Wise Works

 ”Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”“ John 6:­28-29, 40 NKJV

If it is true that we can follow Jesus with a wrong motive, how can we categorize those who decide not to follow Jesus at all? Notwithstanding, those who had followed Jesus for the satisfaction of their belly’s needs have rightly responded with “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” And Jesus had apparently responded “Believe in God’s will, way, and works”. Unfortunately, the satisfaction of our personal needs has always driven our engagement in life, especially by losing taste in the sufficiency of God to meet our personal needs. And the enemy has been very smart, by using this spirit of covetousness from the beginning, to drive man away from wise works into foolish works. Whenever we become unsatisfied with our calling into God’s will, way, and works, we will be unwary with the use of a 7-step strategically faulty foundation, including (1) Appropriation of spiritual gifts as personal inheritance; (2) Adoption of unethical satisfaction of personal needs; (3) Accepting superficial obedience, without scriptural conviction; (4) Acknowledging covetousness as synonymous to smartness or superior intelligence in the parlance of ungodly men; (5) Acting on God’s permissive will, by living on a self-made lifestyle, founded on out-of-context scriptures; (6) Activating a misinterpretation of true honour in life and ministry; and (7) Allowing a misrepresentation of the true God before the mammons of this world. Whereas, wise works primarily adopt God’s redemptive plan in the design, development, and delivery of all engagements in life, career, and ministries; while foolish works covet a misplacement in this priority.


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