As I think about being thankful for the surplus I have and how I am able to
be wise in using it, the 10 leprous men come to mind that Jesus healed.
A couple of key things here, 10 guys with leprosy (some sort of nasty skin disease that is painful) and only 1 guy says "THANK YOU to Jesus for healing him", only 1 guy fell down and gave thanks and praise to Jesus, and that 1 guy was a Samaritan! Which is very key because "Samaritans were hated by the Jews as part of a complex and ancient racial prejudice." In James MacDonalds book Lord, Change My Attitude he says it like this
Have you taken time to thank God for His saving grace? For the things that you have in your life? Good things and things that you suffer for? Take time today to thank God and pick up a good read. Lord Change My Attitude Before It's Too Late by James MacDonald with forward by Dr. Erwin Lutzer. Our 11 year old son read this book first and then told me that he thought I should read it. I have been wowed by many things it the book. The most captivating so far is the fact that many of us, including me (gasp!) are living in the 'wilderness' like the Israelites. If you are a Child of God, you have it all (not meaning stuff either) yet you may not realize it and suffer for it.
Get out of the wilderness!
Moe
Luke
17:12-13 12"And as he entered into a
certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13And they lifted up their voices, and
said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14And when
he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came
to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15And one of them, when he saw that
he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16And fell down on his face at his feet,
giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan."
A couple of key things here, 10 guys with leprosy (some sort of nasty skin disease that is painful) and only 1 guy says "THANK YOU to Jesus for healing him", only 1 guy fell down and gave thanks and praise to Jesus, and that 1 guy was a Samaritan! Which is very key because "Samaritans were hated by the Jews as part of a complex and ancient racial prejudice." In James MacDonalds book Lord, Change My Attitude he says it like this
"The point is, no one has an
acceptable excuse for ungratefulness.Everyone can make the choice to give thanks
and acknowledge the goodness and the grace of God. Sadly, however, only a small
fraction of the human population ever personally thanks God for His grace."
Have you taken time to thank God for His saving grace? For the things that you have in your life? Good things and things that you suffer for? Take time today to thank God and pick up a good read. Lord Change My Attitude Before It's Too Late by James MacDonald with forward by Dr. Erwin Lutzer. Our 11 year old son read this book first and then told me that he thought I should read it. I have been wowed by many things it the book. The most captivating so far is the fact that many of us, including me (gasp!) are living in the 'wilderness' like the Israelites. If you are a Child of God, you have it all (not meaning stuff either) yet you may not realize it and suffer for it.
Get out of the wilderness!
Moe
