Plantinga Vocation

I really liked how Plantinga did not end with redemption. As beautiful and wonderful as redemption through Christ is, it is by far not the end of the line. We can gather such and idea from the book of James where it states that "faith without works is dead". The verse by no means implies that to have faith or receive faith you must do good works, such a thing would cause Luther to turn over in his grave. The way reformed Christians understand such a verse is that out of a true faith works proceed. It is the same idea given in other scriptural passages where its states, that "by their (Christians) fruit ye shall know them". Our faith is evidenced by the fruits we bear, and just as a fruit tree is "useless" if it bears no fruit, so the faith of the child of God if he submits no work for Christ. This is why I find this final chapter of Plantinga so infusing. Plantinga reaches out to show that the fruit of God must be present in every aspect of our life, and no matter what vocation we are called to. Just as we are a body we are a garden. A garden of fruit trees working together for a production of a bounty for the great orchard of the kingdom. We work both with each other and on our own to pollinate the the gifts of God to us through out the world. We strive as prime citizens of the kingdom to forever hold the zeal of the kingdom of God.
I also agree with Plantinga that the will of God is not only subject to those who are elected to be his servants. God also instills his dominion over the unelect as well, and uses them for the furtherance of his kingdom. We must never be so quick as to judge individuals value for the kingdom, since we truly never know how or when God will use anybody.