Jesus Gives You a New PURPOSE
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Hebrews 9.14
Jesus does not give you a new identity so that you can take joy in your salvation as you sit and get spiritually fat. Jesus has saved you to a new mission. Your new mission is to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship (Romans 12.1).
While you were dead, you attempted to do works to gain favor. Now that Christ has made you alive, your works can actually have power. In your former life, your works were done to honor yourself, but now, because of the grace of Jesus, those same works have been purified. As your life was won back to God, your actions have also been reconciled to Him.
Jesus has done the work of redeeming you; He has given you a new identity, and now He gives meaning to the life that you live. This is the answer to philosophies greatest question: what is the meaning of life? It has now been made clear: it is to live lives that glorify God. You can now do the works of God, follow His law, serve others, love, and it is actually pleasing to God!
The presence of the Holy Spirit in your heart changes your motivation to do good, AND the Bible says, changes the nature of your work itself. The work you now do is God’s work. Your entire life has been transformed from dead end, task-oriented, temporary duty into joy-filled, rewarding, eternal worship. It may not always feel that way, but it has been redeemed, along with your life, for the glory of God.
For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory. 2 Corinthians 3.9-11