What does the Lord say for this week? He simply says: "My ways are higher!"
Indeed, His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts!
You see, many times, His ways and His thoughts don't even make sense to our human minds. Because our human minds are limited. But you know what? He always sees farther, and He always knows better. After all, He is God and we are not.
That's why it's so important to have a personal relationship and personal walk with the Lord. Because without this personal relationship and personal walk with the Lord, we will not be able to see the many things that He wants us to see. And if we can't see how He sees, or think how He thinks, we will miss out a lot on what He wants to show us or tell us.
In Isaiah 55:8-9, the Lord says: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."
The Scripture has many examples of miracles. One example is the miraculous healing of Naaman.
So, we are going right into this story of Naaman, and how the Lord (through prophet Elisha) was so 'unconventional' in His ways of healing Naaman from his leprosy.
If you read 2 Kings chapter 5, you would know that Naaman was a successful man. But alas, he was a leper. For the record, in that era, leprosy was a dreaded and incurable disease that would eventually result in death. So, no matter how successful Naaman was as the commander of the army of the king of Syria, he had this devastating situation: He was a leper.
Naaman then found out from a servant girl that there's a prophet in Israel who could heal him of his leprosy. Out of his desperation, he departed for Israel to seek his healing.
As Naaman stood at the door of Elisha's house, Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean."
But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, "Indeed, I said to myself, 'He will 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 leprosy.'"
Now, that's what Naaman thought with his own limited mind!
Naaman was expecting Elisha to come out and greet him and just wave his hand over the place and heal his leprosy, just like that! But you know what? Elisha didn't even come out! Instead Elisha sent a messenger to him with this instruction: "Go and wash in the Jordan River seven times."
This instruction didn't make sense to Naaman at all! Not only that, Naaman felt indignant too. Why? Because he was supposed to be the 'VIP', and he expected Elisha to come out and greet him, and to do according to what he had expected!
But Elisha didn't. Elisha only sent a messenger. Elisha didn't 'perform the miracle' according to how Naaman had expected or wanted it to be!
Naaman then said further, "Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?"
So, Naaman turned and went away in a rage. He just couldn't see the 'logic' in what Elisha had said and instructed for him to do.
But you know what? Elisha was just hearing from the Lord, and was just saying exactly what the Lord has spoken. You see, a true prophet will only say as the Lord says!
Back to Naaman now.
After considering an advice from his servant, Naaman finally heeded this instruction from Elisha to go and dip seven times in the Jordan. And you know what? The result was for all to see! The Scripture says Naaman's flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. In other words, he was healed of his leprosy! Clean and clear! Total, complete healing and restoration to his body!
You see, the Lord our God is a God who is above our human logic. He is not just natural. He is supernatural. He is not a God who only sees the way this world sees. His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9).
So, let us be set free in our minds!
This is the time to ask Him to set us free from our limited minds!
This is the time to ask Him to let us see in the ways that He sees!
Never limit Him on what He can do and how He does it!
And you too will see your miracles and breakthroughs as well!
Hallelujah!
