Nay Nay and the Dip!

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2-12-19 Tuesday

2 Kings 5

 

 Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.

 

So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents[b] of silver, six thousand shekels[c] of gold and ten sets of clothing. 6 The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

 

Elisha tells him… go dip in the Jordan river 7 times

11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.

 

Naamans servants talk him into it…

13 Naaman’s servants went to him and 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, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.

 

3/4 of a billion dollars

 

Namaan thought gets mad because he thinks “any body of water could work”. water symbolizing life….

(any method could work to be more like Jesus, to encounter him)

 

Damascus was known for all the things life could bring, power, money, fame, education etc… it was the best man had to offer. 

 

Mindset #6: To have the results very few have, one must think the thoughts and run the routines very few do.

 

The people who are on fire for god are not different or blessed or chosen or anointed etc...  

They don’t read the right books, listen to the right podcasts, go to the right seminars or attend the right churches…

NONE OF THOSE ARE BAD…

But the ones who experience Jesus most are those who do the uncomfortable… the things most Christians wont do!

they simply push in more, act on it, expect more and don’t give up!