He Was Clean
So Naaman
came with his horses and chariots, and halted at the entrance of Elisha’s house. Elisha sent a
messenger to him, saying, “Go, wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh
shall be restored and you shall be clean.” But Naaman
became angry and went away, saying, “I thought that for me he would surely come
out, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and would wave his
hand over the spot, and cure the leprosy! Are not Abana,
and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all
the water of Israel? Could I not wash in them, and be clean?” He turned and
went away in a rage. But his servants approached and said to him, “Father, if
the prophet had commanded you to do something difficult, would you not have
done it? How much more, when all he said to you was, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” So
he went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the
word of the man of God; his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy,
and he was clean.
God gives us gifts to aid each other.
But self-sufficiency shuts the door on much-needed help. Be open to the helping
hand He provides.
The first step
in getting help is humility.
Our Daily
Bread – September 1, 2007