Reflection:
Some things bear repeating.
It’s not our work that saves us, but only God’s grace.
And that’s so hard to grasp it just needs to be said all of the time, both to ourselves and to each other. Say it slowly: “Good works don’t save me!”
But here’s something else to say: “God saves me to do good works!” He has made us in Christ Jesus in order to live for him, not for ourselves. And he holds these good works out to us and says, “Here’s some I prepared earlier.” Even the good we do is of God, so if we want to boast, let’s boast about him!
Is the good you do in gratitude for what God has done for you, or in order to get him to do something for you?
Prayer:
Father God, please direct us to the good works you have created for us in Christ Jesus. Help us to do them humbly and gratefully, knowing we do them to show how good you are, not how good we are. Amen.