2 Kings 5

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, 

for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."

{Matthew 7:12} (NIV1984)

There are a lot of words in the Old Testament. When Jesus says 'Law and Prophets', He is referring to the entire Old Testament. If you read all of those words, our Lord tells us that they can be added to up into one rule; the golden rule. 'Do to others as you would have them do to you'. The law of love. It seems hard to accept at first. There are a lot of commands in the Old Testament, and many of them seem to be about us and our relationship with God. However God describes Himself based on how He treats humans, and our relationship with Him is proven by how we treat our fellow humans. 

A great example of this golden rule lived out, is the little Israelite slave girl in 2 Kings 5. She had been forcibly captured and enslaved by her enemies, and yet when her master was struck with leprosy, she came forward to suggest that he go to God’s prophet and be healed by the LORD. Our Lord held out the healing of Namaan as an example of how far away from the LORD Israel was, in those days. But we know that at least one little girl, loved her LORD God, loved her enemy, and by her actions her enemy was healed and saved. May we be inspired by this little one, and may we this day; Do to others as we would have them do to us!