The faithful slave girl

Naaman was a commander in the Syrian army and was respected by the king because he had won many battles. But Naaman had a problem: he had a terrible skin disease that causes a slow and horrible death.

During one of their raids against Israel, the Syrian army captured and brought back Israelite slaves. Among them was a little girl who became a servant to Naaman’s wife. One day she said to her mistress, “If only my master could go to the prophet in Israel, he would be cured of his disease.”

When Naaman heard about the prophet in Israel, he went to the king and told him what the girl had said. The king of Aram immediately wrote a letter to the king of Israel and said to Naaman, “Go to Israel and take this letter with you.”

Can my faith be strong even though I’m young?

Would you have been as brave as the young servant girl? Naaman was the commander of a great army, and he did not become commander by being nice! The girl probably did not even know the name of the prophet in Israel or whether he would heal someone from Syria. She simply trusted God.

The girl knew that it is easy for God to do things that seem impossible. She had faith! God gave her the confidence to tell her mistress about the prophet. Although she may not have known what would happen, she was obedient to God's voice in her heart. There was absolutely no doubt in her mind that God could heal her master. Faith is simply trusting God.

Verse for today

Jesus replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, `Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.” Luke 17:6

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