Naaman is thankful, and he offers a gift, II Kings 19:15; “So
now accept a gift from your servant.”
Naaman no longer sees his items as leverage with God, or as items to buy
his miracle or earn his healing. His
view of position, power, possessions has changed. A mark of a genuine encounter with God is
evidenced by what it is that you place your hope in. Before such an encounter, it is you power,
your prestige, your position, your possessions that you look to for security
and assurance, but after such an encounter, it is only God. How amazing it is when you have realized
there is no God in all the earth like the God of Israel. Worldly things offer only band-aids for the
wounds resulting from the Leprosy of our souls, but God heals perfectly and
entirely, restoring to the uttermost.
The true health and wealth gospel is to possess, not things
or titles, but God Himself through Jesus!
Our only true hope is that God loves us and that we will worship and
glorify and enjoy Him forever! And the
only true security is that He loves me and that I am going to live with Him
forever. And the only real significance
is that God loves me and I am going to live with Him forever. And suddenly all the procurements of this
world pale in comparison to all that we
have in Christ!
A sign of a genuine encounter with God is a change of
attitude toward things. Now God is your
hope, your security, your worth - - not money, not possessions, not titles, but
God!
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