THE WISDOM OF GOD (PART 2)

NOVEMBER 13TH

TEXT: John 2:1-10, 2 Kings 5:9-14Amplified Bible (AMP)

9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stopped at the entrance of Elisha’s house.

10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.”

11 But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Indeed! I thought ‘He would at least come out to [see] me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place [of leprosy] and heal the leper.’

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus [in Aram], better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

13 Then his servants approached and said to him, “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 has said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’”

14 So he went down and plunged himself into the Jordan seven times, just as the man of God had said; and his flesh was restored like that of a little child and he was clean.

No one walking by his own wisdom is able to produce any supernatural results. This is where the foolishness of God is greater and more impactful than the wisdom of man.

The reason why many are far from great supernatural manifestation is because they are only willing to obey instructions that make sense, but it is often those unreasonable leading that gives birth to uncommon results.

If Naaman had left in his anger when he was told to go over to the Jordan to wash seven times he would have missed his miracle. But for the intervention of one of his servants, his reasoning was about to cut short his miracle. He was in need of a serious miracle yet in his pride he was expecting the man of God to honour him by coming out to attend to him by waving his hand over him. When he got a simple instruction to go and wash he became offended. Again, in his pride he was offended that he was told to go and wash in a river that is not as clean as the once in Syria. It is amazing that people who are in need of serious help are the ones who want to tell you how you must get it done. If you are full of your own ways chances are that you will miss out in God’s agenda for your life. It is often those who think they are wise that end up showing how foolish their wisdom is. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and see the glory that will follow.