Matthew 10:39 One of life's great tragedies is living on this earth and departing from this earth never discovering who you are. You owe it to yourself and those your life is meant to be a blessing to, to find out who you are. You owe it to yourself and those your life is meant to be a blessing to, to find out who you are. There are many people who don't know who they are. Luke 9:55 People who don't know who they are do things anyhow, and end up anyhow. This is why you need to find yourself! Knowing who you are will positively affect your outlook to life, your choices, decisions, and associations. If you know who you are it will be very hard for you to waste your life. Knowing who you are means you know who God created you to be. Who you are is who God says you are. Matthew 16:18 You find yourself by discovering what God's word says about you. As you believe what God's word says about you, you will begin to act it out and live it out. The Bible contains promises, r
2 Kings 5:1-15 Our text passage is an interesting and enlightening one. It is from the story of Naaman the Syrian commander and Elijah the Israeli prophet of God. Naaman was a great man who received his miracle through God's prophet- Elisha. Namaan served the king of Aram (which is part of modern day Syria) faithfully, he seemed a good man at heart going by what is gleaned from Biblical accounts but He didn't know or serve the true God. He also had leprosy. God in His mercy to Namaan connected Naaman to a true prophet of His, a prophet who had the instruction for Namaan's creative miracle. This connection came about through an unlikely vessel. Namaan journeyed from Aram (Syria) to Samaria (a central region of the land of Israel) where the prophet Elisha was with the hope of finding his cure, hoping for a miracle. To receive our miracle we sometimes need to journey to where it can happen for us. It may involve a physical movement but it will definitely involve a spiritual