"Notice The Exclamation Point"

Now Naaman, a commander of the army of the king of Syria, was agreat and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman's wife. 

Then she said to her mistress, "If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy." 2 Kings 5:1-3

This little captive maid is one of my favorite "Heroes" of faith. I know her name isn't David, Moses, Joshua, Daniel or one of any number of big name Bible heroes but she is still one of the giants to me. The truth is we don't even know her name, but name or not, she still gives us a great example of what faith looks like.

We have a little girl, taken captive, taken from her family, her home, and everything she had known, brought to Syria, and made to be a servant to Naaman's wife. It couldn't have been an easy experience to have gone through! I love her example because even though it must have been very hard to go through what she did she didn't lose God in the process.  She couldn't control being taken captive. She couldn't control being made a servant in a distant land far from her family. She was in no way in control of her activities. She was a servant being told what to do, when to do, and how to do things. The one thing that she could control is her belief in her God!

I've seen to many people lose heart and turn their backs on God over the years when something bad that was beyond their control happened in their lives. This little girl didn't do that instead she testified That her God could make a difference. "If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria!" I love the exclamation point. She spoke like she believed it would make a difference. She still believed in the faithfulness of God to meet needs. She didn't say, "Maybe he could try the prophet in Samaria." She said, IF ONLY MY MASTER WERE WITH THE PROPHET WHO IS IN SAMARIA! FOR HE WOULD HEAL HIM OF HIS LEPROSY." Again, notice the EXCLAMATION POINT. She said it full of excitement and full of faith that God would make a difference!

I love this little girl because even in the midst of tough circumstances beyond her control she was still faithful to testify about the goodness of her God!