March 30, 2013 – 2 Kings 5

Do you ever get told to do something for yourself and you know it will benefit you, but it is so simple that you don’t do it.  I was trying to think of an example and I thought of exercising.  Going out for a run or even walking 15 minutes can really benefit you, but it is so simple we don’t do it.  Eating healthy, going to bed earlier, watching less TV, are all things that are simple to do to make our lives better, yet for some reason we won’t follow through with them.  I don’t know if that quite fits with what Namaan does, but that is what I thought of.

I also think of the servant that took a chance to tell him to turn around and go do the very simple.  I imagine servants weren’t suppose to tell masters what to do and those that did were quickly separated from their heads, but this servant took that chance and his master benefited.  Maybe it is better to think about simple things we don’t do because we are stubborn and they weren’t our idea.  I see something similar with parents I represent.  They stubbornly think they know all there is to know about parenting and refuse to change their ways or listen to some caseworker who has never had kids.  Their kids were taken, usually for some reason that was different than parenting skills, but it is still a service that many are suppose to complete and they have a hard time listening to advise because they know better.  How much do we miss out on being stubborn.  How many times is there not a servant there to turn us around so we can do the smart thing.