What Kind of Works Qualify?

A week ago I read a comment on YouTube that said,
"I feel I'm just studying and studying the Word but not doing enough works.

What kind of works would qualify?""

My reply was,
"I know how you feel. But God may be working in you.. this may be a moment where you need to study and really understand His Word. Although, we should always be growing in His wisdom, we show our compassion to the unsaved. Not because it is necessary, but because it is out of our love for the unsaved. It becomes important to us to serve as Jesus did for His glory.

My advice is to speak the gospel to them, love them, serve them, show compassion, be meek. Show them Jesus through your life.

You are an ambassador for Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:20)

hehe (I chuckled).. well the fact is.. we're never doing enough.. there is no sufficiency in what we do. Do what you do.. do what God has called you to do.. you can't do everything. Remember you are one member of a whole body. An eye doesn't speak, an ear doesn't walk. You do what God has put in your heart. Maybe it's feeding the poor at the local mustard seed, or starting a bible study with a group at church, or writing a blog. Just do something!"

We sometimes worry that we are not doing enough works for the Lord. But in all seriousness, we can never do enough because we think that there is some certain task we must do in order to make God happy, and if we don't do it we will upset Him. This is not true. Of course, we are unworthy of His grace. But since we have been redeemed by His grace, we are striving to do His will. We want to do everything in our lives to glorify Him and Him alone. That is true love for the Lord. We do it not for self esteem but for our love for Him. He did it all for us. Now we are here to praise and worship Him. We want to give thanks to Him and glorify His name on earth in whatever we do. God may call you to do something. He will ask you do things that you don't want to. And at times when we choose our own path, He will still use us even though we have turned from Him by weak faith. We will do this because we are weak. If you are confused if you are doing His will. Read the Bible and listen to what he asks us to do. He asks us to love one another as He loved the Church. Keep the commandments. And most of all, love the Lord with all your soul, mind and strength. You will know what His will is for you. Find out what you love to do, what God has put in your heart, you will know what to do.