20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” — 2 Cor. 5:20 NLT
What is an ambassador? Dictionary.com defines ambassador as a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative’. Using that definition, we are citizens of heaven placed here on earth to represent Heaven and our King, Jesus Christ. If we represent someone, we should strive to imitate that person and to show those around us what that person is like. We also represent the country we are from and we want to paint a beautiful word picture of what life is like in our home country. We certainly want to issue everyone an invitation to come and be with us in our country. There are four words in this definition that caught my eye. Those four words are “of the highest rank”. That doesn’t leave much wiggle room for us to say that we can’t or that we don’t have the authority to do this or that. What we are is what they will think our leader and our country is like. Does our lifestyle make people want to know more about Jesus and an eternity in heaven or does it leave them thinking something else?
“The Gospel has come to you because it’s on its way to someone else.” – Anonymous
Post 05-10-2019
Morning Meds (Take 1 each Morning with all the Prayer You Need) 