Have the faith of a little girl!

We make our faith very complicated sometimes don't we? I was reading in 2 Kings yesterday and come across the faith of a little girl and reminded me of how simple faith really is if we just have the faith of a child:

2 Kings 5:1-5



1 Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”

5 Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
A few things I want us to see here:

1. Naaman was a great man, honorable, a gentile, a commander of the Army of Syria, and the Lord had given victory in battle. Make sure you catch that God used and blessed a gentile here, not an Israelite! God had a plan for us gentiles all along too nit just the Jews!

2. A young girl from Israel had kept her faith even in captivity. She believed in God's power and recommended Naaman to go see Elisha!

3.Naaman must have had some belief or he never would have went to see Elisha or even take request to the King.

So you see our faith can have influence on others. Do you have the faith in your God as this young girl? Are you sharing you faith with others and telling them what your God can do? Oh may we all have a child like faith as said here:

Matthew 18:1-4

18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.


Tom