20th June
TEXT: Luke 17:12-19 (KJV)
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And 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.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And 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.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
A grateful man stands a better
chance to keep things going in his favour than a fellow who depends on his
skill. Ecclesiastes 9:11c (KJV) reveals
that skill is not a guarantee that a fellow will be favoured ahead of others.
It started by saying
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,...” then went on to say “... nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,...” then went on to say “... nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
In the attitude of gratitude we acknowledge
that it is the grace of God in our lives that makes the difference. We often
complain of not having enough money, time, opportunity etc but the truth is
that most of the time we have failed to make the most of the money, time and
opportunities we were blessed with. According to the scripture, if we have been
faithful and grateful with the little we have more will be added.
When the ten lepers were told to go show
themselves to the priest on the way they immediately noticed that they have
been healed from their leprosy but only one saw the need to turn back to say
thank you. The other nine did not see the need to stop and come back to say
thank you and the Lord saw their action as ingratitude. It is possible that some
would have said Well, let me wait for some time to be double sure that this
thing is true. But the fact that they can obviously see the difference should
have made them at least acknowledge that something wonderful is happening to
them. Most of the time, some people who want to wait to be double sure end up
not getting the sealing of their blessing. When I took time to pray for someone
and the person comes to testify that something good has begun it gladdens my
heart and motivates me to uphold them in prayer until it is perfected.
Glory Realm Devotional
By: Rev. Igho Yegbeburu
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