7/7/24 "Wasted Time "

7/7/24

5 Minutes of Focus

"Wasted Time" 

[10] Elisha sent a messenger to say to Naaman, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” [11] But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 

2 Kings 5:10-11NIV

The bible let's us know that Naaman went away angry...He got mad and went away. But for how long? How long was he away? How much time did he waste being angry, being mad? Was it an hour, or was he away for a few hours etc.?

The bible doesn't say... 

Naaman could've gotten healed sooner than he did, but because he wasted time...

Beloved,

God says, Stop wasting your time being mad...

You could have had your healing, had that job promotion, had that house already...If you hadn't wasted all that time being angry, being mad.

So many opportunities, so many major "life-changing" moments we miss out on and don't receive what God intended, all because of how we felt at the time.

So what, If things didn't go as you had planned or as you had hoped.

[9] A person may think up plans. But the Lord decides what he will do.

Proverbs 16:9 ICB

And the Lord has decided to delay your healing, delay that job promotion, delay that house UNTIL you can learn to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

James 1:19 NIV

Anger resides in the lap of fools (Eccles 7:9 NIV)...and is very costly to the progression of your future.

So, Stop being mad, being angry. Learn self-control.

Until Next Sunday. 

LPS~Love, Prophetess Stacy