On day two of our time in Thailand, we read a familiar passage of scripture, but it was only after talking about it did I see it with fresh eyes. I shared this devotional thought in our team meeting today at work and I'll share it here as well.
In Luke 17:11-19, Jesus takes time to heal the ten lepers. These are folks who have been banished by society and left to (literally) rot until their deaths. They've contracted a disease without a cure. Yet Jesus takes pity on them, see potential in them and heals them.
In verse 14 he tells them to show themselves to the priest. It's in GOING to the priest that the lepers are healed. They step out in faith and follow Christ's instructions. Jesus could have just healed them; it was done over and over before in scripture. But he didn't. He told them to go.
It was in the going, the act and and answer to his call that they were healed.
It's later in the same story that we see one return. One of the ten. When Jesus questions what happened to the others he's met with silence from the healed leper who returned. But Jesus doesn't stop there. He recognizes the glory given to him and sees the thanksgiving and makes the healed leper well. He takes up the healing a notch and touches the leper's soul.... thus, making him well.
We can each be healed, but God calls us back and wants the glory. It's by glorifying Him and recognizing His power that we are truly made well.
So, what's to learn?
One- we don't have to be ready and prepared. We just have to go. It's in the going that God heals us, blesses us and reveals his magnificent plan.
Two - when it's all done, it's up to us to return the glory and recognize the power in His plan. It's only then that we're made well.
Are you ready?
I hope not. Just go. You'll be surprised at what's in store.
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