Praising God

Luke 17:11-19, the story is about how we should give God our worship and thank him for all that we have.

So far, our pattern of following Jesus is to abide in Christ, read and meditate on His Word and to communicate with God through prayer. In addition, we must also live in a spirit of worship. Worship is not just singing in church, it is the way we show our love to God. As Jesus met the 10 lepers, they asked for healing, but Jesus didn’t heal them on the spot. He commanded them to go show themselves to the priests, as was the custom for people with leprosy to be inspected by the priests so they could be accepted back into society. Their healing took place on the way to the priests. With their excitement, they all went back to their lives excited to pick up their lives where they left off- all except one, who realized he needed to show love back to God for his healing. Jesus commended him, even though he was a foreigner, and then asked where the others were. We need to take this example and give praise to God in all circumstances, especially when we receive great things from Jesus. The reason we should live in a constant state of worship is because we have already received the greatest gift of all- our salvation.