We will begin with the Prophet of peace, the servant Elisha.
“Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable... he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.” - 2 Kings 5:1.
Naaman was directed by his young, selfless, Hebrew slave, to seek healing from his leprosy from the Prophet Elisha. He came, expecting the prophet “will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover” my leprosy -- (verse 11).
However, the Lord had directed the prophet Elisha to deal with Naaman a different way. “Elisha sent a messenger unto [Naaman] saying, ‘Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.’” - (verse 10). God was working to humble the Syrian captain and lead him to faith in the true and living God of Israel.
When Naaman humbled himself, surrendered, and obeyed the directives of God, through His servant Elisha, Naaman experienced divine healing. Naaman’s “flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was cl ...
