THE SLAVE GIRL’S VOICE

Good day people.

Today, I’m thinking of a little girl that found herself as a slave girl in a foreign land. Let’s try to walk in her shoes a bit, can we?

Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. (2 Kings 5:2).

We know that she didn’t happily beg the bands to take her as a captive, right? She was obviously taken against her will…that’s what “captive” means, lol.

So, this young girl was in Naaman’s house AGAINST HER WILL…She’ll probably have preferred going to school or helping her mother out or something similar. There is even the possibility that the raiding band had killed her parents and/or some relatives. She was obviously in an undesirable situation.

She had to make a decision, though. She could decide to sit “by the rivers of Babylon”, weeping. Or she could make the best of a “terrible” situation. Thankfully, she chose the latter. She looked away from her “terrible” situation long enough to notice that Naaman (possibly the leader of the band that captured her) was dealing with leprosy.

Also, she was bold and kind enough to suggest to Naaman’s wife that he could find a solution to HIS challenge in her native town. She didn’t even try to talk about how to be set free; I wonder why?

By God’s grace, I’ll still get to write about the office of the prophet as the story of Naaman is one that strongly highlights the importance of the prophetic office, which some have brought to disrepute. My pastor will always say that the presence of a fake is an indication that there is an original. God is the one that gave some to be prophets (as well as the other ministry gifts) to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:11-13) The prophetic office is not inherently evil.

 

Back to our little slave girl, in spite of her own pain, she found a need and met it. They may have taken away her physical freedom but she still had her voice. Today, her voice still rings out today. Now, I’m adding her name to the list of those that I want to learn more about and possibly ask God how her story ended…Will you give Him the fragments of your broken heart, step out, lend Him your voice and make a difference today?

 

Have a blessed and productive day.