Do you have Him in a box?

TOPIC: Assuming

SCRIPTURE: "But Naaman was furious and went away and said, 'Behold, I thought, 'He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.'

OBSERVATION: Naaman was:
#1.) The Captain of the Army
#2.) A Great Man
#3.) Highly Respected
#4.) A Valiant Warrior
But
#5.) A Leper

Naaman evidently was use to getting respect, and he thought Elisha was treating with with a little less than royalty. Futhermore, Naaman had his own idea of how things were suppose to work, and when things didn't add up he got angry!

APPLICATION: As I reading over this story, the words, "Behold, I thought" caught my attention. I don't know about you but I've had a tendency in the past to:
analyze things
take time to contemplate
&
consider my options;

Furthermore, because I've walked with the Lord for a while
I've at times
Supposed
Presumed
Imagined
&

Thought

That God was going to

FOR SURE

doing something

in a particular way.

Only to have things develop

COMPLETELY

OPPOSITE

Obedience to God begins with humility.
We must believe that his way is better than our own.

EVERY
SINGLE
TIME

We
WILL NOT
always
understand his ways of working,
but
by humbly obeying,
we
will receive his blessings.

The older I get
& the more experience that I have
the more I am convinced of this one thing

God can use anything to accomplish his purpose.

So don't even think about
putting Him in a Box

PRAYER: Father God, thank you for Naaman's story, and thank you for getting my attention through it. Help me not to put you in a box. Help me to TRUST you period.