draft 2 Kings 5

A slave girl changed a life

A slave girl changed the life of a soldier,

-      a leader of soldiers.

A slave girl changed a life.

 

She could have kept quiet

Done only what was asked of her

She could have resented her bondage

and kept the good news to herself.

But she spoke,

-      she changed a life.

 

We can’t change the world in an instant,

But we can change a life

 

Just like the slave girl

We can change a life

By remembering who we are

By living out our faith

 

He was an important man

This leader of soldiers

He had helped win the war

-      the war that made her a slave girl

he was an important man,

and popular with the King.

 

This important man,

friend of the king,

winner of wars,

had a skin disease.

A slave girl,

one of the spoils of war

spoke of a prophet,

  who could heal him and change his life.

 

The important man spoke to his friend the king,

who wrote a letter to the other king

[because kings talk to other kings, not mere prophets]

 

The important man, the winner of wars

travelled to the country he had recently fought and won.

He didn’t go to the prophet, he went to the king

 

Why do we make it so hard?

 

We can’t change the world in an instant,

But we can change a life

 

Just like the slave girl

We can change a life

By remembering who we are

By living out our faith

By following where we are called

 

The important man was disappointed

The prophet sent a message

No-one does that to him

He is an important man

A leader of soldiers

Friend of the king.

No-one sends a message rather than speaking to him in person

 

The important man wanted to be treated like he was important

He was leader of soldiers, a winner of wars

Friend of the king

 

The prophet did not treat him as important

He sent a message to him

To bathe in the Jordon

 

The important man did not like the message

Bathe in the Jordon

For the important man wanted something spectacular,

something to fit with his standing.

 

 

The servants of the important man

asked why not try it?

 

 

A slave girl changed a life

The servants encouraged

The important man was cured

 

We can’t change the world in an instant,

But we can change a life

 

Just like the slave girl

We can change a life

By remembering who we are

By living out our faith

By following where we are called

Sometimes it is our life that will be changed!

 

 

What might change your life?

Where might you be like the slave girl,

and point someone to wholeness, hope or grace?