So
We
Are
Christ
Ambassadors;
Scripture
2
Corinthians 5
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!”
21 For God
made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so
that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Observation
When
I was 8 or 9 years old I started going to a church with my Granny and
at that church they had something for boys my age that they called
R.A.'s. I became a Royal Ambassador for Christ. It was through the
influence of two men, R.A. counselors, two brothers, Ed and Charles
Meade that I was first introduced to Jesus Christ.
Seeds
of the Gospel were sown into my heart by these two men. And even
though it was not until I was 19 that I fully surrendered my life to
Christ these two men had an eternal influence on my soul!
My
friend, if you a follower of Jesus Christ then you are His
ambassador. You and I represent Christ to a lost and dying world. And
it is for that reason that our lives need to be different. If what
you and I are doing does not bring God glory we need to stop it!
Don't try to find verses in the Bible to support your habit or your
practice … just stop!
At
nineteen, after surrendering my life to Christ, the first ministry
that God got Kathy and I involved in was … guess what … R.A.'s!
Application
I
am a Royal Ambassador for Christ. I plan to plead with those around
me, “Come back to Christ”. If there is something that I am doing
that is not pleasing to God I want Him to show me so I can stop it!
How
about you? Are you a good ambassador for Christ? What needs to
change?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for sending these two men into my life. They will
never realize how You used them to shape my life. Help me to do the
same thing for the people that You bring into my life. Every day is a
new day. Today You will bring some new people into my life. I pray
that they will see Jesus in me. Show me anything in my life that
needs to change. Help me be willing to change or stop anything that
is getting in the way of my being a good ambassador for You.
Daily
Bible Reading: Ruth 1,2; Psalms 53, 61; 2 Corinthians 5
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