I was reminded by a dear friend this week of a Bible verse she was searching for. She remembered the gist of it, but couldn’t find it, and I used my Bible app to search for it and find it. In doing so, I felt God speaking to me, and inspiring me to finally know what to write about in this blog. The verse is in Ephesians 2:10:
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
I have, as some of you know, been going through a trial in my life. It has caused grief, pain, and confusion within my own life and those of close friends and family. I have questioned in my heart what God wills for my life. This is, I think, a very common question for Christians. What are we here for? What am I supposed to be doing?
Enter God’s word in the text of Ephesians 2:10. God has a plan; for me to do good works. It is that simple. It doesn’t have to be more complicated than that. It doesn’t have to be more specific than that. I am called, and was created, in fact, to do good every day, every moment, everywhere. No matter what the outward circumstances in my life, I am to do good. I am to love as Christ loved. I am to see what needs to be done and do it to the best of my ability, and ask God to work through me.
This world, currently an extremely confusing and sometimes frightening place, needs more of us to follow that guidance. Go out today into the workplace and do good works. Stay at home with your family and do good works. Reach out in your community and do good works. They don’t have to be grand and amazing, they just have to be you trying to do your best, with God’s help. He is the one who designed you, He is the one who planned for you, He is the one who will work through you to do His will!