As you can imagine, I get a lot of spam (unsolicited junk mail) through this blog. They don’t make sense. They are just a bunch of jibberish.

But on occasion some make me laugh and so I’m going to share one with you today. This piece of spam was sent in response to my blog post, “Let’s Get a Goat.”

“Aside from the Finns, this all sounds reasonable to me…what would you suggest? Out of control population growth right up until Jesus comes and saves us all?”

No, my suggestion was that we get a goat.

But I do like the part about Jesus coming and saving us all. As a young adult, the thought of Jesus’ return frightened me. I was fearful that I wasn’t good enough for Him and that I wouldn’t make it through judgment without being sent to hell.

But as the years have progressed, my spiritual development has taken me to higher levels of understanding, and through spiritual growth, I now know that I really am not good enough…but Jesus has me covered.

“For it is by grace you  have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:8-10 – NIV)

We see in this passage that we can’t do enough to get into heaven. We are covered by God’s grace. Jesus has already taken the punishment we deserve.

But there is still plenty we can do while we are waiting for Jesus’ return. I believe in this verse we see that we must continue to do good works because God has prepared them for us to do. God expects us to be busy with the tasks He has placed before us. He has prepared us for these tasks.

James weighed in on this topic as well. “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?” (James 2:14-15 – NIV)

According to James, faith without works is dead. “In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead…show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.” (James 2:17-18 – NIV)

Am I saved? Am I going to heaven? Yes. Am I allowed to sit around and do nothing until Jesus returns? No.

I believe James got it right when he asked the question, “What good is it?” What good is our faith without the desire to do something with it? It’s useless. It isn’t beneficial. It’s dead.

Maybe today is the day you ask yourself, “What good is my faith?” If you aren’t coming up with the answers Paul and James suggest, perhaps it’s time to do something about it. Do something. Give something. Be something. And do it all for God and give Him the glory.

Jesus will return. Maybe today. I know I am ready and I know He will take me with Him. I pray you can say the same.

Grace and peace be yours in abundance,

Donna

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