(2 Corinthians 5:18-21 TNIV) All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 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. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
We are all messengers of Christ Jesus, for there is nothing more important than the message of what Christ has done for us and in us. Through the sin of mankind we were separated from God, not just physically but spiritually. We simply did not have the currency to pay the debt that was owed but Christ Jesus reconciled us with the Father so that we once more could walk with Him as Adam and Eve did in the garden. Our highest calling is to be instruments the Master may use so others might know the work that was done because of the Father’s great love for all of us. To not answer the call as an ambassador of God is to disregard the work Christ did, in affect setting it aside for lesser things that would fill our lives. We cannot know what that does to God our Father and so we strive to live as His Word directs, to love Him with all of our heart, soul, and strength, and to love others as we love ourselves, even those who have seemingly set themselves against us. For we know it is not us that they come against but if we are living the life Christ has shown us then they are coming against Him who lives in us and when we are not living as we should those who come against us are not of God but are being used by the enemy; either way the enemy that we fight is not of flesh, bone, and blood but of the spirit. Even still we cannot lose sight of what we have been called to do – show the world the reconciliation power of our Lord Jesus Christ by loving God and His people.
(Psalms 11:7 TNIV) For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
