God is good (Mark 10:18). Because He is good, it naturally follows that He is found in all of history practicing what is good and right. No exception. Jesus, the Son of God, came into the world, and He did, in fact, “show us the Father” (John 14:8-9). The apostle Peter, a witness among many privileged to see such Light (John 1:9), declared in truth that He “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38). It is only natural that the Son of God would be caught up in the doing of good. After all, He is “the Son of His Father.” He was God in the flesh.
Being begotten of Him and born of His seed, it follows that we, too, will be found busy in the practice of what is good on a daily basis. By God’s design, we have been redeemed (Titus 2:14), raised up (Ephesians 2:6) to pass “from death unto life” (John 5:24) and positioned within the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:18) in order to practice the doing of good works (Ephesians 2:10). Therefore, the contrast is set by God for His children. We are to be “a pattern of good works” (Titus 2:7), unlike those who are yet children of darkness and remain “unfit for any good work” (Titus 1:16 ESV). “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother” (1 John 3:10).
Christians are taught not to be slothful and lazy (Hebrews 6:10-12), but rather to be diligent and “zealous of good works” (Titus 2:14). When Jesus, our Savior, gave “himself for us,” He did so with this purpose in view. He has enabled and empowered us now to be “servants of righteousness” (Romans 6:18).
The Gospel preacher, Titus, was to remind his contemporary brethren “to be ready to every good work” (Titus 3:1). Being ready to every good work, we are equipped and prepared like a first-responder to immediately fill a need when the call comes. We cannot afford to be caught off-guard or flat-footed. Time matters. Because of our identity with the Father and His Son, it is only natural that you and I will be lights in the world and be demonstrating the good, acceptable and perfect will of God (Romans 12:2).
