John chapter five begins with Jesus healing a man who was lying at the pool of Bethzatha (a name that means, house of mercy, house of grace) sick for 38 years. The Jews looked at the act of healing by Jesus and the healed man carrying his mat and walking as breaking the Sabbath law; and they questioned and began to make life difficult for Jesus. Thus Jesus answers, My Father goes on working and so do I, …all good works are done through and with God, ...and those who do good shall rise to life (John 5: 17-30).
Continue working for our God works continuously. Work is one of the most tangible agents, forces for transformation. Consider any civilisation, community, society, family or individual who have transformed themselves, it’s undeniably through work –hard work. A lazy society or individual reaches nowhere.
Don't just work; do constructive, good, and compassionate works. The gospel stories are parables of this great truth. A Samaritan doing good to a wounded stranger lying by the roadside (Luke 10: 25-37). A father waiting unconditionally for a son who went away form him and home and squandered all his wealth (Luke 15: 11-32). A master giving just and generous wages to every worker in his vineyard (Matthew 20: 1-16).Never put a condition on doing good, never get tired of doing good; Jesus even prayed for the ones who were crucifying him, -that is a good work.
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