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SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE-2

Text : 2 Kings 5:13

But his officers tried to reason with him and said, "Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn't you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, 'Go and wash and be cured!'"

Taking heed to simple instruction is life.

Naaman was simply given a one-sentence instruction: "Go and Wash and be cured".  For Naaman to be cured, he only had to do two things- Go and Wash!

All the instructions God has given you is as simple as 'Go and Wash'. No price, no cost, and no sacrifice is required.

Many like to offer sacrifices in the place of obedience, but the scripture clearly says that obedience is better than sacrifice (2 Samuel 15:22). You must be swift in obeying God than offering Him sacrifice. Naaman came with several gifts to Israel to pay for his healing, but prophet Elisha did not accept any of his gifts. All that was demanded from him was obedience. 

In the same vein, all that God is asking of you is your obedience to His instructions, and His instructions are clearly stated in the scriptures.

*Many folks in the church today are more interested in giving things to God,  than giving themselves to Him first.* 

As a little child in the Sunday school, many of us were made to believe that the reason Cain's offering was not accepted by God was because He offered rotten and not too good fruits from his field. This is far from the truth! 

God rejected Cain's offering because Cain's person was not accepted by the Lord. His heart was not right with the Lord. (Genesis 4:4-5).

 *God sees your heart before He sees your gift. Do ensure your heart obeys Him before you give Him the gift in your hand.* 

All that Prophet Elisha demanded of Naaman was his obedience and not his gifts. So also, *all that God demands of you is your obedience and not your gifts.* 

BIBLE READING:

2 King 5:1-16.

PRAYER FOCUS

1) Father Lord, give me grace for prompt and total obedience.

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