When Easy seems too Hard...

2 Kings 5:13-14 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. This is one of those easy to visualize accounts we often hear as a child. It appeals to a child-like faith. Naaman had come to God's servant to be healed of leprosy, and was given simple instructions. His pride almost kept him from being healed; he was offended by this silly solution. But his servants had wisdom; they understood obedience as a key to blessing; they lived a life of humble service to Naaman. Salvation by grace through faith in and of itself seems too easy, too simple for many; we want to make it hard, so we can do it ourselves. May we learn from Naaman's servants the wisdom to walk in humble obedience to His every command, no matter how difficult or easy it may seem.