HEaling of Naaman

Naaman who was the commander of the Syrian army had leprosy. On of the girls who happen to be Jewish who was being held captive mentioned to the king that there was a prophet who could heal him of leprosy. Unfortunatly when Naaman reached Israel, the king thinks this request to be healed is a sign that Syria wasn't to go to war. However, luckily Elisha overhears this and invites Naaman. Now Naaman gets all upset when Elisha tells him to be healed he must go bathe in the Jordan river and dip himself 7 times. He figures, he could have saved time and money by just cleaning himself back home. He gets over his anger and does as Elisha had instructed him to do. He is healed.

He now has a conviction to praise God.So much so he asks to take some soil back with him to his homeland. He promises to worship the Lord but has an exception due to his duties to the king during religious ceremonies. He then offers ELisha gifts which he does not accept. Ahh, but his servant Gehazi decided to run after Naaman and ask for money and clothes not realizing that Elisha can see these things.
When Gehazi gets back ELisha confronts him with his selfish act and curse him and his descendants with leprosy.

There are 2 things I really can be taught here. The first one is that we must realize that when we do things for God or in the name of God we do not need material possessions to be rewarded for the things we have done. We must do them directly for God and in His name.

The second thing is very simple and we all know this, but we are being watched at all time. Every remark, every bad look, every wonderful deed is being watched. We are never unobserved. So what does that mean? We should act accordingly. Pretend that a camera is on us 24/7 and the whole world is watching. Cause there is someone who is much more important watching us and His opinion is far more important then 10 billion people around the world.