SEVEN DIPS TO GLORY
2ND Kings 5:1Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
3And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
5And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
8And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11But Naaman was wroth, 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 strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
He had to listen to the hand maid
God spoke through her
He had to do as she said
He had to gone where she sent.
He had to trust her
He had to accept what she told him
He had to understand what she was telling him.
He had to trust her
He had to accept what she told him
He had to understand what she was telling him.
He had to leave his safety net.
His doctors could not help him.
11But Naaman was wroth, 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 strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
The first thing he did was get mad because of what the man of God told him to do .
He question him as to why the river of Jordan
He wanted the best not Jordan
1st dip Faith
Faith in acting on God word
Faith is looking to God to answer.
2nd dip Believe
You must believe to receive what God has for you.
You must believe him at his word
You must never question God on anything
3rd dip Trust
Trust God in what he says
Trust God in where he leads
Trust God to see his Glory
4th dip Listen
Listen to him on what he commands you to do.
Listen to where he wants you to go.
Listen to his promise he has made to all.
5th dip Obey
We always want to obey his word but we don’t
We may want to go some where else but God sees different.
Obedience will give victory ever time.
6th dip Action
You may not like what you have to do but do it.
He got in the water like he was told
He dipped like he was told
He went 1st time nothing 2nd time nothing and so on
7th dip Clean
He was still sick the 6th time
When he went down the 7th time he could fill the power of God
He came up a new man
His body was like a like a little child see what God can do if we obey.
