Good Works
What do you think of when you think of good works? My first thought is of Mother Theresa. Or a medical missionary to the jungles of Africa or South America. Or maybe someone who courageously works with the homeless. Something tangible. Something with results that show. Something big and difficult. So when I looked more closely at Ephesians 2:10, I was intimidated. Such a familiar verse, but it never had me questioning myself before. The verse reads like this: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Walk in them? That would mean that good works are just a way of life for me. Matthew Henry wrote that to walk in good works is to “glorify God by an exemplary conversation and by our perseverance in holiness.” And apparently the Apostle Paul thought good works were extremely important, judging by the frequency of his call t...