2 Kings 5:9-12 KJV
[9] So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
[10] And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
[11] But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
[12] Are not Abana and Pharpar, 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.
Naaman assumed Elisha would heal his leprosy a certain way. But Elisha was going to heal him a different way, a weird way. Naaman started to go away unhealed.
People often expect God to do things in specific ways. They do not imagine that God might do things in a variety of ways, some of which they have never thought of.
For example, church people often say things like, “I will pray about it, and let God take care of it.” They imagine that God will do it all by Himself, somehow. However, God often does things by means of His people.
Acts 21:18-19 KJV
[18] And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
[19] And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
All through the Bible, it is recorded that God did things in strange ways. Do not assume He must do things only in certain ways.
Comments