A camel must get on its knees to have its burdens removed. We also carry burdens that will only be removed when we get on our knees and pray.

Naaman was described as a great man, but he had leprosy. Even though he was a friend of the king, and had all the resources of the kingdom, he could not be cured. Then he went to another kingdom to find the prophet Elisha. When he was told to dip in the Jordan seven times he refused. His reason was pride, He was too important to be humiliated this way.

Then his servant came near and spoke to him and said, “Had the prophet told you to do some great thing, you would have done it. How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean.”

Naaman was healed when he humbled himself before the Lord. Many are just like him in similar situations today. There are those who would do something great when asked, but who would never bend their knees before God. How many burdens do we carry because of our pride?

Christians dwell in a kingdom that is unlike this world and its pride. In this kingdom the humble are exalted, the weak find great strength in the Lord, the last are made first, and servants find joy.

“How long has it been since you talked with the Lord
And told him your heart’s hidden secrets?
How long since you prayed?
How long since you stayed
On your knees ’til the light shone through?”