Difficult Things vs. Simple Things :: Mark Batterson [RP]
18 October 2009, 11:55 pm
Filed under: Nonsense | Tags: 2 kings 5, Bible, easy, elisha, expectations, extraordinary, hard, mark batterson, miracles, naaman, ordinary, oswald chambers, scripture, simple
Filed under: Nonsense | Tags: 2 kings 5, Bible, easy, elisha, expectations, extraordinary, hard, mark batterson, miracles, naaman, ordinary, oswald chambers, scripture, simple
[Note: Originally posted on Evotional.com.]
“If the prophet had asked you to do something hard and heroic, wouldn’t you have done it? So why not this simple “wash and clean”?
Remember the story of Naaman in II Kings 5? The prophet Elisha told him to dip in the Jordan river seven times in order to be healed of his leprosy. Naaman didn’t want to do it because it was too simple. He wanted the prophet to wave his wand. And when it didn’t happen the way he expected it to, he was about to walk away and forfeit the miracle when a wise and bold servant spoke truth into his life. He knew Naaman would do (more…)
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