The Language Of Faith

The Bible in 2 Kings chapter 5, introduces us to two characters: the little Jewish slave girl and Naaman the Syrian army commander

The Jewish slave girl, could be a former servant of the prophet Elisha. The Bible does not mention the name of the girl. All we know about her is that, she was a slave girl taken from Israel.

This no name little slave girl, was kidnapped from her family during one of the Syrian raids on Israel, captured and taken into a foreign land.

Taken away from her family and her people.

Forced into slavery. Forced to learn & speak a foreign language, seperated from her culture.

Her future stolen, (if she was in school).

Her identity stolen – she will never get to know her true identity and her true people.

She is taken to work as a slave girl in the house of Naaman an army commander. According to 2 Kings 5, Naaman was a celebrated and decorated army commander. An accomplished man and very respected. A man held in high esteem because of the victory that God brought him over Israel. The Bible says about him in verses 1; “….. by him the Lord had given victory to Syria.”

He had the right resume and everything was going well for him in life. However, Naaman suffered from a skin disease called "leprosy". Facing an unclean future. Making it difficulty for him to mingle freely in public, living with shame and pain every day. Losing his body parts slowly with the passage of time due to the Leprosy.

Leprosy was a dreadful and shameful condition. It would prevent an Israelite from entering the temple then. A person suffering from leprosy would suffer in silence, quietly, alone, and isolated. They would be losing their body parts slowly without.

I was Imagining one waking up in the morning only to find a figure or a toe has dropped off.

What we see in Naaman, is the picture of our world and our communities today. Like Naaman, most of us look like we have it all together. We fake and, pretending all is well. We look polished from the outside. We look accomplished and successful in the eyes of our (peers) friends and the public. Successful in the culture around us; clubbing, beautiful postings on social media; Facebook and WhatsApp, living beautiful decorated lives and yet dealing with a sickness called sin.

We Fake everything! We fake out lives on social media. We fake our smiles, happiness and joy, yet we are suffering inside.

We fake success and yet we are dying from inside every day. Grappling with life issues; debt, unstable marriages, broken families, rebellious children, financial problems, and fighting suicidal thoughts. We go to bed and cry ourselves to sleep in silence, isolated from every one. Like the lepers in the old testament bible times

There Is Hope For You, and Jesus is our hope

My sister! my brother! Stop living a life of misery, outside the commands and the comfort of God. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 6:17 "Therefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you."

Reach Out To Jesus!

No one and nothing can fill that void in your life. That hole is Christ shaped, and only Jesus can fill it.

I have always wondered how God could have granted victory to the pagan army commander over his loving Israel. The bible says about Naaman in verse 1; “….. by him the Lord had given victory to Syria.”

When your life has been gripped by God, life can do it's best to strip every thing away; your joy, your peace, your spirituality and your freedom! In order for you to run back to God. The children of Israel did not heed the warning from God through the prophet. Untill the enemy came and took them into exile.

Not all bad things that happen to us are meat to kill us or punish us, but a way for us to realise and ran back to the King of of our lives, Jesus Christ.

When you reach the dead end of your self, no matter what you have been through, or what you have seen you still know whom to call!

CALL ON Jesus!

"if only my master could go and meet the prophet" the slave girl cried! I encourage you to allow Jesus Christ in your life and your situation.

The Language Of Faith

We are told that this no name, little slave girl, was captured in a war raid. She was kidnapped and taken away from her family and from her own people. She was taken into a foreign land and forced into working for Naaman's wife as a slave. She was seperated from her culture, and her familiar environment.