For we are his workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus for good works, 

which God prepared beforehand, 

that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV

Somehow, God has got things for us to do. 

From before time.

A number of versions of the Bible seem to end this verse with "things to do" or something similar. This seems to imply that there's a personal set of plans that God has intricately laid out for us, that if on Tuesday July 20, 2021 I have a divine appointment to meet someone in my class, at work, at the gym, and if I miss that their eternal destiny is at stake.

But the word here is "peripateo" : to walk.

This is about how I live my life. 

There's a freedom here.

God knows us, seen us in his imagination from before time, and knows there's good things for us to do. And it's a way of walking in this world, a way of living.

Love God. That gives us God's heart and priorities.

Love people. This is where that is worked out,  walked out, lived out. 

Where those things intersect with your unique gifts, skills and talents is the place to walk. 

God's work that He wants us to share in, to walk in, is restoring relationship with Him, with ourselves, with one another, and with His creation. There's plenty of space for all of us to be part of that. 

Plenty for us to walk in.

#grace