A little girl . . . that’s how she’s described in my Bible . . . just a young girl . . . taken from her family . . . removed from her country . . . separated from the place where her God was worshiped . . . in servitude to the wife of a powerful man. Just a little servant girl . . . but ultimately serving a really big God!

The 2Kings 5 record of Elisha healing Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, of leprosy is one of those pretty familiar Old Testament stories. And most often . . . like maybe always . . . my focus is on Naaman the powerful warrior who humbles himself to not only go see a prophet in Israel as a last ditched attempt to cure his condition, but also submits himself to Elisha’s ridiculous treatment plan, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times.”

Or, my attention is on Elisha, the powerful man of God blessed with a “double portion” of the spirit and power of Elijah, his mentor. This Elisha, a conduit of God’s might and grace shown to a pagan enemy commander. Or, I keep reading, and Gehazi’s, servant of Elisha, catches my attention as his greed ends up getting him more than he ever anticipated.

Those are the main characters . . . Elisha, Naaman, Gehazi . . . they are the ones who catch my eye most often when I’m reading here. But this morning, it’s the little girl who emerges center stage.

Nondescript . . . no name . . . no stature . . . no worldly power . . . but what amazing influence.

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. She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”

(2Kings 5:2-3 ESV)

A little girl . . . with a little exposure to the things of God . . . with a little faith . . . has a big, big impact at the highest levels within a foreign government. The commander of the army of the enemy becomes a believer in the God of Israel. So much so that he determines to worship Him and Him alone. The conqueror of nations is himself conquered by the God of the universe. And all begins with a little girl.

That Naaman humbled himself to go to a prophet in Israel and wash in the Jordan reveals his desperation. But that he would listen to the counsel of his wife’s little servant maid, shows only the power of God to move within the hearts of men. To orchestrate circumstance and exercise souls in order to reveal His glory. To bring sinners to Himself that they might be healed and become followers of the true King.

What an amazing little girl . . . what an amazing Almighty God! And, as his followers, we too can be that little girl, because He is always that Mighty God!

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

(1Corinthians 1:26-29 ESV)

Like a little girl . . . with a little faith . . . believing in a big God. To Him be glory alone . . .