When you stand in two yards, you must never forget where to ground yourself.
Life is not easy. We have many forces pulling us in many different directions and there never seems to be enough resources.
I know for me it comes down to running low on time, running low on money, or running low on energy.
For most of us, we simply will never have enough of any of those to truly do what our minds set out to do.
The enemy will continually try to draw our attention away from the ONE VERY THING that we must do.
I think this is what Jesus is talking about in Luke 17:
Luke 17 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”
14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him–and he was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
How many of us have found Jesus and truly been freed from something…….and then we walk right back to the very place where we became sick—forgetting to RUN BACK AND FALL AT HIS FEET AND THANK HIM?
Jesus did not deliver us so that we could go back and forget who we are or where we came from….He delivered us so that we could live a life that is overflowing with gratitude and humility……
I urge you today to remember: Who’s Your Daddy?
Remember the place where you used to live and the mindset you used to have…..
Are you like the other 90% in Jesus story? Have you been washed or delivered or saved and wondered right back ‘out of the yard’ to the very life that crippled you?
Go back to the Lord and go to His feet.
As I have been grappling with this write up a song came on the radio and convicted me all the more…….
Casting Crowns: Lifesong
“Empty hands held high
Such small sacrifice
When not joined with my life
I sing in vain tonight …. “
I think this is why Jesus mentions the “foreigner” and gives him favor…..
We are so locked in with who WE ARE and what we have given the Lord…….but our reality is that when we get in THAT mindset we must truly look at what we have given to the Lord. NONE of us can say that we give Him, really, anything. When we hold our hands high in worship—-it only means that we are giving Him what is in our hands……NOTHING.
The Bible says that we all fall short…..that none of us is worthy.
ALL of us are in dire need of Jesus.
ALL of us have nothing to offer the Lord beyond our hearts.
ALL of us are absolutely lost without Him.
So let’s carry that mindset with us into our lives.
Let’s carry that gratitude into our lives.
And let’s NEVER forget to return to the Savior every chance we get and throw ourselves at His feet in His honor.
Lord–
You are our Daddy. You are our only hope. You are the One who holds the keys to eternal life……….Lord, we are lost without You!
Lord, Yours is the Kingdom. Yours is the Power. Yours is the Glory. Forever and ever and ever.
Amen.
In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Coach J
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