Day 38: Gehazi
2 Kings 5
- so Gehazi is Elisha's servant.
- the commander of the army of the king of Aram was a man named Naaman. He was highly regarded by the king because he had brought victory to Aram through the Lord. This is interesting to read that the Lord would work through someone from a pagan nation.
- the one problem was that he had leprosy.
- people had heard of Elisha and how he could perform great miracles so Naaman set out to find him to see if he could be cured by Elisha.
- the king of Aram sent a letter to the king of Israel saying that he was sending Naaman to be cured of his leprosy. Now the king was distraught. He probably thought "I'm not God. I can't cure people. Aram must be looking to fight by requesting this as it is clearly impossible for me to comply."
- anyway, Elisha hears about this and has Naaman come to him. He tells him to wash 7 times in the Jordan River in order to be healed.
- Naaman expected Elisha to pray over him or something, not ask him to wash in the river. He was going to leave thinking Elisha was just a hoax but his servants were wise and convinced him to try it anyway.
- so he does and is healed just as Elisha said. Only then did he finally believe that the Lord was the one and true God.
- Elisha refused to accept any of the gifts Naaman brought but after they left, Gehazi figured he could catch up to them and lie to them in order to get some of the silver and clothes.
- Elisha finds out and even gives Gehazi the opportunity to confess but Gehazi lies. So as a punishment, he was struck with leprosy and all his decendants would be lepers as well.
After being with Elisha all this time and watching the amazing things he did in the name of God, I can't believe that he thought he could get away with something like this. Sometimes, Gehazi reminds me of myself when I lie or try to get away with stuff thinking that nobody will know. But just like Elisha, God knows everything. It sounds so foolish when I read about some guy in the bible yet I do the same thing all the time.
Another important point that struck me was the fact that Elisha refused to accept any gifts. I think this is important because he wanted to make sure that it was God who got the glory and not himself. If Elisha took the money, it would be like saying that it was by his own doing that Naaman was cured. This is a very good example of how we should always act with kindness and compassion and never expect a reward for our service; only waiting patiently for the reward that awaits us in heaven.
- so Gehazi is Elisha's servant.
- the commander of the army of the king of Aram was a man named Naaman. He was highly regarded by the king because he had brought victory to Aram through the Lord. This is interesting to read that the Lord would work through someone from a pagan nation.
- the one problem was that he had leprosy.
- people had heard of Elisha and how he could perform great miracles so Naaman set out to find him to see if he could be cured by Elisha.
- the king of Aram sent a letter to the king of Israel saying that he was sending Naaman to be cured of his leprosy. Now the king was distraught. He probably thought "I'm not God. I can't cure people. Aram must be looking to fight by requesting this as it is clearly impossible for me to comply."
- anyway, Elisha hears about this and has Naaman come to him. He tells him to wash 7 times in the Jordan River in order to be healed.
- Naaman expected Elisha to pray over him or something, not ask him to wash in the river. He was going to leave thinking Elisha was just a hoax but his servants were wise and convinced him to try it anyway.
- so he does and is healed just as Elisha said. Only then did he finally believe that the Lord was the one and true God.
- Elisha refused to accept any of the gifts Naaman brought but after they left, Gehazi figured he could catch up to them and lie to them in order to get some of the silver and clothes.
- Elisha finds out and even gives Gehazi the opportunity to confess but Gehazi lies. So as a punishment, he was struck with leprosy and all his decendants would be lepers as well.
After being with Elisha all this time and watching the amazing things he did in the name of God, I can't believe that he thought he could get away with something like this. Sometimes, Gehazi reminds me of myself when I lie or try to get away with stuff thinking that nobody will know. But just like Elisha, God knows everything. It sounds so foolish when I read about some guy in the bible yet I do the same thing all the time.
Another important point that struck me was the fact that Elisha refused to accept any gifts. I think this is important because he wanted to make sure that it was God who got the glory and not himself. If Elisha took the money, it would be like saying that it was by his own doing that Naaman was cured. This is a very good example of how we should always act with kindness and compassion and never expect a reward for our service; only waiting patiently for the reward that awaits us in heaven.
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