It’s at His Feet
“So where are the other nine?” Jesus asked. “Weren’t there ten who were healed? They all refused to return to give thanks and give glory to God except you, a foreigner from Samaria?” Then Jesus said to the healed man lying at his feet, “Arise and go. It was your faith that brought you salvation and made you whole.” Luke 17
Jesus knew actually where these men had gone. They followed their heart. It was to be back in church with their family doing all the things the leaders told them was important. Or maybe they were doing whatever they wanted and wore the coat of the synagogue they belonged to. Whatever it was Jesus makes a point to say- “they refused to return and give thanks and glorify Yahweh.”
What else does he point out here? “Weren’t there ten who were healed?” Leprosy represented sin in the scriptures. All ten were forgiven of their sin. Nine of them went out telling everyone they were forgiven but because they refused to return in thanksgiving to glorify Yahweh they missed out on the most important part. It’s dangerous to take bits and pieces of His word to weaponize them for the Gospel and miss the most important part. So many, I was one of them, were forgiven of our sins and immediately went to work telling everyone how great Jesus is at forgiving us. We are out there throwing pearls at swine when Jesus never asked us to do that. Jesus only did what He saw the Father do. We, beloved ones, are to only do what He tells us to do in each moment of the day. We are missing the most important part of this encounter with Jesus when we weaponize His word for war on humanity.
What happens when you return to lay at His feet? When you spend time at His feet thanking Him and glorifying Yahweh? You get SOZOed. Jesus says to the man lying at His feet, “it was your faith that brought you salvation and made you whole.” Jesus cares more for your whole being than just forgiving your sins.
What is SOZO? It is a Greek word meaning to save, deliver, make whole or restore, heal, be whole. Every aspect of your heart and mind is healed. This is available to everyone of us, but it is only found at His feet.
You and I find kindness at His feet which leads us to repentance the changing of how we think. We find His goodness that heals our broken heart. His goodness leads us into a life that represents Him well outside the doors of a building or this devotion. We find rest for those areas of our lives we haven’t quite surrendered to His Lordship. If we are not at rest, we cannot hear His voice concerning the matters of our hearts or life’s trials. There’s a love affair awaiting you and me at His feet that will change everything in our lives and for many generations to come.
But His feet come with a warning. He is going to say some things to you while at His feet you really want to avoid. It is the hard questions and conversations we do not want to have. Jesus goes straight to the heart of the matter. What we must remember is He is a safe place. He represents the best Father anyone could imagine. You are safe in His arms to have those hard conversations. On the other side you find yourself SOZO.
Today sit at His feet. Let Him love you. When I say sit, I understand we can’t all sit down all day at His feet, but you can turn your heart to Him all day and meditate on His love. Let Him ask you questions. This whole, healed you will not be found overnight. It takes every day turning your heart to Him. He wants nothing more than for you to be all He paid for.
