Thoughts Weekly Message
Leave the Chariots at Home
On Erev Yom Kippur, Scott follows Naaman the Syrian general to Elisha's door in 2 Kings 5 and asks what our pride has to do with the healing we keep missing.
It’s Erev Yom Kippur, and Scott opens 2 Kings 5 on a proud Syrian general who has lined up his horses and chariots outside a prophet’s door, expecting a miracle worthy of his rank. Elisha doesn’t even come out. Pride, as it’s been taught here before, is trusting in your own strength, and Naaman’s strength has never once touched his leprosy.
Scott warns at the very start that Yom Kippur itself can’t reach the root of our problem, so what do we do with the thing in us that keeps coming back every year?