26/07/2025
Good morning, beloved of the Lord. Happy and blessed Saturday, the 26th of July, 2025. Pride will make you miss your God-given blessing! Be humble!
2 Kings 5:7-12;
[7]When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “This man sends me a l***r to heal! Am I God that I can give life and take it away? I can see that he’s just trying to pick a fight with me.”
[8]But when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes in dismay, he sent this message to him: “Why are you so upset? Send Naaman to me, and he will learn that there is a true prophet here in Israel.”
[9]So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and waited at the door of Elisha’s house.
[10]But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.”
[11]But Naaman became angry and stalked away. “I thought he would certainly come out to meet me!” he said. “I expected him to wave his hand over the leprosy and call on the name of the Lord his God and heal me!
[12]Aren’t the rivers of Damascus, the Abana, and the Pharpar, better than any of the rivers of Israel? Why shouldn’t I wash in them and be healed?” So Naaman turned and went away in a rage.
Beloved, Naaman almost missed his blessing of being cleansed of his leprosy by the servant of God. When he was given an instruction which in his hearing sounded too ordinary and too mundane, he got angry and protested. He thought and said to himself that they had better rivers where he came from in Damascus and so wondered why he was to dip himself in a dirty river. Little did he know that much as there were clean rivers in his country, there were no prophets to instruct there but in Samaria. Don't be too quick to react negatively to instructions. Think through instructions and carry them out. At times, the Holy Spirit will instruct you to lay down on a dirty floor with your best suit. Just go ahead and do it. It might be what you need for that breakthrough. God might want to give you more than a suit once the instruction is followed. Be sensitive and honour divine instructions, though they may look foolish and ordinary. Don't react like Naaman, who almost missed his blessing due to pride! Shalom, and have a blessed weekend!