Introduction: Naaman had leprosy.

2 Kings 5:10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean.
11 But Naaman was angry and went away and said, Behold, I thought he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and heal the leper.

14 Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, as the man of God had said, and his flesh was restored like that of a little child, and he was clean.

There are several things we can learn from this passage of scripture.

The first thing we can learn from Naaman’s life is, what we’re believing God for, may not come in the form we expected. For instance, we may think God is going to financially impact our lives by having someone send a random check in the mail. God may impact our finances by allowing us to receive overtime at our employment. Naaman expected Elisha to perform this great miracle over him to be healed. Elisha simply gave Naaman instructions.

Secondly, we learn that every promise is not going to be handed to us. James 2:20 says faith without works is dead. Like Naaman, we may have to follow the promptings of our man of God or the Holy Spirit to receive our promise. The bible instructs us to be doers of the word and not just hearers (James 1:22).

Finally, we must believe. Naaman could have consulted with his logic and tried to make sense of a man being clean by washing himself in a public pool. In spite of the weirdness of our instructions, we have to believe that when we follow God’s instructions, our desires will manifest themselves.

Consider the life of Naaman the next time you are waiting on the manifestation of your desires.