Faith Capsule: Doing all kinds of good work in His name is not enough to be identified with Him.
Matthew 7
It is written, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21) Are you a doer of His will? What does it mean to do His will? The will of God is that we should fear Him. To fear God is to be full of Him. The book of Ecclesiastes 12:13 admonishes us stating, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandment, for this is man’s all.” Evidently to know to fear God is to know and be consistent in obeying his commandments. Obeying the command of God demands full obedience and not half obedience. One that fully obeys Him is one that is full of the fear of God. To be full of His fear is to be full of His love. God is love and love is also the presence of God.
Doing the will of God is taking a position to gaining entrance into the Kingdom of heaven. It is right to conclude that not everyone that calls on His name does His will. It can also be concluded that not everyone that is prophesying in His name are set to make it to heaven. Jesus said, “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’(Matthew 7:22-23) Jesus was referring those that were doing miracles and all kind of wonders in His name. Jesus did not deny their work; neither did He deny the fact that they knew His name. Are you doing His will? As a believer, it is possible to be occupied by doing all kinds of good work in His name but far from doing the will of the father.
Jesus will come for a spotless church as it is written in 1Timothy 6:14, “that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing.” God gave man all that makes it possible to live up to the word, but man is offering all that it takes not to live up to the word of God. If God’s expectation from man is not what can be done, God would not have asked us to do. He is not coming for the ones that blow hot and cold, obeying God requires doing all. It is very possible for man to gather the world by the word of God but if man is yet to gather self by doing the word of God, man is set to miss heaven.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace of enablement to live to his fulfillment in Christ Jesus.