We cannot import the patterns of the secular world into the Christian world

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: Naaman, a man of authority, seeks healing from God but operates according to his patterns of power and authority. He goes to the king of Israel and believes that he can bribe and pay the prophet Elisha to do the miracle that he needs. But God wants to bring Naaman to a frontal encounter with the realities of His Kingdom where only the humble acquire what God needs. Sometimes God is waiting for us to humble ourselves before Him. We cannot import the patterns from the secular world to the Christian world. God seeks the heart and wants us to break before Him so that He can do what He wants to do in our lives. The lesson of this moment is to humble ourselves before God and let Him pass us through the sugar mill so that we can receive and contain the glory that God wants to give us.

Naaman and Elisha (2 Kings 5)

In this series about the king of Syria and the prophet Elisha, Dr. Miranda explains that God not only wants to address your needs, but also work on your personality.

1 A sovereign God who has mysterious purposes

2 God uses tribulations to prepare scenes of great beauty

3 We must bear witness to our God anywhere

4 Let's be diligent in our life

5 We cannot import the patterns of the secular world into the Christian world

6 In the Kingdom of God there is power but that power is unleashed through humility

7 How do we react in times of pressure?

8 A treatment for pride

God wants us to be diligent in our lives. He wants to perform miracles for us but he also requires that we take initiative, that we believe God because God likes to move in the midst of our actions as he moved in Joshua's life, telling him: I have assured you of victory but look at what I command you to strive and be brave, and simply do not lie down to rest on your laurels but do your part in the miracle of victory and military liberation that I want to do for My people Israel.

And now we see another stage of this complex process where Naaman goes before the king of Israel, receives letters of authority and says that: "Naaman went out taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothes. And he took also letters to the king of Israel that read: "When these letters come to you know from them that I am sending my servant Naaman to you to heal him of his leprosy."

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