Fourth Sunday of Lent: 2 Kings 5:1-19

Lent

The people of Israel were the people of God, the story of Naaman is an example of how God goes beyond the lines humans draw and the boundaries that we erect. This is a story of grace, humility, healing, new humanity and the dividing walls being brought down in God’s power.

Respond:

  • Naaman’s journey to healing and wholeness encountered two common obstacles. 1) His ego - he almost turned away from healing because of his ego 2) His opinions that were contrary to God’s instruction.

    • In what ways do these obstacles surface in your own life? Have you found your own opinions and ego becoming a barrier for what God has been trying to cultivate in your life?

  • What can we learn from how God works in the story of Naaman? How does each character (King of Aram, Naaman, Naaman’s wife, young maid, king of Israel, Elisha, Elisha’s messenger, Naaman’s officers etc.) uniquely participate or restrict what God had planned?

    • What does this story teach us about how God chooses to act and restore the world?

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