S – Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; ¹⁶ and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

Luke 17:15–17 ESV

O – Commentary:

The lack of gratitude by the other nine was typical of the rejection of His ministry by the Jewish nation. He alone had the power to cleanse the nation and make it ceremonially clean. However, the nation did not respond properly to Him. The nation accepted the things that Jesus could do (such as heal them and feed them), but it did not want to accept Him as Messiah. However, those outside the nation (such as this Samaritan leper—a person doubly repulsive to the Jews) were responding.

 John A. Martin, “Luke,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 2 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 248.

A – Two questions from this story. Do we accept God’s can do for us more than who He is to us?  Do we express glory and praise when He works in our lives?  We will never be perfect in either question but we should be moving closer to honoring God in both.  All of us have the opportunity to put God in his rightful place in our lives and give him honor for his many blessings.

R – Heavenly Father, we worship and surrender to you.  Thank you for being our God – you know and love us personally.  Thank you for your many blessings and things you do that empower us in our gifts and talents.  We love you!