I love to read a Bible passage and see something I've never seen before.
Reading about Naaman's healing (2 Kings 5:1-15), I noticed something remarkable.
A young slave girl taken captive against her will…
Serving those who had probably killed and kidnapped others of her people…
Away from home and family…
But she maintained her faith in the true and living God!
She forgave her captors and encouraged her leprous master, Naaman, to seek healing from God.
God healed him, and Naaman proclaimed: "I know at last there is no God in all the world except in Israel" (2 Kings 5:15).
We don't even know this young girl's name, but we know it is written in the Book of Life, perhaps next to Naaman's. And we know she'll receive a crown in heaven for her faithfulness in the midst of adversity.
My prayer is that, no matter what happens, I might have faith like this young girl. How about you?
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ReplyDeleteFor the faith she had will be her glory
ReplyDeleteHer faithfulness lead to the salvation of another.
ReplyDeleteI love this story in the bible.
Amen
ReplyDeleteI have also found that amazing. Doesn’t she say something like she wishes her master would go see the man of God in her homeland and be healed? (You have to wonder what her family life had been like.)
ReplyDeleteYes, she says, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.” Yes, there are lots of questions I would like to ask that aren't revealed in the passage. But she certainly had faith.
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