Today I want to share Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations":
THANK YOUR WAY TO GREATER BLESSINGS
Luke 17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a
loud voice glorified God,
People who have a grateful heart are always praising God. You often
hear them say, “God is good!” They know that God is the reason for every
blessing they get. But there are those who look to God for blessings and when they get
blessed, they just go on their merry way. Their hearts are captivated by the
blessings instead of the One who has blessed them.
Jesus had an encounter with both these types of people when He walked
into a village one day. Ten lepers cried out to Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy
on us!” (Luke 17:13) Now, when you call out to Jesus for mercy, He always hears
you. On another occasion, when two blind men cried out to Him, “Son of David,
have mercy on us!” He took the time to give them their miracles. (Matthew
9:27–30)
So these 10 lepers cried out to Him for mercy. He stopped, looked at
them and said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And “as they went, they
were cleansed”. (Luke 17:14) But only one came back and fell at Jesus’ feet,
giving Him thanks. Notice the very sad words of Jesus that followed: “Were
there not 10 cleansed? But where are the nine?” (Luke 17:17)
The other nine obviously knew that it was Jesus who had cleansed them.
Yet, they did not bother to go back and thank Him. My friend, let it be said of
you that when the blessings come, you remember to give God the praise, glory
and honor, and acknowledge that He is the source of every blessing in your
life.
Do you know that when the man came back to thank Jesus, he received the
additional blessing of becoming whole? Jesus said to him, “Arise, go thy way:
thy faith hath made thee whole.” (Luke 17:19, KJV) He was not just cleansed of
leprosy, he got his missing fingers and toes back!
My friend, when your heart is thankful toward God, you position
yourself for even greater blessings!
AMEN! An attitude of gratitude will go a long way in keeping us in our Love Walk in our dealings with others. If we USE this lesson, then we should never really get ourselves in a position where anything can be stolen! Be alert to the plans, plots, schemes and strategies of the devil! He would like nothing better than to trip us up! NO! Amen! Here is Hillsong with "Lettered Love":
Shalom in Him!
