Focal Passage: Psalm 65:11-13
What is the worst grade you ever made on a test? I had a friend in high school whose initials were CDF. He would joke that his report card was simply displaying the first letters of his names.
I wonder how he would answer that question? Imagine you getting a test paper back from your teacher and written in red marker on the top right corner is a 10 percent. I’m sure that gives some of you straight A students anxiety just thinking about it. Even for the friend I mentioned earlier, a 10 percent on a test would be a disaster.
Now, I encourage you to read Luke 17:11-19. Jesus healed ten lepers, only one returned to Him and gave Him thanks. If we were to grade the guys in this story, they’d get a 10 percent. Even while the vast majority did not come straight back to Jesus, that was His expectation. [Read more…]