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“Lessons From A Maid”

Key Verse

“And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy” (2 Kings 5:3).

TEXT — 2 Kings 5:1-10

Message

In 2018, the Science Daily reported that researchers from the University of Zurich found that “nerve cells in the skin help wounds to heal”. Although the research to unearth how this process becomes possible is still ongoing, it has been described as a scenario in which cells (which ordinarily should suffer the same fate as the wounded part of the body) change their identity to help heal a wound.

This aptly describes the maid of Naaman’s wife. She was among the captives of a previous Syrian attack on Israel. She was a slave in Syria who did not forget her roots and the power of the God of Israel. Seeing Naaman suffer leprosy was a concern for her. She offered him a life-changing counsel for her master to avail himself of God’s provision through His appointed prophet in Israel. The counsel, though unsolicited, led to a turning point in the life of the Syrian captain.

Lessons abound for the believer from the story of the maid. Naaman could be described as her enemy because he was the “captain of the host of the king of Syria” that invaded and captured Israel. But this did not stop her from offering counsel to the master. Although the soldier was her enslaver, she still pointed him to where he could get the solution to his problem. Rather than hate her enemy, the maid helped him to get in contact with Elisha, the prophet, for healing.

Jesus commands believers to love their enemies, bless those that hate them and pray for those who despitefully use and persecute them. This is the trait of truly sanctified Christians. We are to make concerted efforts to bring sinners, our persecutors and enemies to know the truth and be channels of blessings to the people around us every day.

Thought for the day

Christian goodness is only complete when it covers our enemies.

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Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.

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