments in which we fight battles which seems unending. These circumstances sometimes dents our image and causes us to recoil in our shells. The Lord requires us to see things just as He does. We may be used to (Abanah and Pharpar) the luxurious lifestyle. We may be used to a particular prayer topic but God requires us to turn to the direction which He is leading us. He may lead us to(Jordan) the unattractive places but we must learn to trust in His leading. The Lord does not follow logic. He requires us to let go of our pride, humble ourselves and follow the direction He desires us to go.
There will be instances where He will lead us to the unlikeliest of counsel like the Hebrew slave girl to bring deliverance. All He requires from us is our humility. The Lord is not so much concerned about the comfort you have in (Abanah and Pharpar). Abanah and Pharpar can be things in our lives that hinders us from seeing the fullness of His power. It is prudent we humble ourselves and follow where He wants to lead us. God is not a mechanical God. The way He works today is different from how He will work tomorrow. He requires us to humble ourselves and trust Him. The path He leads us may not be what we want, we should learn to follow the Lord closely and humble ourselves. He is able to use what we disregard to our advantage. Let us always ask for His will for our lives. Let us always ask Him the direction He wants us to go. Let us let go of pride and humble ourselves before the King. The Lord always gives His grace to the humble. He is able to manifest His power mightily in us if we let go off pride and allow meekness to rule our hearts. May The Lord grant us the grace to walk in the humility which He requires of us. Until we realise this truth, we will always be in bondage.
Glory to Daddy King Jesus
1NAAMAN, COMMANDER of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, accepted [and acceptable], because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
2The Syrians had gone out in bands and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited on Naaman's wife.
3She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.
4[Naaman] went in and told his king, Thus and thus said the maid from Israel.
5And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, 6,000 shekels of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel. It said, When this letter comes to you, I will with it have sent to you my servant Naaman, that you may cure him of leprosy.
7When the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Just consider and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.
8When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to the king, asking, Why have you rent your clothes? Let Naaman come now to me and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stopped at Elisha's door.
10Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean.
11But Naaman was angry and went away and said, Behold, I thought he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and heal the leper.
12Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13And his servants came near and said to him, My father, if the prophet had bid you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather, then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean?
14Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, as the man of God had said, and his flesh was restored like that of a little child, and he was clean.
Often, we get so familiar with a condition or a lifestyle which causes us not to discern the direction The Lord is leading us. From the scripture above, it can be seen that Naaman the commander of the Syrian army was so used to the rivers Abanah and Pharpar that he despised the idea of washing himself in the river Jordan when the man of God instructed him to. Again it can be seen that the genesis of Naaman's deliverance came from an unlikely source i.e the Hebrew slave girl. There are moments in life that God requires us to stoop low before He brings deliverance in our lives. God's ways are higher than our ways. So are His thoughts. The way God sees situations is different from the way we do.
Naaman was a prominent member of the Syrian army. He was a man of integrity but he had to live with a shameful disease. In our walk as believers, there are moments in our lives in which we face unfriendly circumstances. There are moments in which we fight battles which seems unending. These circumstances sometimes dents our image and causes us to recoil in our shells. The Lord requires us to see things just as He does. We may be used to (Abanah and Pharpar) the luxurious lifestyle. We may be used to a particular prayer topic but God requires us to turn to the direction which He is leading us. He may lead us to(Jordan) the unattractive places but we must learn to trust in His leading. The Lord does not follow logic. He requires us to let go of our pride, humble ourselves and follow the direction He desires us to go.
There will be instances where He will lead us to the unlikeliest of counsel like the Hebrew slave girl to bring deliverance. All He requires from us is our humility. The Lord is not so much concerned about the comfort you have in (Abanah and Pharpar). Abanah and Pharpar can be things in our lives that hinders us from seeing the fullness of His power. It is prudent we humble ourselves and follow where He wants to lead us. God is not a mechanical God. The way He works today is different from how He will work tomorrow. He requires us to humble ourselves and trust Him. The path He leads us may not be what we want, we should learn to follow the Lord closely and humble ourselves. He is able to use what we disregard to our advantage. Let us always ask for His will for our lives. Let us always ask Him the direction He wants us to go. Let us let go of pride and humble ourselves before the King. The Lord always gives His grace to the humble. He is able to manifest His power mightily in us if we let go off pride and allow meekness to rule our hearts. May The Lord grant us the grace to walk in the humility which He requires of us. Until we realise this truth, we will always be in bondage.
Glory to Daddy King Jesus
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