Walk as God’s Workmanship: Crossroads Career Value #3

Brian Ray · 05. Oct, 2011 · Crossroads Career Network Blog

Imagine getting up every day with the conviction that you are on the planet for a purpose. How fulfilled and fruitful would you be to know that you and your work matter to God and that He is pleased? How great would it be to experience real success?

Defining Success

What is real success? Consider a definition that includes a comprehensive success that transcends the workplace, a success that permeates your home, school, community, and all areas of your life. This success is not a fake that promises fulfillment and delivers only emptiness after you arrive.

Real success is accomplishing genuinely purposeful work, not only for blessings and benefits in this world, but also for eternal impact and rewards. We believe that the core truth of success can be found in this one verse…

“We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,  which God prepared beforehand so that [you] would walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10 (NASB)

WOW! Let’s read it again s-l-o-w-l-y…

1. We are God’s workmanship
2. Created in Christ Jesus for good works
3. Which God prepared beforehand
4. So that you would walk in them

How God Defines Success

If this is true, what are the implications and applications in your life, your work, and your relationships? Who are you as God’s workmanship? What does it mean to be created in Christ Jesus for good works? How can you discover works God has already prepared? How will you walk in them? The answers to these questions lie in the truth that you can hear God’s call—not only calling you into relationship with Him, but also calling you to hear and follow Him one step at a time. This truth can transform success from a potential to a reality in you.

Helping You Define Your Sucess

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