Wednesday Word of the Week

poieo (poi-EH-oh) (v.) -- Work. From the Greek root meaning "make" or "do" or "cause to be." A single act as opposed to a habit (prasso).

Key verse: Ephesians 2:10 -- "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."

Thoughts on poieo -- God is a creator. By His very nature, He causes things to exist. He is what ontologists call the "Un-caused First Cause."

But God is not an addict. When He creates, He does so intentionally. We -- every single one of us -- are a special work of God. Not only does he cause us to be, He WANTS us. We are His handiwork, His workmanship. We are an expression of His nature, His love, His grace.

His creativity.

God's purpose in Creation is so that what He creates can itself be creative. He causes us to be, so that in turn we can be a cause of other good things. Intentional, purposeful, good.

Every day, we make a choice to do good. God gives us every day as another opportunity to find the good He has laid before us to do. Not out of habit or unconsciously, but as part of an ongoing choice to walk in the light as he is in the light.

Now go make something good.