Wash and Be Clean — Healing Through Humility and Obedience
Key Scriptures
2 Kings 5:10 (CSB)
“Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, ‘Go wash seven times in the Jordan and your flesh will be restored and you will be clean.’”
2 Kings 5:11–12 (CSB)
“But Naaman got angry and left, saying, ‘I was telling myself: He will surely come out, stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the place, and cure the skin disease. Aren’t Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?’”
2 Kings 5:14 (CSB)
“So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the command of the man of God. Then his skin was restored and became like the skin of a small boy, and he was clean.”
2 Kings 5:27 (CSB)
“Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever. So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased, white as snow.”
James 4:6 (CSB)
“But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says: God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Reflection Questions
Has pride ever kept me from obeying a simple instruction from God?
What “Jordan River” moment is God asking me to step into by faith?
How do I respond when God’s process doesn’t meet my expectations?
In what ways can I guard my heart from Gehazi’s spirit of greed and entitlement?