3rd October 2025

Realising Our Need

“Indeed, now I know that there is no God

in all the earth, except in Israel . . .”    

2 Kings 5:15

Today's Bible Reading: 2 Kings 5:1-15.

If money, possessions, and power could bring fulfilment, the wealthy and powerful people would seldom experience life crumbling. All people—rich or poor—have something in common; we’ve violated God’s laws. The resulting alienation leaves us empty and unfulfilled until we find true contentment.

The Bible tells us about a man who served as a great general in the Syrian army. His name was Naaman, and he had become successful and had everything to live for. But he was struck with leprosy, a condition that brought physical disfigurement, social rejection, mental depression, and death.

Naaman is a picture of all of us. His leprosy is a picture of sin in our lives—a fatal condition that overshadows all successes and accomplishments. That shadow of death hangs over every one of us. Just as leprosy separated people from society, the Bible teaches that sin separates us from God.

The Bible says that all of us have sinned (see Romans 3:10). We have a disease that is constantly eating away at us and has destroyed our relationship with God. That is the reason we cannot find fulfilment in life. That is the reason we cannot find peace and joy and happiness in life. We search for it, but because of sin, we do not find ultimate joy.

What did Naaman do? He realised his need and his helplessness and turned to God. What seemed ridiculous to him, he did by faith (see 2 Kings 5). Look to the Lord and be saved (see Isaiah 45:22).

Prayer: Father God, I thank you that Your amazing unfathomable love has been poured out for me at the cross and poured into me by the Holy Spirit. In Christ's name. Amen.