It’s easy to forget what others have done for us

From time to time we look back and remember those who served in various ways. We do this with thanksgiving for their sacrifice on our behalf. Remembering and thanksgiving go together. We, however, sometimes say ‘thank you’ as a matter of routine in contrast to someone like a refugee who takes out citizenship in a country and serves out of gratitude.

In this passage we have the story of 10 lepers who were healed by Jesus. The surprising thing is that only one returned to say ‘thank you’. He did this out of faith because he saw his deeper need. Jesus says to him ‘your faith has made you well’.

The Christian life is a life that thanks God for what he has done in us and also his work in other people. The response to this should lead to praise and worship … or is it too familiar? When we gather as God’s people, we gather to express our thankful appreciation for what he has done for us in Jesus Christ … the perfect once for all time sacrifice of himself.