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Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king
of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the
Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but
he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had
brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on
Naaman’s wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were
with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy … “
2 Kings 5:1-3
The story
of the young girl whom God used to heal Naaman (2 Kings 5:1-5) is real. I can testify to this by what I experienced
with one of my biological daughters recently.
The greatest challenge I had with my years of labour as a Cassava farmer
was locating the market. As a result of
lack of knowledge (Hos. 4:6), in this direction, I have had to abandon two (
altogether 8 hectres) farms thereby losing the huge sums of money invested in
them. I was so worried about the third farm that I
shared my experience with my young daughter who worked with me on the project
and she simply said, “Daddy, I know where you can easily sell your tubers no
matter how plenty they may be”. Like a
typical adult I never got convinced so I never acted upon it. Instead, I decided to opt for processing the
tubers into garri. I said to myself, “Now you got it right!”.
But I
discovered to my surprise that the size of the farm that was ready for
processing was far too much for our installed production capacity. It is
therefore imminent that I was going to lose the better part of the investment
again! My daughter again said to me, “Daddy,
I have told you several times to let us try this market that I mentioned to you.
If you can’t go, hire a vehicle for me I will go.“ This time around, I humbled
myself and agreed with her. The first trip she made was a huge success. She
returned with the full money for everything she took down to the market before
9 a.m. the following day. It was like a
dream to me but I was motivated to send her again the second time. The same thing happened. Suddenly we discovered the vehicle we were
using was too small. Then she said, “Daddy,
let me do two trips a day” I allowed her.
Before 9 a.m. the following day again, she had completed the two runs
and returned home with the full money!
Within one month, all our tubers had turned to cash! We sold so much that we now struggle to have
something left for garri production! Now
through my daughter, I discovered I have unlimited market for my present and
future products just because I listened to a good counsel from her.
Dear user
of this devotional please note that that little child (biological or
non-biological) beside you may be your angel and solution provider for all your
years of labour. Your wife, your friend
whose advice you have always jettisoned because of overfamiliarity may be the person
to lead you to your breakthrough. Why
not come down from your ivory tower, treat them well, draw him or her closer,
tell them your challenges and listen to, consider and act on their counsel no
matter how childish they may be.
Prayer point: Father, from now
onwards give me a humble heart to treat everyone around me well to provoke my
own breakthrough in Jesus name.
