What Jesus Did! 'Mercy!' — Luke 17:11-13

Mercy! Isn't that what we so often need? Life is filled with many unexpected challenges. Coupled with the predictable developmental challenges that come our way, these unexpected challenges can make life seem unbearable. For those with leprosy in the days of Jesus, life was unbearable. As outcasts and beggars, ^[1] they eked out an existence while waiting to die an agonizing and horrible death. Our challenges may or may not be as severe as the ten lepers in today's verses faced, but all of us do find ourselves in need of mercy. So what do we do when we find ourselves in such need? We cry out to the Lord with an open, frank, and honest appraisal of his exalted position and our deep need: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"