Luke 17

This week I have have been thinking about the story in Luke 17 where Jesus heals the 10 lepers. Verse 14 is Jesus' response to their pleas to have mercy. He says "Go show yourselves to the priest." This clear command is actually pretty outrageous. Everyone knew you had to be clean in order to approach the priest, and they were of coarse unclean. But the men took Jesus at His word and went. This is the key which unlocked the power of God. The fact that they obeyed is pretty great, but they were healed even before they reached the priest. Clearly it was not their act which healed them, but their faith. Faith is taking God at His word, regardless if it fits within our human understanding.