KHANDIE'S KORNER - October 3, 2004 | |
Timely Insights into God's Word from Khandielese Reyes | |
This Weeks Message- (scripture taken from King James Version) Give Thanks And
it came to pass, as he went to Ten
men sought help from the Lord Jesus and received. Ten
men whose bodies were consumed with sickness and disease sought deliverance and
restoration from The Lord and he healed them. Ten
men went away fully and completely restored of health and yet ONLY ONE returned to
The Lord to Give Thanks and
Glory to God! According
to scripture, as the Lord was passing through Over
the years Ive often wondered why all ten did not return to the Lord in gratitude. They all came out seeking the same thing and
received that which was asked of the Lord, and surely they all must have been thankful for
the Lords mercy in healing them. After
all, what man would take it so lightly of being restored to health from such a horrific
disease. And yet, the only one who made a
public display of thanks and glorification, was whom the scriptures declared as being
a Samaritan. To make mention
of this obviously indicates its importance for the scriptures could have declared
the one who was so thankful to the Lord as simply a man, but instead takes
notice of the fact the man was a Samaritan.
To understand why this was so important, is to first understand the life of
a Samaritan. Samaritans were
a despised people because of their paganism and the worshiping of graven images. These were people brought into the city of Samaria
by the king of Assyria from various different parts of the lands such as Babylon, Cuthah,
Ava, Hamath and so on and with them they brought their wicked religious practices into the
lives of the children of Israel who also dwelt in the land, causing them to stumble as
they soon followed after their pagan ways and began also serving other Gods and
turning from the one TRUE God. (see 2nd Kings chapter 17) They knew not the ways of the LORD God and even
after being taught how they should fear the Lord, they still although professing fear
of the LORD God, continued to make and worship gods of their own. Their rituals were corruptible. So
now, here we have in the book of Luke chapter 17, a despised Samaritan who was the ONLY
one who returned in gratitude, giving thanks and worship to the God hed not known,
and the God the other nine had possibly known all their lives. Isnt it amazing how the ones who have been
declared sinful and far from knowing God by the highminded religious folk, are the very
ones who are first to recognize his saving grace and power and TRULY are thankful. It is no wonder the Lord in speaking to the chief
priests and elders declared in the book of Matthew: Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into
the The
one who is MOST thankful to The Lord, is usually the one who feels less deserving of His
mercy. Arrogance and pride lead many to
believe they are somehow worthy of His blessings, worthy of His gifts, and are like the
nine lepers who with ungrateful and unthankful hearts, refuse to acknowledge the act of
kindness from The Lord and return back to Him to simply
. Give Thanks
But, ALL who profess to have received his blessed gift of
salvation and eternal life, TRULY should be as the Samaritan was in that DAILY
we should come to Him and Give Thanks. For if it not been for his AWESOME and most LOVING
sacrifice to man, mans eternity would be sealed in hell forever separated from The
Fathers Love! The Samaritan ran back with joy and gratitude GLORIFYING God and giving thanks to The Lord for an outward cleansing. We (who are believers) have EVERY reason to come daily with joy and gratitude, GLORIFYING God and giving thanks all the MORE. Fore we have received, through the shed blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, an Inward cleansing. MORE than enough reason to daily stop and Give Thanks I
Love you all so very much. Have a blessed week
in the Lord and remember: Whatever we do, do ALL
for the GLORY of GOD, who ALONE is worthy of the GLORY and the PRAISE! The Lord be
with you this day and always! Shalom Uvracha
(Peace and Blessings) Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh,
May the peace of the Lord be with you today and always KhandieleseDaughter & Servant of the Lord God |
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