2 Kings 5:1-12
God doesn't hand over to us what we want there and then but he sends to us a process. Jacob worked hard for 7 years to marry Rachel but God handed him through the crookedness of Laban, Leah. Leah was a process and Rachel was a gift. Before you get your gift you will go through a process. If God was to give you success overnight, that success will destroy you.
The demons will use early success against you. Success may be a blessing and it might be a curse. Everyone has a blind spot in their lives, an area that we usually overlook. God wants to deal with your blind spot before he can hand over success to you. Do not rush to be blessed but rush to know God. Every person has an area where they are struggling but usually overlook that area e.g, lies, gossip, pornography. It is those areas that you overlook which will bring you down. Some areas are grey and it is hard to know whether it is wrong or right. The actual purpose of prayer and fasting is pain so that the desire of the flesh is killed. As we seek God to do a miracle in our lives we must not forget to ask God to deal with our lives.
Naman was looking for something dramatic before his healing but he never knew that God works by faith not drama. That is why the Bible says he is a rewarder of those who seek Him. People today are looking at the wonders that a Pastor does in order to determine his effectiveness but God does not approach us dramatically but by faith.
THE BLINDSPOT OF NAMAN
1. Naman was seeking for attention. Many people are looking for the praise of men rather than the praise of God. Many of us seek the approval of men
2. Naman was a person who was filled with pride. Pride goes before a foe. They are some people who are so proud that they will make you fill like you are nothing. Naman wanted Israel to feel like the are nothing by citing the rivers that are in his home town. In the world we are wired differently so that we can complement each other to push the kingdom of God forward.
3. Naman looked down on everybody.
4. Naman had anger. Anger can stop the blessing of God from coming over your life. Christianity is not just about dealing with external things but internally. Some people are angry with themselves. Some men are angry with their wives.
5. Rage (hot temper). Naman left in rage. The Bible calls it fits of rage. Rage is hunger that leads you to destroy things. If you are full of rage it will be very hard for you to overcome.
6. Proud talk. Power is not in the noise but in the content
KEYS TO DEALING WITH BLIND SPOTS
1. Obedience. The sin of disobedience is like the sin of witchcraft
2. A broken heart. Psalm 34:18. Saul had a proud heart while David had a broken heart.
3. A heart of a child. Possess the heart of a child if you want to inherit the kingdom of God.
RESULTS OF DEALING WITH YOUR BLIND SPOTS
1. God will bring the lifting very quickly
2. The wilderness will be completed quickly
3. The blessings come quickly
