Early this morning the Bible story out of 2 Kings Chapter 5 came to my mind. Naaman was the commander of the army of the king of Syria. He was also a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master and the Lord had given him great victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but had one major problem. The problem he faced, was that he was a leper. The good news is that the Lord indeed wanted to heal him of his leprosy. A messenger was sent to him, saying "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean." Naaman became furious and sarcastic for a time and even argued there were better rivers than the Jordan he could wash in. Finally after being convinced by his servant that if his father, the prophet had told him to do something great, would he not have done it? Then he went on to say, how much more then when he says to you, "Wash and be clean."
We all know the end of the story that Naaman went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan and his flesh was fully restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. He was so overwhelmed by God's goodness and realized the beauty of the Lord and all His splendor. His heart was greatly moved and he was overflowing with gratefulness that he wanted to bestow gifts to the man of God that heard from the Lord to help him.
One of the names of God is Jehovah Rapha which means; he heals our bodies and heals and restores our spirit and soul. Truly God was Naaman's Jehovah Rapha and God desires to be the same to us as well. The Lord desires to restore us completely. That is the wonderful God that we serve!
Blessings,
Sandy Billingham
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