Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? “Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”—Luke 17:12-19
Lord...May you work this kind of faith in my heart...the kind of faith that brings spiritual healing and wellness to my heart. The kind of faith that allows Your power to work in me and in my life. I am never a fool when I put my trust in You. Oh help me to trust You to the uttermost. Help me not to fret in the trials you allow in my life, but to know that Your unfailing love will be with me and will never fail me through each and every one. You are the same yesterday, today and forever. What You did for me yesterday in my fear and in my need, You can do again today. My times ARE in Your hands.
Oh Lord to whom shall I go? You and You alone have the words to eternal life. “My flesh and my heart fail, but You are the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever”. I can never ask from You “too” much...I can never expect “too” much. You are the God who says, “I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it”. I loved reading this yesterday about faith from Spurgeon:
“The larger your expectations of God, the better, for according to your faith it will done unto you.”
The Lord is my Keeper. He is my shade at my right hand. He will preserve my soul. Ending with portions of Psalm 84:
Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.
They go from strength to strength;
Each one appears before God in Zion.—Ps 84:5-7
For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
O LORD of hosts,
Blessed is the man who trusts in You!—Ps 84:11-12
