The Word for wisdom:
Proverbs 3:6-7 (MSG)
6 Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. 7 Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil!
The Word for inspiration:
Psalm 143:1 (ESV)
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
The Word for encouragement:
Luke 17:15-19 (HCSB)
15 But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God. 16 He fell facedown at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus said, "Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Didn't any return to give glory to God except this foreigner?" 19 And He told him, "Get up and go on your way. Your faith has made you well."
My observation:
Today I will focus on the response of the ten lepers to their healing. Then tomorrow we will return to this passage to look at another point.
The encounter of Jesus with the lepers included ten men. Up to a point they all did the right thing. All of them saw their need, they were humble, they took their need to Jesus, they were persistent, they had faith, and they were obedient.
Nine of the ten lepers failed to give thanks to Jesus for their healing. Instead they returned to their old way of life. However, one of them, the least of them did return to give thanks to Jesus.
We should run to God and ask him to meet our needs. However, we should also run to God to thank him for meeting our needs. We should each ponder the words of Jesus.
Luke 17:18 (HCSB)
Didn't any return to give glory to God except this foreigner?"
My prayer:
Father God, I pray that I will be like the Samaritan who returned to Jesus to give thanks. Father, I thank you that in your mercy you reached down and included me in that number of those you are pleased to call your children. Father, I was once a foreigner, but now I am in Christ, and for that I am forever grateful to you, and your son, Jesus my savior.
Ephesians 2:12-13 (HCSB)
12 At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.
My song:
Forever Grateful (Click on link below to listen to this song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffsQKJwKJnw
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Current topic: A Proverb a day for wisdom, and a Psalm a day for inspiration.
Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
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