What are you going to do today? Is your God-given work on your list?
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).
1. God prepared good works for us to do,
AND
2. God prepared us to do those good works.
Isn’t that cool?
We all have work of various sorts: school-driven, children-driven, employer-driven.
All is to be done for the glory of God. Every role, as student, as parent, as employee, as employer, is a ministry. In every role we have opportunities to demonstrate our faith and love for the Lord.
Sometimes the Lord will give us specific areas of focus or people to help. When I was working, I sensed that He wanted me to approach much of my work with the idea of developing others.
In addition, every child of God has work God assigned.* It can be anything, from talking with a stranger at the store, to encouraging a fellow-believer, to relocating to the end of the world for ministry. It can be something to plan. It can be an unexpected opportunity.
We must stay alert.
Now that I am retired, I especially welcome knowing God has work for me to do. People can shrivel up in retirement if they don’t have something meaningful to do. Those who enter retirement planning to devote their days to golf or bridge, for example, often do not do well long-term.
But I know, and you can know, that God has prepared work for us. He has a purpose for me. He has a purpose for you. No matter where you are in life, God has work for you.
What is my “to do” list today?
I am to strive to know Him better, stay connected with Him, help others know Him, and urge them on. More specifically, today I think I am to write about some of the things He has shown me that might be useful to others.
What do you think you should be doing today to walk in God’s good works?
*There is a crucial first step. To people in a society oriented to righteousness based on works, Jesus told them the work of God was to “believe in Him whom He has sent” (John 6:29). That is, salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ. (See Becoming a Child of God.)
