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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Where Is the Thanks?
Jesus said, "Ten men were healed; where are the other nine?
This man is not even a Jew! Is he the only one that came back
to give praise to God?" Then Jesus said to the man, "Stand
up! You can go. You were healed because you believed."
-- Luke 17: 17-19 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
"Where are the other nine?" Jesus says some sad things during his
earthly ministry that tear apart our hearts: "My God, my God, why have
you forsaken me?" "Peter, do you love me?" "Judas, is it with a kiss
that you are betraying the Son of Man?" "Into your hands I commit my
spirit." All of these statements are agonizing. Unfortunately he has to
keep saying, "Where are the other nine?" or something like it quite
frequently. Many of us go to the Father using the name and authority of
Jesus and ask for many things great and small. In great love and mercy,
the Father and the Son often bless us with precisely what we ask of
them. Yet with so many blessings lavished on us, our prayers remain
focused upon getting more rather than thanking and praising them for
their generosity and grace. I'm sure they have to be hurt by the
constant questions of heaven, "Where is the thanks?"
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Almighty God and loving Father, forgive me for my self-centered
preoccupation. You have blessed me with so much and I seem to thank you
for so little. I praise you for your selfless love, your abundant
mercy, your costly grace, your faithfulness to your promises, and your
assurance of my future with you. Thank you for your Holy Spirit who
intercedes right now as I pray and who strengthens, equips, leads, and
empowers me. Thank you for the breath I breathe, the food I eat, the
clothes I wear, and the place I lay my head at night. For these, and
thousands of other blessings from your hand, I thank you. In Jesus
name. Amen.
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