In Luke 17 there is the story of the ten lepers healed by Jesus. Only one came back to give thanks.

¹¹ Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

¹⁴ When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ 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 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”¹⁹ Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” (Luke 17:11-17, NIV)

Too often we ask God for something, then we walk away with the answer like we’re ungrateful! It’s like we expected to get the answer and we deserved that answer.

We need to live in gratitude. He gives all things. He gives good things to his people.

Don’t walk away God with some blessing he just handed you without saying thanks!