You children may be surprised to learn that girls can help out the gospel. You probably know that all the preachers that the Bible speaks of were men; there is no such thing there as a woman evangelist or a child evangelist. You might think of a boy helping out the gospel, but how could a girl help?
Well, turn to the fifth chapter of 2 Kings and read about Naaman. He was a leper and represents to us anyone, now, who is unsaved, or still a sinner; one who has not accepted Jesus as Saviour. Leprosy is like sin. Being healed of leprosy is like an unsaved person accepting the gospel. The little girl in the chapter did something that resulted in Naaman being healed of leprosy. So it should be possible for even children to do something that might result in unsaved persons being saved.
Now let’s see what she did. She, of course, could not heal Naaman. But she knew where there was someone who could: “the prophet that is in Samaria”. Notice how careful she was not to get out of her place. She did not go to Naaman and try to tell him what to do. That would have been improper. She simply said: “Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.” This is a good example of what we call “testimony”: She knew who could heal leprosy, she told about it, and in addition expressed a wish that Naaman could be brought before this person, this is testimony. And testimony is much more powerful than any other kind of talking anyone can do for Jesus.
Now you children can testify to the sang power of Jesus. But before you can do this you must know Him as your Saviour. You must know yourselves sinners and see Him as Saviour, and you must accept Him as your Saviour. If you have not done this, there is no possibility of you testifying. What you need in that case is to get concerned about your own leprosy and seek the remedy.
The other thing you can do is try to get others to come to the place where they can hear of Jesus. This may be either the Sunday school or a gospel meeting. If you can get other children to come to such meetings, they too may be saved. The correct reading of verse three is: “O, would that my lord were before the prophet.” So you should try to get other people “before”, or in front of, those who can tell of Jesus, the one who heals us from the leprosy of sin.
ML 06/04/1939