You Can Be a Shining Light in a Dark Place

Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman’s wife.

2 Kings 5:2

Naaman did not know God, but God brought someone who did know Him into Naaman’s life. She was a little girl, whose name we don’t even know.

This girl had learned in her early years about the God of the Bible. She knew that when God’s people sinned against Him, He sent prophets to call the people back to Himself. She knew that God was still speaking through the prophet Elisha.

Then without warning, raiders arrived and seized this little girl. Naaman decided that she would be an excellent servant for his wife.

After what she had endured it would not be surprising if she took pleasure in Naaman’s illness. Instead, we are told that she said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy” (5:3).

This little girl is a wonderful example of being a shining light in a dark place. She is full of faith, full of hope, and full of love. She believes that God loves her enemies, so she loves them too. She prays for them and longs for them to know her God.

Naaman took her words seriously. He told his boss what she had said, and the king said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel” (5:5).

In what dark place could you shine God’s love and hope today?