The "servant" or the "man"

I've been thinking more on the story of the "noteable woman" from 2 Kings 4 over the past few days. Later in the story the woman's son dies and she places him in the room made for the man of God and his servant. When the servant comes to see how she is she tells him "it is well," yet when the man of God comes she unloades her pain and pressure to him. Ultimately the man of God is used to bring the boy back to life.

Got me thinking, they are both representatives of God, yet there is a distinct difference between the two. The servant, while potentially a noble man of good character, is not the man the woman unloads too. He may be see as someone who "is busy" and is going to and fro getting things done, but is not someone who the woman can be on a personal level with. The man of God however is more personal with the woman and is let into her life on a deeper level.

The thought; sometimes throughout life I can be so busy "doing" things and caught up with the to and fro of life that I miss opportunities to be personal with people. While I may achieve a lot in my own mind, the potential is to be someone that others cannot relate too.

I would rather be someone that is perceived as a man of God; while things get done I still must make the time to be personal with people, genuinely interested in their lives.

Imagine how the story might have turned out if the woman never felt comfortable talking to the man of God about her problems...she would have lost something in her life of incredible value.