Totally Submitted

2 Kings 5:2, “Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman's wife. She said to her mistress, "If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy." “

Aram was basically at war with Israel and Naaman was the commander of their army. Naaman (or his wife) might have been a very nice person but this Israeli girl was a slave. Add to that, we never learn her name, it is lost in history.

She wasn’t born into slavery – she was captured. Capture in that day was not pretty. How many of her friends and or family were killed when she was captured. How had this captive been mistreated?

Whatever the case, she was a foreign household slave. She wasn’t likely doing the fun housework. Suffice it to say – she had it worse than I’ve ever had it. But what does she do when her owner gets an incurable disease? (personally, I’d leap up and down inside) She LAMENTS! She says, “If only my master would see the prophet…”

At some level, this girl was giving her heart and soul into service. She must have known God was GOD and He was with her. She knew who she was and did not need to rejoice in the suffering of others. She wanted to see her master healed.

This is a girl (woman) who found her healing and identity in God. I know it’s a great speculation to assume her life and her circumstances but in captivity, how good could it have been? She was perfectly submitted and perfectly aligned with the place God had placed (or allowed her to be).

How much more in a working environment would God want me to be submitted and in service to the people I work for?