eDevotion
Encouragement for your daily walk with God
“Unclean!” In ancient times, lepers were social outcasts because of their highly contagious disease. Their only recourse was to turn to beggery. Can you imagine what it must have been like for them in those days? No medical help, bodies slowly deteriorating, shunned by family and friends, and forced to live in a camp comprised solely of people with the same disease.
One day, ten lepers were walking the streets, and suddenly, merciful Jesus crossed their path. And in one powerful moment, their disease disappeared. It was truly a life-changing encounter. What joy must have filled their hearts. Once they were declared “clean” by the Temple Priest, they would be free to return to their families and live normal lives.
But I am struck every time I read this story. Only one of the ten lepers returned to the Healer to say, “Thank you!” It also makes me wonder if I am as ungrateful as the ‘nine.’ Am I as thankless as they were? Sometimes we are so engrossed with the blessings we receive from the Lord that we forget about the One who gave them.
It's easy to get caught up in the blessing, isn’t it? Let’s join the Psalmist and approach the Lord with “thanksgiving in our hearts!” A good place to start is thanking God for all His goodness toward us!
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. Luke 17:15-16
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