December 13

Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

¹¹ Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy^[b] met him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

¹⁴ When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶ He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

¹⁷ Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸ Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

 

Ten men were healed but only one came back to thank God.

It shows us how difficult it is to have a thankful heart.

What people do to receive a blessing?

They pray in the dawn, they stop eating, they go to church...

But when they receive the blessing they were searching for, they forget God...

Things God does are to bring us closer to Him.

We can´t leave God because of things we receive from Him.

We read that only one returned .

So nine, NINE, forgot God.

And the one who returned, he threw Himself at Jesus feet...

Pr. Poliana