Ephesians 2:8-10
“8 For BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH. And this is not your own doing; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD,
9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10 FOR “WE ARE HIS (GODS) WORKMANSHIP”, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, which GOD prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Since Ephesians 2:8-9 have a tendency to be quoted so frequently by some, it can be easy to overlook what Ephesians 2:10 has to say. Our CREATOR exquisitely designed us for HIS PURPOSE FOR GOOD WORKS, which GOD prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. We are not stumbling through “this world” with no meaning, without PURPOSE!
According to one dictionary, the word “WORKMANSHIP” means “the quality of a piece of work; artwork; masterpiece”! HE designed us for a SPECIFIC PURPOSE to be USED to Glorify HIS NAME! We are not just placed on earth to use up HIS oxygen, but to serve GOD in whatever way HE sees fit. Psalms 139:14 says “I praise YOU, for I am FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”
Whenever we are besieged with thoughts of how insignificant and pathetic we are, it is comforting to KNOW that “WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP”, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, for the Glory of GOD! Forgetting that HE CREATED me for a SPECIFIC reason is precisely why “the enemy” exists, to “deceive” us into believing that we are insignificant and unusable! Everyone who has reached the age of accountability has violated the PURPOSE for which we were CREATED, thus Romans 3:23 says ALL HAVE SINNED!
We MUST, however, always remember that “WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP”, HIS MASTERPIECE, to be used for HIS GLORY, and your PURPOSE WILL BE made known to you in HIS TIMING! We are ALL imperfect, and HE IS PERFECT for the GLORY OF THE FATHER! You SEE, having FAITH IN GOD is NOT simply that HE will elevate you above your trials. It is to demonstrate that GOD is developing a MASTERPIECE, and to let the world know that “WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP”!!!
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