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Don't Run After It

God will bring the wealth in His time

June 1, 2017 • Benham Brothers

* Two men in the same business but with two different goals.
* Elisha’s end goal was that God would be brought glory.
* Gehazi wanted God to get the glory and himself to get the gold.
* Gehazi called Naaman “the Aramean,” fully recognizing he was an enemy to Israel.
* He may have thought, “Isn’t the wealth of the wicked stored up for the righteous?”
* This was true, but the righteous never have to chase it.
* Elisha refused the reward - it was not “the time” to receive rewards.
* Elisha’s services weren’t for hire - he was simply to obey God’s command.
* But Gehazi had witnessed Elisha’s ossum power for a long time and new now he could cash in.
* Notice - the reward came to Elisha - he didn’t have to go after it (even though he refused it).
* Gehazi had to run after it - and it was his running that proved his motive - he wanted it bad.
* Elisha didn’t say receiving a reward was wrong - he just said it wasn’t the right time.
* Gehazi wanted Naaman’s stuff so he got Naaman’s stuff.
* He got to keep the gold but he had his leprosy to go along with it.
* The same will happen to us when we allow our ambition to take the lead.
* If God wants us to have something He’ll bring it to us in His time in His way.

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