The Cost of Going Off | Robert Madu

2 KINGS 5:1-4 (NIV)  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. 2  Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife.  3  She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” “Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said.” 2 KINGS 5:9-14 (NIV) 9  So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha’s house. 10  Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” 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. 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. Proverbs 14:29 (NLT) “People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.” Ephesians 4:26 NKJV) ““Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,” 2 KINGS 5:1 NAAMAN WAS COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THE KING OF ARAM. HE WAS A GREAT MAN, HIGHLY REGARDED, VALIANT SOLDIER. 1) EVERYBODY’S GOT A SPOT 2) SERVANTS ALWAYS START MIRACLES 3) SIMPLE OBEDIENCE IS STRENGTH Luke 4:27 (NLT) “And many in Israel had leprosy in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.””