Doing it God’s way

“And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?” - 2 Kings 5v13

Namaan was the commander of the Syrian troops when he contracted leprosy. Among his servants was a young girl from Israel who knew the Lord. She knew that her master could be healed if he could talk to the prophet.

When he finally was able to speak to Elisha he was told to go and dip in the Jordan River seven times. Namaan was not at all pleased. “I thought he would just come out and wave his hand over me to heal me. There are plenty of rivers back home that I could have washed in!”

His servant addressed his concerns, “If he had told you to do some great work, would you have done it?” Namaan knew that she was right, dipped in the Jordan, and was healed.

God has His way of doing things. Sometimes it does not make sense to us. All God really wants is that we simply trust Him and obey. Trust and obey, there is no other way…