My dear reader,
I must apologize, once again, for my complete lack of posts over the past month. It all began with my complete horror over my crippled keyboard (you would be shocked by the number of words that contain the letter a) and it developed into a broken habit and the end of something that was probably good. So, I am going to try again.
I think that you should also be warned…over the past few months I have been learning the blessings and curses of routine in spiritual things.
The routine can be the tie that holds us to faithfulness, or it can be the switch that moves us from worship to activity. I have troubles with walking that line.
There will be times that you will not hear from me because continuing to post may prevent my private walk from being what it could be.
So bear with me…and let’s see where this can go.
The point that I want to make tonight is simple: God has not called us to critique his commands, he has simply asked us for a “yes Lord” and a response.
The true is, God’s commands will probable seem absolutely ludicrous at one point or another in the case of our story tonight, I am quite sure that it did…
Here is the sparknotes version…
An army commander named Naaman came down with leprosy…yuck.
He heard that the prophet Elisha might be able to help him to receive healing from God…cool
He gathered up lots of valuables with the intention of paying for healing…
The prophet Elisha did not ask for money, he simply said…
"Go, wash yourself seven times in the
So…basically, Elisha just told Naaman to go and take a really good bath with the hopes of using that to cure a disease…
Naaman was insulted by this command and had to be convinced to follow it by a servant who 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, '
so, Naaman took his bath…and he was healed.
Naaman was looking for something big and exciting, but God simply wanted him to follow something simple and a bit strange.
The really cool thing about our God is the fact that he knows what he is doing…even when his plan seems ridiculous.
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