Seedsower Music:: Do The Math

Ten lepers, all healed. One returned to give Jesus thanks. Ten percent. You don't suppose that ratio always holds true, do you? Yikes! How can we then foster hearts of gratitude?

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Do The Math

November 21, 2008

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"

When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well." Luke 17:11-19

"The number of those who pray is greater than the number of those who praise." C. H. Spurgeon

Guilty as charged. Listen to Carl Heinrich Von Bogatzky as he tunes his heart to sing his Master's praise:

O Lord, how many are thine unknown mercies! I am surrounded with them on all sides; yet how little do I observe them, and acknowledge them to thy praise!

If thou hast punished even the heathen for not having minded, and glorified thee in thy works, what will become of me?

Pardon, O Lord, this my blindness and ingratitude, and to all thy other kindness add a thankful heart; that I may joyfully praise thee for all the blessing of creation, the daily bounty of thy providence, and the adorable gift of thy Son.

In all thy creatures may I see and adore thy infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, and be thereby continually strengthened in faith, and stirred up to thy praise and love.

Thus let me always converse with thee, cleave to thee, and have uninterrupted communion with thee; that nothing may interfere and disturb this religious disposition of my soul in the least.

Yes, O Lord, grant me this wisdom and close attention for thy glory's sake. Amen.