2 Kings 5:1 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman’s wife. She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel.” And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”
So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.” And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.
Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
John 4:48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”
1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians 2:14-16 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
Proverbs 13:10 By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 1:32 For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
Naaman was a man of valor, commander of the army, and once he had heard there may be a chance that he would be cured of Leprosy by a prophet in Israel, he went to his king for permission to go to the prophet in Israel to seek a cure. I imagine as commander of the army, Naaman expects respect. Note how Elisha sent a messenger out to speak to him. “Go wash in the Jordan 7 times and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean.” Naaman had an idea in he is head on how he should be healed and this was not it. He was so mad that he left in a rage and was not going to the Jordan. In the end, his servant gets him to follow the words of the prophet. Were it not for this he would have left the land of Israel and the healing prophecy.
We have ideas on how we think things should work out in our lives. We expect things to work a certain way. When we think like this we leave no room for the plans and purposes and will of God in the matter. When we do this we start to close our eyes and deafen our ears and harden our heart to things of God and are on a path that does not honor God. Come to God with open heart, mind, and soul that are receptive to His purpose, plan, and will for your life. Open your eyes, listen with your ears, and soften your heart to the things of God.
