GOD'S HANDIWORK - PART 2

 GOD’S HANDIWORK - PART 2

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(NIV)”.

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them (KJV)”.

Beginning this week, we started the journey on God’s handiwork and have been made to understand that we have been called to the path of doing good works. There is a reason to our existence and we just existing is strong evidence that we have something to add to humanity and the world at large. But today, we will dwell more on understanding God’s handiwork.

Apostle Paul not only said we are God’s handiwork, he also said we are created in Christ. This tells us that our relevance is only in Christ Jesus; what will reveal our real purpose is in Christ Jesus. This means that we have to be in Christ for us to really shine fully as God’s handiwork. HE is what we should represent here on earth. As the Bible has rightly showed it to us; that “as HE is in the heavens so are we in this world”. We are God’s extension here on earth, we are Christ’s ambassadors, that is, we represent Christ here on earth. Every ambassador of a country has a particular mission he was sent to carry out in another country. And for such a person, there is a need to know what he really represents to really carry out his duties and obligations well. This is the same way it is for us Kingdom citizens. For we to know what we are sent to do here on earth, we must have a relationship with the one we are representing-this is JESUS CHRIST. When we don’t represent Christ, then our good work will be diverted to bad works. 

Christ came to connect us back to the father (Our creator) so that we can make use of our potentials positively. God expects you to dwell in him and Him in you (1John 4:13 “Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us of his Spirit”). The Him in you is simply LOVE; when God dwells in you, LOVE automatically dwells in you. 1 John 4:16 “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him”.

One of the most powerful forces that you need when trying to discover your purpose for living is LOVE for God, i.e. making Him your number one priority; loving him above all else including yourself. It is our LOVE that must come even before our asking. For you to know, you have to ask. The Bible says in Matthew 7:7paraphrased “Ask and ye shall be given…” But before we ask, let us come in LOVE. Let us be LOVE driven. It only triggers effective speedy answers to our requests. 1Corinthians 13:13b “but the greatest of these is Charity (Love)”. Everything needed to dominate the planet earth is already embedded in us; what we now need is the Love of God to activate them. Love is an Activator of destiny; it’s a trigger for every successful arrow you shoot. What makes men to be relevant in their field is the presence of LOVE in them. Is it love for your work, career, academics, whatever it is we do; they must all based on one thing-LOVE.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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