Topic: Psalm 119:141 [John Hagee Devotional 25 March 2020]

I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your precepts.

Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, was a leper. He was desperate for a cure for his deadly condition.

Help came from an unlikely source. Syrian soldiers raided Israel and captured a young girl whom they brought back to become a maidservant to Naaman’s wife. Living in such close quarters, she must have seen Naaman’s dreadful disease and overheard the distressed and fearful conversations.

One day, she found the courage to say to her mistress: “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy” (II Kings 5:3). One small voice of hope spoke into Naaman’s misery and despair.

She is only ever mentioned in this one verse. She speaks her truth and leaves the scene. She walks in and out unnamed, but her message of hope changed Naaman’s world.

This maiden had every reason to stay silent. She was a young, foreign girl – small and despised in many eyes. For all of the reasons why she could not have said anything, she had some truth. When she shared the truth, it began to deliver Naaman.

What have you done with the truth you possess about Jesus Christ and His salvation? Your voice can offer the message of hope to change someone’s world forever.

Blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you and give you His peace. May you open your mouth to speak God’s truth and love to every person that you meet. May yours be the voice of hope to a searching soul today.

Today’s Bible Reading:

Old Testament

Deuteronomy 4:1-49

New Testament

Luke 6:39-7:10

Psalms & Proverbs

Psalm 68:1-18

Proverbs 11:28