The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe
"So Much More"
What we do matters so much. "Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God… whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as unto the Lord" (I Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:23).
What God has done, is doing, and will forever do matters so much more. "I will remember the works of the Lord surely I will remember Thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all Thy work, and talk of Thy doings" (Psalm 77:11-12).
Receiving the free gift of salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ begins an eternity of God's ongoing working and provision on our behalf. "He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, however shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8:32). Believers become "doers of the Word" through the agency of God's doings on our behalf as we live for God by living from God (James 1:22). Thus, as we determine to do, our first and best motivation and empowerment for such a life involves the emphasis to increasingly discover the answer to the primary questions that result in a life of devoted works to which God calls us:
What has the Lord Jesus done for us and within us?
What is He doing?
What will He do forevermore?
The heart and mind set to ongoing discovery of the person and work of Christ leads to hands and feet busy in a life that began and proceeds through grace. Indeed, the faithful believer illuminated by such glory knows his doings ever proceed from the doings of the Savior, to whom he gives all credit. The fallen believer, presented with the truth of a faithful Christ whose person and works on our behalf do not change regardless of our response, can be lifted up to walk yet again in the light of "so great salvation," provided by so great a Savior (Hebrews 2:3).
For God. From God. No other way exists for the doings to which He calls us. We must increasingly know His works performed by Christ and revealed in Scripture regarding the past, the present, and the future in order to "be filled the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God" (Philippians 1:11). Yes, what we do matters so much because what He has done, is doing, and promises to forever do matters so much more.
"Thou hast done wonderful things."
(Isaiah 25:1)
"God… doeth great things."
(Job 5:8; 9)
"He will bless them that fear the Lord."
(Psalm 115:13)
Weekly Memory Verse
"Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness, He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous."
(Psalm 112:4)
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