That I am "created unto good works ", could not be put more clearly than it is; but it sweeps work clean out as a foundation. What are these " works?" We see them plainly shown out in the Apostle Paul.; Before the light shone down he had been entirely occupied with things down here; when the light shone into his heart, he found that he was to be occupied with the interests of Christ up there, and the whole thought of his heart was what he could do to show out down here the character and ways of Christ; and could he seek occupation in Judaism, or seek anything for himself? He had made manifest the Satanic power working in him, before, but when light shone into his heart he
Thoroughly and whole-heartedly gave himself up to it, and found some of the very sweetest tastes of the grace of God, and of the sympathy of Christ: every minutest thing fell under the eye of Christ.
All is bondage if work is set before me as a fallen creature; what a contrast when, because He has called me to that glory where He is, He calls upon me to bring forth works meet for it!
No not a single spot in nature where anything can grow for God. Everything that comes out of you as work for God, if mixed with what is of the flesh,-bears nothing but the curse of sin with it, as does all religious work done by the world.