"Naaman was general of the army under the king of Aram. He was important to his master, who held him in the highest esteem because it was by him that GOD had given victory to Aram: a truly great man, but afflicted with a grievous skin disease. It so happened that Aram, on one of its raiding expeditions against Israel, captured a young girl who became a maid to Naaman's wife. One day she said to her mistress, "Oh, if only my master could meet the prophet of Samaria, he would be healed of his skin disease." Naaman went straight to his master and reported what the girl from Israel had said. "Well then, go," said the king of Aram. "And I'll send a letter of introduction to the king of Israel." So he went off, taking with him about 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and ten sets of clothes. Naaman delivered the letter to the king of Israel. The letter read, "When you get this letter, you'll know that I've personally sent my servant Naaman to you; heal him of his skin disease." When the king of Israel read the letter, he was terribly upset, ripping his robe to pieces. He said, "Am I a god with the power to bring death or life that I get orders to heal this man from his disease? What's going on here? That king's trying to pick a fight, that's what!" Elisha the man of God heard what had happened, that the king of Israel was so distressed that he'd ripped his robe to shreds. He sent word to the king, "Why are you so upset, ripping your robe like this? Send him to me so he'll learn that there's a prophet in Israel." So Naaman with his horses and chariots arrived in style and stopped at Elisha's door. Elisha sent out a servant to meet him with this message: "Go to the River Jordan and immerse yourself seven times. Your skin will be healed and you'll be as good as new." Naaman lost his temper. He turned on his heel saying, "I thought he'd personally come out and meet me, call on the name of GOD, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and get rid of the disease. The Damascus rivers, Abana and Pharpar, are cleaner by far than any of the rivers in Israel. Why not bathe in them? I'd at least get clean." He stomped off, mad as a hornet. But his servants caught up with him and said, "Father, if the prophet had asked you to do something hard and heroic, wouldn't you have done it? So why not this simple 'wash and be clean'?" So he did it. He went down and immersed himself in the Jordan seven times, following the orders of the Holy Man. His skin was healed; it was like the skin of a little baby. He was as good as new. He then went back to the Holy Man, he and his entourage, stood before him, and said, "I now know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no God anywhere on earth other than the God of Israel. In gratitude let me give you a gift." (2 Kings 5:1-15 MSG)

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I had pretty much accepted my fate

Leprous I am, thats how it will stay

Never heard of a cure

Apart from old wives fables

Tried it all, to no avail

I'll just get on with life

Many a conquest to acheive

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I do have a good breed of slaves

Treat them just like family

What is this, I hear?

A young Jewish girl, I'm told

Has some interesting news for me

A prophet in Israel

Who might have an answer for my ailment

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Finally decided to check this out

Spoke to my King

He sent me to that of Israel

The king didn't seem to have a clue

The prophet sent for me himself

Didn't even get to speak to Him

Sent me to a river to bathe instead

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Surely, he can't be serious

I had this thing all worked out

He clearly hasn't read my script

Where He comes out, to place His hands on me

And speak many great words to it

I've lost confidence in Him

There are better rivers where I'm from

If bathing is all that it takes

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From hope to outrage

What a swing of emotions for one day

It's time to leave this place

Then one of my faithful servants

Spoke these true words to me

"What have you to loose, if you obey?"

"Greater things, you've already tried"

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Who would have thought, it would be that simple

Seven times, in and out, is all it took

My flesh is now back as new

I am indeed overjoyed

To think I nearly lost this chance

Cause I thought I knew how

Amazing, how I became an expert

At healing the incurable

Clearly that’s the job

Of the Living God of Israel

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Selah