What Is That But?
2 Kings 5:1-15

Whatever is representing “but” in a man’s life has become a box that has closed up on the one with the “but”. It is a box of no way out and it also represents a negative mark clouding whoever is having “but”. With a life enclosed in a box, no matter how successful that one is, the box continues to be a stigma that needs to be busted open. 2 Kings 5:1, “Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper.” As documented, it is clear that Naaman was not any ordinary commander. He is described as a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master. Naaman was also a man who had fought successive wars for Syria. Evidently, all his achievements were not outside of God that he did not know and yet he was a leper. Naaman was a notable leper who could not be expected with such a mark despite what the Lord was using him for. All is well with you and there is no doubt that God is the one using you. However, have you identified any “but” in your life? Is it possible that you are in a box of a notable mark that does not settle well with you? Have you accepted to accommodate any condition that does not settle well with your life? Until there is a settlement in your heart like Naaman to resolve the “but” in your life, you will not know the positive results that will come forth from the negative mark of “but” in your life. The mark of “but” in Naaman’s life brought him to the point of deliverance from empty pride. When he approached the point of miracle, the empty pride in him was bust open and humbleness took its reign.2 Kings 5:10-11, “And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, ‘Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.’ 11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, ‘Indeed, I said to myself, He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’” Naaman eventually got the message. After the role-play of pride, he became submissive enough to obey the command of the prophet of God for him to go and wash in the Jordan River. After washing, he came to where God wanted him to be: the place of knowing God. “And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, ‘Indeed, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.’” (2 Kings 5:15) God will reveal Himself unto you through your “but” in Jesus Name.