{"id":7332,"date":"2018-02-21T14:58:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=7332"},"modified":"2018-02-21T14:58:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:58:45","slug":"hindrance-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=7332","title":{"rendered":"HINDRANCE ISSUE"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> Knowingly or unknowingly, is it pride that is hindering you to live life for the glory of God?<\/p>\n

2 Kings 5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What is reducing man to live life for the glory of God? Can you search your heart and not be self-victim not to live life for the glory of God? There is nothing that can reduce man but self. Naaman had leprosy which was not enough to reduce him to live life for the glory of God.
\nIt is written, \u201cNow 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.\u201d (2 Kings 5:1)<\/em><\/strong> With all the honors in the life of Naaman there was leprosy. In documentation of Naaman, leprosy could not deny Naaman\u2019s status and achievement before his master. The Hindrance issue of Naaman was alive in him and not obvious to his master and people around him. The hindrance issue which clouded Naaman is the same that is clouding so many today especially among believers. The hindrance in Naaman\u2019s life was none other than pride.
\nIt was hindrance issue that stood between Naaman and the word of his healing. The bible recorded, \u201cElisha sent a messenger to him, saying, \u201cGo and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.\u201d (2 Kings 5:10) <\/em><\/strong>Wash and clean was the word of healing that was spoken to Naaman. Evidently the power to get Naaman\u2019s healing was obedience to the word of God\u2019s prophet. The hindrance issue in Naaman reacted negatively as it is written, \u201cBut Naaman became furious, and went away and said, \u201cIndeed, I said to myself, \u2018He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the <\/em><\/strong>Lord<\/em><\/strong> his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.\u2019 \u00a0<\/sup>Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?\u201d So he turned and went away in a rage.\u201d (2 Kings 5:11-12).
\n<\/em><\/strong>Hindrance issue in Naaman\u2019s life was pride. Unknowingly or knowingly, is it pride that is hindering you to live life for the glory of God? The pride in Naaman\u2019s life manifested when: He became furious (extreme anger); Naaman walked away from his glorious healing; Naaman\u2019s spirit of \u201cI\u201d set in; rage took over Naaman to act with fury. Knowingly or unknowingly, is any of Naaman having place in you?
\nWhen pride in Naaman\u2019s life subsided, obedience to the word of prophet led him to be washed from the leprosy in his life.
\nToday, take time out to look in the mirror of the word of God. Word of God is a revealing word for man to observe for self-correction. Give self continually to the word of God as mirror for correcting self and not become a victim of self-destruction in life. Pride is without doubt a personal ride to self-destruction.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today:<\/strong> Ask before God for deliverance from pride of self-destruction. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: Knowingly or unknowingly, is it pride that is hindering you to live life for the glory of God? 2 Kings 5 What is reducing man to live life for the glory of God? Can you search your heart and not be self-victim not to live life for the glory of God? There is … Continue reading HINDRANCE ISSUE<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7333,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7332\/revisions\/7333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}