Have you thanked God for your salvation, love, grace, and all of his spiritual benefits? We must never forget to thank him. What God has done for us should make us want to thank God continually. We should want to approach Him with a grateful heart.
They sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. Ezra 3:11
Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously. Daniel 6:10
always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to [fn]God, even the Father; Ephesians 5:20
Only one out of the 10 lepers came back to thank Jesus for healing him. The leper glorified God with a loud voice. We should also be very humble in our thanksgiving. Out of all the 10 lepers, this grateful man as the only Samaritan; the rest were Jews.
Ingratitude is a pervasive sin. Many have received God’s mercies. However, there are few, very few, that in return give thanks. It’s usually the least of the unexpected to be thankful to God. Here in this verse, the unexpected Samaritan gave Jesus thanks for healing him when the Jews didn’t even bother to thank Jesus.
Have you taken notice of other’s humble thanks?
The last person you thought would be thankful IS!!! The one person you expect to be thankful says nothing! How do you deal with this?
Christ saw him as distinguished from the rest. This is how we can do it for those who are humbly thankful.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I pray that we are like this humble, thankful Samaritan. That we will take the time and humbly thank our God for everything that he does for us. I pray that we will not be ungrateful for what you do for us. I pray that we always acknowledge what you do for us.
In Jesus Name
Amen
