{"id":2979,"date":"2019-05-02T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2019-05-02T20:34:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T03:34:03","slug":"2kings_5_1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2kings_5_1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"When God Doesn\u2019t Work the Way You\u2019d Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Kings 5:1-12 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Kings 5:1-12. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 1-12: Naaman was a high-powered commander of Aram\u2019s army, yet he had a disease that his influence, intelligence and experience could not solve. He had leprosy. So with the recommendation of a slave girl in his house, Naaman gets permission from the king of Aram to go to the king of Israel to see if Elisha the prophet can heal him. At first the king of Israel is offended by this request, but Elijah is willing to help. When Elisha tells Naaman to wash seven times in the Jordan River, Naaman is angry because he expected Elisha to do something far more \u201cspiritual\u201d like praying a prayer or commanding sickness to go away. So Naaman turns off in a rage.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1. Like Naaman, we all have a sickness that our intelligence, influence and experience cannot heal. That is the sickness of sin, which unless cured will kill us.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Like the slave girl, you and I know someone who can cure our disease. His name is Jesus.<\/p>\n

3. Don\u2019t jump to conclusions like the King of Israel did, thinking that the person sending the message really wants to quarrel.<\/p>\n

4. When God does not work the way you expect, it doesn\u2019t mean that there is no God. It just means YOU\u2019RE not God! So be open to God working in ways that are other than what you expect. Otherwise you might miss some of the greatest miracles and blessings He has for your life.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that You are always working, and that I can trust that You are working everything out for my good and for Your glory, even if the way You\u2019re doing it is not what I would expect or want. In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Kings 5:1-12. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 1-12: Naaman was a high-powered commander of Aram\u2019s army, yet he had a disease that his influence, intelligence and experience could not solve. He had leprosy. So with the recommendation of a slave girl in his house, Naaman gets permission from the king of Aram to go to the king of Israel to see if Elisha the prophet can heal him. At first the king of Israel is offended by this request, but Elijah is willing to help. When Elisha tells Naaman to wash seven times in the Jordan River, Naaman is angry because he expected Elisha to do something far more \u201cspiritual\u201d like praying a prayer or commanding sickness to go away. So Naaman turns off in a rage.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1. Like Naaman, we all have a sickness that our intelligence, influence and experience cannot heal. That is the sickness of sin, which unless cured will kill us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2979\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}