God speaks today Saturday | August 21, 2021

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper. (2 Kings 5:1)

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. (Luke 4:27)

A sovereign God who has mysterious purposes

The passage of Naaman and Elisha teaches us about a sovereign God with mysterious purposes who wants to instill character in us and lead us to be more like Jesus Christ. Naaman was a great general of Syria, an enemy nation of Israel, but God had used him to bring salvation to Syria. This shows the complexity of God's movements in our lives, and we should never underestimate them. God may be disciplining us and trying to give us a message so that we get closer to Him and seek more of Him, even if it seems contradictory. Read more...

Cross Reference

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. (Luke 4:27)

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. (Numbers 12:10)

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. (2 Corinthians 12:7)

Comments:

Humberto Arratia

: God keep guarding and blessing you. Tremendous and great word of encouragement. Thank you for taking the time to bless others. God bless you richly.

Jonny Medina

: Amen, glory to God, may the Lord continue to give us the necessary strength to continue advancing in this incomprehensible world, in which only God knows why. ISAIAH 55: 8-9. God bless you my brothers.

Darwn

: Excellent teaching

Gustavo Martinez Afanador

: God tests us and makes us reflect for a purpose and sometimes we don't understand God's plans. Use the enemies to teach us a lesson and we understand God. Blessings.

Agustin

: Very edifying God heals whoever he wants

Ernesto Rosado

: A message of blessing, thank you for sharing the word ... blessings

Maria Teresa Cabada

: It helps me a lot to read the precious messages every day, very encouraging.

Leonela ORTIZ

: Thanks is a great blessing, I forward it to more than 70 contacts.

vitalia Guevara

: God bless you - for sharing his word, by this medium ...

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