Naaman had to bring himself to the place where he acknowledged Elisha as a man of God and a spokesman for Heaven before he could hope to secure the blessing for which he had come. There would have been no healing if he had not seen light in the prophet’s words. But when he did according to the directions of the prophet, his leprosy was washed away. When God speaks through a prophet, it always pays to put aside one’s own opinion and accept the message of the Lord. Only thus may we find ourselves walking in the ways of God and partaking of His blessings.