Lk17

Do you expect to be "thanked" by God when you do only what He commands you to do?  If so you have your relationship all mixed up.  Jesus said we should say, "We are good for nothing slaves; we've have ONLY DONE our duty."

Luke then goes on to tell the story of the ungrateful Jews who were healed by Jesus.  There were ten men with leprosy who were miraculously healed.  Nine of them were Jews, one was a Samaritan.  After they were healed, only the Samaritan came and thanked Jesus.  The very person who the other nine would have never had anything to do with if it wasn't for their own leprosy!  Yet, he expressed gratitude and the other nine did not.  Why? Did they feel like Jesus "owed" them healing?

These stories are not randomly connected.  They do tie together.  At least one point would be our perspective on our relationship with God.  Does He owe us anything?  How do we treat His blessings in our lives?  Do we think He should be thanking us?  Are we His servants or should He be serving us?

Tough stuff for us to swallow.