HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div
“And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.” 2 Kings 5:10
I am very likely to encounter Naaman’s disappointment. Being what I am, I can scarcely escape it.
He did not like God’s method of healing. It wounded his pride — he was a great man, with silver and gold enough to make the poor prophet rich for the rest of his life. Just so, my pride chafes and rebels against God’s method of saving me. Is it true that I can do nothing for myself? Must I be wholly dependent on Another? And must I enter into pardon and peace, side by side with harlots and sinners? It seems intolerable. It kindles my anger. I am disposed to turn away in a rage.
His servants brought him to reasonableness, instead of reasoning. And his disease admonished him, and asked, “Are you going back as you came, a mass of ugly and putrid sores?” Humbled at length, he washed in Jordan, and his flesh came to him like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
And I have only to wash and be clean.
I have only to look and live.
I have only to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and I shall be saved.
It is the Good Physician’s remedy, and it is available to me.
THE MYSTICAL COURT 