[Discoveries] 09-21-08 Two servants -- 2 Kings 5:13,20

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had 
told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much 
more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!" ... Gehazi, the 
servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, "My master was too 
easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. 
As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from 
him." -- 2 Kings 5:13,20*/

Here we have two different kinds of servants. The servants of Naaman 
were bound to a pagan - an Aramean. They had probably lived all their 
lives in a pagan culture, far from the presence of God. But the servant 
of Elisha was employed by the shining star of righteousness in his 
generation, the godly prophet who was revered by kings and by common men.

Which job would you rather have?

But let's look at it a different way: Who brought about good and who 
brought about evil? The servants of the pagan brought the plan of God 
forward. The servant of the prophet brought harm to the work of God.

The point? I'll quote Galadriel from The Lord of the Rings: Even the 
smallest person can change the course of the future. You might not be 
where you want to be. You might be in a lowly place of insignificance 
where nobody even knows your name, but from that small place, God will 
give you leverage to accomplish great good.

Never underestimate the ability of God to put you where He wants you. In 
an unexpected moment, you could change history, and bring good into many 
lives.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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