Every time my thoughts turn to Jesus, something deep within me leaps. I find myself always captivated by His person, His authority, His words, and His character. To read the Scriptures is to be truly mesmerized by His brilliance. Yet, beyond His words, His works consistently intrigue me. His works were good. Consistently good. Intentionally good.
Why were His works so profoundly good?
The answer is simple. He was never acting alone. Jesus lived in an uninterrupted rhythm of communication with the Godhead. He did only what He saw the Father doing, and He was anointed/empowered by the Holy Spirit. His life’s sacrifice was a collaboration. A perfect synchronization between the Son, the Father, and the Spirit to fulfil His ordained purpose. That’s why His works were good. They were not self-initiated; they were initiated by God and in alignment.
This brings us to our own calling. Just as Christ walked in purpose, we too have been fashioned for good works. Our anchor scripture reminds us:
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10
If you are in Christ, your purpose is settled: you were designed for good works. But how do we identify and execute them?
The real question becomes: How do I know these good works? And the answer brings us right back to Jesus. In the same way He lived, that is how we are meant to live. We do not stumble into it by accident; we discover it the same way Jesus did: through active fellowship with the Godhead.
- Communication with the Father: By being continuously filled with and fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit, we tune our ears to the Father’s voice.
- Looking to the Son, Jesus: By looking to Jesus – the Word made flesh, we learn the nature and “shape” of what good works look like. We learn His ways.
- Empowered by the Holy Spirit: Anointed by being filled with the Holy Spirit to do the greater works He ordained for us to do.
Ultimately, the “good works” of our lives are not products of our natural effort, but of divine intimacy. Which means the good works we are called to are not something we manufacture. It’s something we receive from God and walk in.
So this is what I’m learning: The life of “good works” is not a life of striving or trying. It is a life birthed by fellowship with God. Listening to the Father. Following the example of the Son. Moving in the power of the Holy Spirit. Only through this sacred union can we truly step into the destiny God has designed for us.