EUPHORIA Devotional
(The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God)
September 3, 2026
THE WORKS OF LOVE
AROME E. TOKULA
Galatians 5:6 (TPT)
6 When you’re joined to the Anointed One, circumcision and religious obligations can benefit you nothing. All that matters now is living in the FAITH THAT WORKS and EXPRESSES ITSELF THROUGH LOVE.
When it comes to salvation and everything that Jesus has accomplished for us in redemption, there is absolutely nothing we can do to merit it. Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is THE GIFT OF GOD.”
The moment one works for a gift, it loses its status as a gift, and it becomes a wage or a reward. Romans 4:4 (TPT) says, “When people work, they earn wages. It can’t be considered a free gift, because THEY EARNED IT.” Nobody can ever work to earn anything – forgiveness, healing, favor, prosperity, children, etc. – from God, and by “works,” Scripture is referring to self-efforts!
The frustration of some believers comes when they try, through moral striving and self-effort, to earn or merit what the grace of God has already freely given, because what grace freely gives, faith must also receive!
You need faith to receive, and according to James 2:17, “… faith by itself, if it does not have WORKS, is dead.” The works mentioned here are referring to works or acts of love towards God and people as we receive what God’s grace freely gives!
In James 2:21-24, we see the example of Abraham who, through faith, received a child from God in his old age, but it was a beautiful thing that he could still trust God enough to offer that same son, Isaac, as a burnt sacrifice because of how much he loved and trusted God. James 2:23 (TPT) says, “… So he became known as the LOVER of GOD!”
Another example of faith working through love is Rahab. James 2:25 (TPT) says, “… she RECEIVED the spies into her home and HELPED them escape from the city by another route.”
While you don’t “work” to receive from God, faith that is alive walks in love towards God by honoring His instructions to reach out and be a blessing to others. According to James 2:15-16, when your faith is matched with works of love, it will rise to a whole new dimension because all that matters before the Father is not your religion but your faith lived out in love.
Faith in God’s Word always works when expressed with a pure heart of love towards God and people!
DECLARE
Thank You, Father, for Your unmerited grace shown to me in Christ Jesus. You have given me all things and stirred faith in my heart to receive. My faith in Your Word is alive, and it is backed up by corresponding actions of obedience and a love walk towards God, His Word, and people, in the name of Jesus Christ.
PONDER
Faith that is alive walks in love towards God by honoring His instructions to reach out and be a blessing to others.
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