“But Naaman was wroth…and said, Behold, I thought, he will surely…” God did not do things according to this man’s pre-existing ideas. And as a result, like the Irish say, he became “out of sorts.” His mistake is one we still make today. We fancy ourselves imagining how the Lord will pull off certain things for us in our lives.
When we have big expectations of the way God will do certain things, we are in danger of being miffed with God when He voids them. To have such a mindset is to set oneself up for a let down. Naaman said, “I thought,” but God says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts.”
A popular advertisement says, “Take the bus, and leave the driving to us.’ Let’s make our requests and leave all the details and intricacies to Him.
When we ask God to do something for us, it is well to remember, beggars can’t be choosers.
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