The Little Girl

The Little Girl

2 Kings 5:2-3

The Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel: and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

:3 She said to her mistress,  “I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”

 This little girl was kidnapped from her family and taken by Aramaen soldiers to a strange land to live and serve strangers.  

Your Word, Father does not give hardly any information about her. What we can know from Your Word is that she believed in the God of Israel. She knew Elisha was a true prophet and she knew that he did miracles.

 She must have seen Naaman’s wife in sorrow or discouragement about his leprosy.

They obviously did not know of a cure or have any hope for one.

“I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy”

Many translations have an exclamation mark after her statement indicating it was said strongly with emphasis. When she spoke to the wife, she spoke with an anointing, with such confidence that she was listened to and believed to the extent that it sparked hope and action. And that action led to his miraculous healing.

Through this little girl You began to send forth Your word which is “living and active and sharper than any two edged sword”…(Hebrews 4:12) to accomplish Your purposes. 

She spoke the beginning words that led to the miracle that Elisha brought to Naaman.

Through Your Spirit even today You are speaking to Your people, even through little children. Help us to discern Your voice and Your living words. Help us to listen to the little ones.