Ambassadors for Christ

What is an ambassador? Honestly, we do not hear much of these individuals on a normal, day-to-day, basis. I mean after all, these people are serving on the other side of the world in most cases. I really don't remember growing up in school and learning a whole lot about these guys. It dawned on me, after living in a foreign country, the pledge to which these men must adhere to as they juggle relations between America and the rest of the world. An ambassador represents our entire nation in the highest level of diplomacy. If the ambassador fails, so does the relationship we have with the country they were entrusted to.

2 Corinthians 5:20 says, "We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God." It is amazing to me that 1) God has reconciled us through Jesus Christ (if we so choose to be) and 2) Not only has he saved us, but He has also entrusted us to represent Him, as ambassadors- the highest ranking diplomat, to a world which shuns His Name. 

I can only ponder what kind of Grace and Mercy that takes. To know who I am and who I have been, and yet, "while we were sinners; Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). I am not so sure we realize the depths of our duties here! We are called to represent the Kingdom of God, the depths of His love and mercy, to be living sacrifices Holy and Pleasing to Him, to be reconciled and to show others what it looks like to be reconciled to the Great I AM! Are we doing it? Are we representing Him? Are we fulfilling our obligations to those He sent us to? Are we walking in a relationship which is evident of His Lordship? Simply, are you really His? Have you really been reconciled with Christ?