Stepping Into The Healing Path

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, "Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner? "Then he said to him, "Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.
Luke 17:11-19


I read through this today in Sacred Space and lingered on it, asking for the Spirit to soothe me with it as it worked through me. What did it mean? What did it say to me?

So many of those I partner with in work, in friendship, in community are about healing, finding the redemptive pieces, being made whole and stepping into that healing life and taking the best pathway.

What is the difference in being made clean and faith that makes you well? Jesus offered healing to them all but only one came back to connect with Him. Only one of them seems to have wanted to find the true freedom that comes with meeting the Healer. What was the soul difference in the healing of the one who Jesus talked with? Was it about getting up, moving on and then finding a power that redeemed him in all layers of his life? Perhaps it is about embracing, really taking ownership for the journey, and by that kind of faith we then can dance instead of limping. I think that this is one who became a storyteller. This is the one who stepped into the healing river of life and found true freedom, telling his story, not as a victim, but as one who met Jesus and could believe there was a redemptive thread to life. Hmmm, one more person that became a storyteller. One more person that could step out of the prison of where they had been and dance in freedom of who they were.

The Lord says, I will guide you along the best pathway for you life. I will advise you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8

God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start.
God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.
Psalm 18: 20, 24

In my own journey Jesus has said Get up and go on your way, your faith has made you well. As I go along seeking the best pathway He continues to peel back the layers of stuff so that I am not just clean, but that I am well – dancing on the best pathway.