NOTES for Luk 10:17-24
17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. |
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. |
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. |
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. |
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. |
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. |
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: |
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. |
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The Lord's disciples were people just like us. They also argued, were afraid, were vain, were proud... But they knew how to trust. They followed Jesus, leaving everything, although they had no idea what awaited them. They cast out demons and healed the sick, believing that in the name of Jesus a demon would leave and the sick would be healed. They rejoiced like children that it worked.
This very ability - the ability to trust - is what we have lost. We need proof that we can do something; it is not enough for us to know that God thinks we can. In response to God's request to do something that we consider impossible for ourselves, and sometimes simply difficult and unusual, instead of trusting and doing what God asks us to do, we say to God, "Prove to me that I can do it." And when it turns out that yes, I can, instead of thanking God who gave us this opportunity, we boast about our abilities.
There is nothing wrong with rejoicing that we do something well, because when God created the world He said, "It is good," and the ability to create something new has been given to us by God, so we too can sometimes say those words. But we cannot say them without adding, "Lord, I thank You," because without God we can do nothing.
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