Approved Works

 Approved Works

Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

ECCLESIASTES 9.7

Religious bondage keeps people in the place where they are continually examining their religious service to be sure the work is consistent enough, sacrificial enough, big enough, strong enough, effective enough, and so on. The list goes on and on and on. The gnawing question is always, “Is it enough?”

The grace walk is a lifestyle in which people can relax and enjoy living. They don’t have to be concerned about whether their works are enough to please God, because they understand that their Father is pleased with them. They know that works are simply the outflow of the intimate and loving relationship they share together with God.

Which lifestyle are you living right now? Here’s great news: you have divine permission to relax, enjoy your relationship to God, and let your good works flow naturally out of you. Because the Spirit of Christ is at work in you, He will also be at work through you to accomplish the Father’s purposes.

Your works are actually His works through you, so you don’t have to examine them. Just enjoy them and thank Him for working through you.