“And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”” II Kings 5:13 NKJV
a. His servants came near and spoke to him: Thank God for faithful subordinates who will speak to their superiors in such a way. Naaman was obviously angry, yet they were bold enough to give him the good advice he needed to hear.
b. If the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it: The servants of Naaman used a brilliantly logical approach. If Elisha had asked Naaman to sacrifice 100 or 1,000 animals to the God of Israel, Naaman would have done it immediately. Yet because his request was easy to do and humbling, Naaman first refused. (Guzik)
Good Advice
“Naaman was obviously angry, yet they were bold enough to give him the good advice he needed to hear.” This has never happened to us, right?
The Bible is full of good advice that we need to hear! This verse says it all!
“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,”
I Peter 5:6 NKJV
Blessings
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