Three Angels Broadcasting Network Devotional. Unexpected Help. By Mikhail Sevastyanov July 12th, 2026 “But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, ‘Indeed, I said to myself, “He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.” Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?’ So he turned and went away in a rage. And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, ‘My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, “Wash, and be clean”?’ So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” 2 Kings 5:11–14 Over the years, I’ve found myself in different situations where I suddenly received help I did not expect. In fact, this is the premise on which we build our children’s tales to teach them to do good. In Russia, we have the famous stories of Ivan Tsarevich, a good fellow who always finds that he is helped by various heroes and circumstances. And why? Because they are all good, and good always wins in the end. It cannot be otherwise. As a result, the child who listens to these stories understands that if you are kind, then you will definitely be blessed. Someone will certainly help in the most difficult moments. In the Bible, we see how Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, turned to Elisha, the prophet of God, with a request for healing from his leprosy. He was not just a military leader, but the army commander who conquered Israel. He had the power to do evil not only to the Jewish prophet, but to the whole country. Elisha told him that if he dipped himself seven times in the Jordan River he would be cured, but this seemed humiliating to Naaman, and in anger, he walked away without doing anything good. An angry person is driven by their anger; and in most cases, to approach them usually means suffering their wrath. This was especially true when it came to his slaves! Slaves meant nothing, they were just property whose duty it was to obey and fulfill orders. But here we see a strange picture, because Naaman’s slaves beg their lord to obey the prophet. At the same time, they politely call him their father. Amazingly, Naaman relented and listened to his slaves. The master obeyed his slaves! He dipped seven times and came out of the water cured! I wonder how he treated his slaves that they dared to beg their master to reconsider. If Naaman were evil, the slaves would hardly have said anything to him, but would have remained silent, obeying his orders. Naaman would have walked away in anger and would have soon died of his leprosy, but not before lashing out in anger and doing some other evil in revenge! But his kindness helped him, and even his slaves loved him. And, as a result, he was not only healed of leprosy, but also came to believe in God.