“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”
We are disciples and ambassadors of Christ who live by faith and not by sight, always eager to please our Heavenly Father. We are to have a reverence and fear of Him, seeking to persuade others of what He has to offer. Christ’s love compels us to live sacrificially, submitting to God and serving others. Christ’s death on a lowly cross was so that we would no longer live for ourselves, but rather live for Him. We are now found to be a new creation that has done away with the old. It is a precious gift from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and thus giving us the ministry of reconciliation as well. Through this atonement and forgiveness we have once again been united with our Abba. His great Love and Mercy put Him who had no sin to be sin on our behalf, granting us righteousness. Paul’s pronouncement of the Gospel continues to astound and amaze me. Why this God of mine chose to reconcile me to Himself; I shall never know. Love has captured my heart and may everything I give to Him be the first of my fruits. Your my joy, my hope, my life, my salvation, my everything – may all I be in return is pleasing and delightful in Your eyes.
