2 Kings 5 v 1-27 Naaman
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Pride can be devastating. It can, as the proverb goes, come before a fall. But it can also get in the way of us being the men that God really wants us to be and even more soberingly can lead us to the place where God actually opposes us (James 4:6). For Naaman it was his leprosy, something that was seen as unclean in the ancient world. His pride made it difficult for him to listen to the Godly counsel of his wife's servant girl. But more strikingly, it stopped him from bathing in a river that he considered was beneath him. It takes a brave friend to point out his foolish ways, and happily the story turns out well for Naaman.
Are there areas in your life where you suffer from pride? Reflect on your family life, work life, church life. Are there things that are beneath you? And if so is God wanting to challenge you to wash them away in the river of his cleansing? Do you a have a wise and Godly friend who would tell you if you did? Pray and ask what God thinks about how you act and behave, and be willing to listen to the answer.
Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than the way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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