Luke 17:15 One of them (the lepers) when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting "Praise God!" He fell to the ground at Jesus' feet, thanking Him for what he had done.
These lepers were at a distance, they were social distancing! So they cried out to Jesus "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us (v.13).
How many times have we cried out to Jesus for mercy, we've 'shouted out' to Him, but when we've received that mercy we've not 'shouted out' our thanks publicly. Yes, we've thanked Him quietly in our prayer time but maybe we should be shouting out our thanks and praise so other people know what God has done for us.
This man came back to Jesus shouting. He thanked Him 'over and over again' the Amplified Bible says, for what Jesus had done. Everybody saw, and everybody knew about it! He made a spectacle of himself and didn't care. His gratefulness overcame his instilled reserve. This was a man who'd had to socially distance himself for so long and suddenly we see him running to people, running to Jesus. His days of social distancing were over! He would no longer be in pain, no longer ashamed.
He was no longer distanced from his God, from Jesus, from others. He'd been cleansed, delivered from a hopeless life.
Maybe if we shout out what God has done for us, as we praise and thank God over and over again, we shall encourage others to call out to God for His mercy so they too can be delivered and give a shout of praise and thanksgiving.
Lord help us to shout out our praise and thanks to You today so others can know how amazing you have been to us.
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