Created in Christ for Good Works

Ephesians 2:10 NKJV
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Let us enter His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise! Lord we are thankful to you and we bless your name (Psalm 100:4). You are mighty and magnificent! Your wonders never cease. (Psalm 145)
Have you ever wondered what your life is supposed to be about? Perhaps you have taken a moment now and then to consider that the path that you are on is not the one for you. But what path is the right path for your life? Can we really know exactly what God’s plan is for us? While we may not get the answers we are looking for, I believe that God is always at work in our lives shaping and molding us into the image of Christ to do the good works that He predestined for us before the foundations of the earth (Ephesians 1:4, John 17:24, 1 Peter 1:18-21). God breathed life into each one of us for His perfect purpose and specific works to be conducted through our lives in this world for His glory (Genesis 2:7, Jeremiah 1:5).
I know it may seem at times that our lives are all over the place. It may be difficult to see the pattern of what is happening in our lives as the work of God. But let’s be reminded of God’s infallible word in Romans 8:28-30:
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Based on this we “know”—we don’t think or wonder—that ALL things in our lives WORK together for the GOOD to those who are called according to His purpose. God established His plan for our lives before we were created to be carried out in Christ’s likeness. The key for us is to live our lives in Christ through salvation, adopting the mind and character of Christ (Ephesians 5:12-20).
Be encouraged today. Know that you are the workmanship of God. No matter what is going on, His good work is being carried out through your life in Christ. The best thing that you can do is to be more and more like Christ every day. Be connected to the body of Christ through your local church in relationship with other believers. Jesus said, in John 15:5:
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
Walk in the good works that God has predestined for your life. Live as a new creature in Christ formed for good works. Fulfill God’s predestined purpose for your life, by living it in Jesus Christ. Be encouraged to love and live in peace.
 
Be Blessed!
~Nina
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Declaration: I am the workmanship of God, created in Christ Jesus for good works. I walk in the predestined work of God for my life.