Unexpected

2 Kings 5:1-19

Naaman goes to Elisha to be healed of his leprosy. But what Elisha tells him to do isn't what Naaman expected. Naaman expected to be taken care of in a certain way, but that's not what happened. Naaman was furious, and he wasn't going to obey Elisha. His servant talks him into it, and he is healed. The power of God is revealed through his obedience. Naaman almost missed being healed and meeting the living God because God didn't work in the way Naaman expected.

God doesn't fit into our nice neat little boxes. He doesn't work in the ways we think he should. God is completely beyond our ability to comprehend. The common phrase is," Want to hear God laugh? Tell Him your plans." God doesn't adapt Himself to our plans. He works in ways that are completely unexpected, beyond anything we would even have considered expecting. We see the awesomeness of God where we least expect it, like Naaman. The question is, am I going to ignore God when He works unexpectedly?

January 26, 2011