saved for

Saturday October 16th, Luke 17: 17-19 Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you." When we think saved, our mind tends to go towards saved from. All ten were saved from the scourge of leprosy. Only one turned and praise God for the healing and perhaps realized the real gift is when we are saved for. Perhaps this outsider was saved for the purpose of showing the way to the insiders. Perhaps this outsider was saved for the purpose of showing the way to other outsiders. When we turn to give thanks, we open ourselves a bit more to what God wants to do in our lives. It is then we begin to understand the blessings of being saved for.