Our story for today is coming from 2 King 5: 14

The healing of Naaman, the Leper is not just a story of

the healing of a man from one of the most dreaded
diseases of ancient times, but it is a story of salvation.
We have 4 lessons that we can learn from the story of
Elisha and Naaman.

1.When you are wanting to be healed by the Lord,

don’t go to the wrong place.
The first thing we notice about this story is that Naaman
was told by (a very courageous) servant girl that there
was a prophet in Israel that could heal him of his leprosy.
It is obvious that his disease had not stopped him from
gaining glory and fame with his people, as he was highly
esteemed among the Syrians. But when he heard that his
leprosy could be healed. Naaman sends a letter to the
king of Israel.

2. God’s message is often very simple.

When Elisha heard that the king had rent his clothes at
the message of Naaman, he sends word to the king to
have Naaman come to his house that he might be healed.
So Naaman indeed comes to the door of Elisha’s house
all Elisha says is “Go and wash in the Jordan seven
times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be
clean. It would take some effort on Naaman’s part, but it
was quite a simple task. There were no frills, no
extraordinary things Naaman had to do .Just go wash in
the Jordan seven times.
3. God does not do things the way we think they
should be done.
We often expect thiNGS to be done according to the way
we think they should be done. We say things like “God
would have it done this way,” or “God wouldn’t care if we
did this,” but we don’t often back that up, and thus it turns
into our opinions being projected as God’s opinions.
Naaman almost didn’t have his leprosy head because he
didn’t like the way that Elisha said to be healed.

4. One “little” sin can have instant consequences that

last generations.
When Naaman sees that he has been healed, he returns
to Elisha with joy and tries to give him some money and
gifts out of gratitude. Elisha refuses payment and sends
him on his way back to Syria. But Elisha’s servant,
Gahazi, a man who had been with Elisha for a long time
and had seen many wondrous works by the hand of
Elisha, sees an opportunity. He doesn’t think Elisha is
right for sending Naaman on his way without accepting
any of the gifts and he gets greedy as he comes up with a
plan to take some of the gifts for himself. He runs after
Naaman and tells a little lie about needing some money
and clothes for two of the sons of the prophets that had
allegedly come to stay with Elisha, so that he might take
just a portion of the gift Naaman had brought to Elisha.

Naaman represents the seeking soul, one in need of the

Lord. Remember, God was using his leprosy as a means
to bring him to a knowledge of the Lord. Elisha on the
other hand represents the Lord. And Elisha, as God’s
representative, said “let him come to me,” words which
the Lord wants to speak to every unsaved person.