2 Kings 5-8. Little People Used by God

Children love the story of Naaman and the servant girl. But, this is not just a story to entertain, it has far reaching spiritual truths. Isaiah wrote that God’s ways and His deeds are not like our deeds, …for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so His deeds are superior to our deeds and His plans superior to our plans. [Is 55:8 paraphrase]

Naaman hearing about the prophet Elisha and his power to heal, came to the him to be healed of his leprosy. He came with a retinue of many, gifts galore but Elisha said go and wash in the River Jordan. He left in a huff saying the Jordan was dirty. It took one of his soldiers to say to him:  if Elisha told you to do something hard, would he do it?  Why not then do something simple? Naaman humbled himself and lo and behold he was healed! 

The little captured girl, name unknown except to God, taught Naaman this principle through her faith in God’s ways. Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matt 18:4