“Please, I’d
Rather Do It Myself!”
Read: 2Kings 5:1-14
It can be
hard to ask for help. I want to do it myself – I don’t want to
admit that I can’t.
Naaman
needed help to be cured of his leprosy, but when he was told it was
something as simple as washing in the Jordan, he went away angry. He
expected something special from Elisha and his God; after all, he was
the commander of the army! His servants reminded him that “if the
prophet had commanded you to do something difficult, would you not
have done it?” He relented and washed and was clean, but I think
the interesting point is that he would have jumped at the chance to
do something difficult.
I think I
understand Naaman. Like many of us, he went to God prepared to say,
“OK, God, what do you want me to do to be healed?” We often go to
God saying, “OK, God, what do you want me to do so I can be with
You?” When God says, “I’ve already done it; accept My gift and
come be with Me,” we hesitate. There’s got to be something for us
to do, it can’t be all His doing. We’re offended by “done”
when we want to “do.”
It all
comes down to pride, I think, and that’s one hard thing to get
past.
As the hymn
says:
Jesus paid
it all,
all to Him
I owe.
Sin had
left a crimson stain,
He washed
it white as snow.
There’s
nothing I can add to what Jesus already did on the Cross; I just have
to accept the gift of salvation, and let Him make me into who I am
meant to be. It’s a hard thing to do, to admit that I can’t do
anything.
Charlie van
Becelaere
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