We had no internet yesterday because of the ice storm (and no school, so I took the day off). Sorry this is a day late! I guess I could have posted it Wednesday night when I wrote!
A caring captive spoke up for the benefit of her captor, as we saw last week! Naaman’s servant confidently told him where he could find healing for his leprosy. Not only did Naaman believe her, but so did Israel’s enemy king, the king of Aram!
II Kings 5:4-6 Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from
Israel had said. 5 “By all means, go,” the king of
Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left,
taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold
and ten sets of clothing. 6 The letter that he took
to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to
you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
Even though the king of Aram misunderstood WHO could
heal Naaman, God faithfully used him to compassionately act on behalf of his
commander. He could have viewed this as a dangerous ploy by the servant girl or
a risky encounter with the king of Israel. Yet, he boldly wrote a letter and
sent his commander!
Where might God want to use you and me to speak up or
write a letter for the benefit of someone else? Maybe we’re afraid it’s too
risky or won’t help. Our Faithful God can use our small actions (at His direction)
to accomplish His BIG plan.
Alice
