- Elisha’s servant, Gehazi, watches in amazement as Naaman heads for home without Elisha accepting something from Naaman. He decides if Elisha won’t take a gift from this wealthy, powerful man, then he will.
- Gehazi even makes an oath, ‘as the Lord lives,’ before he runs off to get some of the wealth.
- Gehazi lies to Naaman. Naaman is very happy to provide a gift for the ‘sons of the prophets.’
- Gehazi hides his treasure.
- Elisha gives Gehazi a chance to tell him the truth.
- Gehazi lies to Elisha.
- Elisha tells Gehazi that he knows everything.
- God is free to give gifts of skill and service to anyone. The gift of strong, effective leadership was given to Naaman before God revealed himself to Naaman. I’ve met many fine professionals in medicine, education, social work and the law who do not care one bit about God or Jesus, but are very good at their crafts and provide important services to my son and to my family. That is a grace from God, even if these professionals cannot see it. And I hope more of them are given the gift of faith.
- Being in presence of good teaching and seeing examples of God’s power is no guarantee that sin won’t rule the day in a person’s life. I need to constantly pray for my children that God would reveal himself to them. Taking them to church, reading the bible with them, singing hymns, explaining all that I see God doing in our lives, pointing out the blessing of their disabled brother and the goodness of God in their mom’s cancer – none of it guarantees a good outcome for them in terms of their faith. Only God can do that.
But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance, Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.” So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?”And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’” And Naaman said, “Be pleased to accept two talents.” And he urged him and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before Gehazi. And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.” But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants? 2 King 5:19b-26
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