Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Kings has told us stories of the battles between Israel and Syria. The military-political strife between Ben-Hadad and the northern Kingdom of Israel dominated the era of the Omride dynasty. Kings has also told us micro-histories - little stories of little people on whom God had mercy and preserved them in the midst of the apostasy of the nation. 2 Kings 5 tells a very different sort of story. It does not tell the story of God's mercy to one of the faithful sons of the prophets – rather it tells the story of the curse of the best of the Israelites (Gehazi). It does not speak of God's protection of Israel, but of his blessing upon the very man who was tasked with destroying Israel! Brothers and sisters, we must beware lest we become too smug in our position. We are far too quick to identify the good guys and the bad guys in our day. Would you have given Naaman a chance? It would be as though a general from Hamas came to town. He had previously been known for conducting raids and kidnapping your children. On th