# 225 Quick To Be Thankful

The Book of Genesis

Day 225

Ge 24:52 And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

There’s that phrase again! One of 452 times it appears in Scripture, “And it came to pass,”  The Lord has given the green light to the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah. Please note the reaction of the servant.  Wham! To the ground! Spontaneous worship from a thankful heart! Mission accomplished! All glory to God!

This servant can teach us a thing or two about prayer!  There was absolutely no hesitation in giving thanks!

I am reminded of the ten lepers that were healed by Jesus in Luke 17. He did not heal them immediately but called on them to exercise some faith in Him for their healing. He commanded them to show themselves to the priests. This was part of the Levitical law. A priest was the only one who could declare a leper truly clean. For a leper to head off to see a priest covered with leprous sores would seem to be a foolish thing to do. I mean what happens when you arrive and there is no healing?

Yet, the ten, by faith, go traipsing off, “and so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.  15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,  16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks.” (Luke 17:14-16)

This one leper, a Samaritan by the way, responded correctly to his healing. He dropped all things and gave thanks! Then Jesus asks the question,  "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?  18 "Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?" (Luke 17:17,18)

In their defense, they were obeying Jesus and the Law of Moses to the letter, but Jesus seems to be saying here, that there would be time for that later, whereas the time for giving thanks is in the now!  1Th 5:16-18 says, “Rejoice always,  17 pray without ceasing,  18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

Let us learn to emulate the Spirit-led thankful leper and Abraham’s thankful servant, giving thanks for all the blessings of God.