Our faith saves us, not our good works.
This is a recurring promise — and premise — in the Bible.
For good works write a new history of godliness in our lives, but they cannot “unwrite” our past choices of ungodliness.
Only faith can cover them through the atoning blood of Christ.
There are some very valuable roles for good works of godliness, however.
Today’s reading in the One-Year Bible identifies one.
“Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation.” Hebrews 11:2
We all know that a good reputation is something that can’t be bought with money but instead with good decisions.
For there are many people who are very wealthy and yet are impoverished in their reputations.
And we know some for which the reverse is true.
If we have a poor reputation, it doesn’t matter how much money we have in God’s sight and in the sight of many.
We’re still bums.
Let’s be blessings to others.
Let’s allow our faith to overflow into the lives of others in ways that produces encouragement and help and inspiration and intercessory prayer.
That’s a whole lot better than having a fat wallet with an empty heart.
As always, I love you
Martin
