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Monday, February 25, 2008
2 Kings 5:1-15, Psalm 42:2-3; 43:3, 4, Luke 4:24-30
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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
"Now I know..." —2 Kings 5:15
As sovereign ruler of the nation, King Joram of Israel was in the right
position to know God's power. He had access to any information he needed.
Maybe he had too much information: when Naaman approached him to find
God's healing, Joram presumed the king of Aram wanted to provoke him (2
Kgs 5:7). As a captured slave, the little orphaned, pre-teen girl was
seemingly not in a position to know the power and strength of God. Guess
which of the two knew that there was a healing prophet in the land of
Israel? God reveals to the childlike what He hides from the wise and the
learned (Lk 10:21).
As commander of the Aramean army, Naaman had the intellect and resources
to understand the regional geography and the probability of pure water in
Aram and Israel (2 Kgs 5:12). Naaman's servants probably knew only what
they needed to know to perform menial tasks. Guess who understood the
relationship between humility and healing?
Certainly God wants our minds to develop and be renewed (Rm 12:2), since
He wants us to love Him with all our mind (Lk 10:27). However, God's ways
are not our ways (Is 55:8-9). If a person with terminal cancer or AIDS
asked you to pray with them for God's healing today, how would you react?
Would you be flustered and threatened like Joram, angered like Naaman, or
would you be as ready as Naaman's servants? Get humble. Get ready. Receive
"the mind of Christ" (1 Cor 2:16).
Prayer: Father, may I humble myself and thus "be ever ready" to lead
people to You (1 Pt 3:15).
Promise: "Send forth Your light and Your fidelity; they shall lead me
on." —Ps 43:3
Praise: Being in the powerful position of CEO of a major company, Bob
humbles himself to receive Jesus daily in the Eucharist.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General Archdiocese of Cincinnati,
August 14, 2007
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