Naaman's Wrath

Dear brethren,
Today's readings:

2Kings 4-6; Matthew 5

2Ki 5:11 — 2Ki 5:12 (KJV)
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

It is interesting how oftentimes, our own preconcieved notions get in the way of us making a proper judgment.
Granted, it was a terrible disease that Naaman was aflicted with, and perhaps the relatively greater expectation of a spectacular method of healing.
The fact of the matter is, the "modus operandi" of God has always been about the obedience to the command and not the action itself. We think of Moses being told to strike and then later speak to the rock to obtain water, which he unfortunately took to be of no difference. We think of the fall of Jericho which totally made no sense in conventional warfare. We just read of Jehoshaphat's miraculous victory over the Syrians. And then fast forwarding to the NT era, where we read of the diverse manner of Jesus and the apostles carrying out miraculous works.
The word of God is simple. Nothing complicated! It is the bias in our minds that makes things complicated! But on the other hand, it is not simplistic. It cannot be frivolously substituted. Nope, the waters of Damascus will not work. And nope, dipping more times will not help, neither will fewer times.
Well did Paul write  in 1 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV)
"For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe."
Oftentimes, man just would not take God's word AS IS. "It's not grand enough" "not spectacular enough" "too simple" "too foolish" or "God is not so picky" "a loving God will overlook" "all you have to do is believe" (the demons do too! Jam 2:19)
The moment we stop second guessing Him and just simply follow as He dictated, is when we can be pleasing to Him.
Thanks be to God, Naaman finally did humble himself to follow exactly what Elisha told him to and he was healed, and far more importantly, became a God fearing convert.
Let us not be haughty and high-minded but be contrite and meek, always seeking to obey God exactly as He commands and not allow our own prejudices to cloud our judgment and affect our actions.