Faithful Service

I don't plan on making this post long, the goal of this post is to help you understand what it means to do good works. What comes to your mind when you think of good works? For me I think of doing things for other people, serving, visiting charities, etc. I think of all of those things that we think we should do because we think that we have to. I think there are still a lot of people out there who think that we need to do good works so that we make it to heaven. Those things don't directly correlate. We don't have to do good works in order to get to heaven. 

This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. (Titus 3:8)

When we trust in God, we must devote ourselves to doing what is good. Everyone should have a pretty good idea in their heads what the difference between what doing good vs. doing bad is. We are human. Things that are good are excellent and profitable for everyone. Boom. Do I need to say that again? Things that are good are excellent and profitable for everyone. Are you doing things in your daily life that are excellent and profitable for other people? I know I fail at that almost on a daily basis. It's easy to focus on doing the things that our profitable for ourselves. It's not even a bad thing to focus on it when you think of yourself but part of being a Christian is showing how God changed your life and showing people that you have complete and 100% faith in Christ Jesus. 

When Paul would write, he understood good words as faithful service, acts of charity, and involvement in civil affairs. While good works can't save us or even increase God's love for us, they are true indications of our faith and love for Christ. Paul never made this aspect of discipleship optional. Service to others is something that is a requirement. Everyone who is a Christian should be involved. 

Are you involved in faithful service? We are actually going on a field trip to Hope Ministries tomorrow in downtown South Bend for our Public Relations class and I find that it was definitely a God thing that I read about faithful service the night before that field trip. 

I hope you have a better understanding of what it means to do good works and what that looks like in your daily lives. Remember, we don't do good works to look good, but as an indication of our faith and love for Christ.