Human beings are very unstable and always have their eyes fixed on the present in terms of gratitude since they only take into account the right moment, that is if you need something today and you receive it thankfully but if you have been receiving many things before and today you do not You get what you were looking for reproaches and you don't remember the previous benefits.
We must take care of our heart from ingratitude as this causes a reliable rejection of God and cannot bring us closer to idolatry and pride and forget God completely
Since there are people who ignore the benefits they receive from God
There is also a conglomerate of people who do not even receive favors present, such is the case of what the Bible tells us in this passage.
Luke 17: 11-19
Ten lepers are cleaned
11 Jesus going to Jerusalem, passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 And upon entering a village, ten leper men met him, who stood far away
13 And they raised their voices, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!
14 When he saw them, he said to them: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it happened that as they were going they were cleaned.
15 Then one of them, seeing that he had been healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice,
16 And he fell on his face on the ground at his feet, thanking him; and this one was samaritan.
17 Jesus answered and said: Are not ten the ones that were cleansed? And the nine, where are they?
18 There was no one who returned and gave glory to God except this foreigner?
19 And he said to him, Get up, go away; Your faith has saved you.
(RVR1960)
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Keep in mind that Ingratitude is a form of forgetfulness and contempt. An egocentrism so exaggerated that makes us forget those who benefited us, who were with us, who helped us.
Ingratitude does not recognize the merit of others or the favors it receives, far from it, ignores them. Ingratitude is a form of selfishness. [reference] (https://quesignificado.com/ingratitud/)
Actually, this is how ungrateful and indifferent people act in the face of the benefits received because egocentrism does not allow them to look beyond their noses and thus the person becomes increasingly selfish and ignorant
In this sense, the verses quoted refer to 10 lepers who were cleansed by our Lord Jesus Christ and 9 initially represent the indifference and ingratitude of humanity since the Bible emphasizes that only one of the ten returned to Jesus to thank him and He enjoyed glorifying God.
Just like these nine lepers there are many people who believe they deserve everything. Maybe they thought they had no need to turn to Jesus and thank them because they simply deserved it.
We can also say that these nine ungrateful lepers can represent that conglomerate of people who are indifferent to the works and benefits that God gives them by grace and mercy
There are people totally blind and ignorant to the power of God and prefer to believe in other gods and not recognize the eternal God
Living in gratitude to God opens the heavens to you and all your offspring and brings glorious blessings to your life specifically the salvation because after one of the lepers comes to Jesus to give him garaces he also says: "your faith has saved you" which means that not only gave him healing but also salvation because this can really be caused by a grateful heart that lives in gratitude to its creator and recognizes all the benefits received
I think it is convenient if it is necessary to order our soul not to forget any of the benefits that God has given us. David a man with a heart similar to God almost forced his soul to do it
PSALMS 103: 2
"Praise, my soul, the Lord, and don't forget any of the good things he gives you."
NBV
I believe that one of the things that the Bible describes David as a man with a heart similar to that of God that made him different from the world was because David lived with joy in his heart and lived only to thank him for all the benefits received day by day. .
In addition, God longs for the man of God to live to please and thank him in everything and for everything. A grateful heart is a happy heart
DARLENYS
MOTHER OF THE CROWDS