Settling for Healing

July 29

(Luke 17:15-19 NIV) ““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.””

(Matthew 15:29-31 NIV) “Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. {30} Great crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. {31} The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.”

(Psalms 16:11 NIV) “You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand”

Jesus healed ten men, but was surprised that only one returned to thank and praise Him. This one Samaritan man was declared “well” by Jesus. Ten were healed -- only one was made well. Being healed and being made well are two different things. One is temporary. The other is eternal. Healing lasts only until the next illness comes along, but wellness lasts for a lifetime and into eternity. Strive to obtain physical and spiritual wellness. Come to Jesus to be healed of sin, but return to him and live a life of worship and praise. If we don’t return, we will likely succumb to the sickness of our sins again. When we are healed without wellness, a soul may be saved, but a life is wasted. Jesus can heal us, but it is having the faith to serve God that makes us well. Don’t settle for just being healed. Stay close to Jesus and be made well. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day