What comes to mind when you hear of that word?
For many people, the word ambassador is akin to a representative of a foreign government or a diplomat. When we talk of an ambassador, people quickly think about dignitaries and the protocol that surrounds them – the big decisions, the security detail, the new and large cars, the palatial homes and the high-end places associated with representatives of foreign governments.
Even more interesting is the fact that people consider, as befitting, the honourable, dignified and excellent lifestyle ambassadors are exposed to. It is rear to find someone complaining about the honourable treatment accorded to an ambassador by the government they represent. That’s because it is well understood that an ambassador bears the name of his country, and everything that country represents – its power, its might and its resources. He is expected to project the standing of his home country.
Here is good news for you. The Bible calls the children of God in the earth “…ambassadors for Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:20). If you are born-again, you are more than just a citizen of a geographical country. You are a citizen of heaven. You bear the name of Jesus – the King of kings – and you represent the kingdom of God to the citizens of this earth. You are an expression of the kingdom of God in the earth, an authorized agent for God’s will to “…be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).
As an ambassador for Jesus, your life is not supplied by the economies of this world. You have the Kingdom of God in you; a kingdom that comes with everything you require to live and correctly project Jesus to the citizens of this world. Heaven and the angels of God are ever on standby to “…supply all your need according to [God’s] riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
In short, you are independent of this world and its limitations. You don’t have to settle for a limited life, and neither should anyone who is willing and obedient to make Jesus Lord of their life. You are well able to live above and beyond the lack, the weakness and shortages that confine many people to a life below their potential. That is what the grace of God is there to carryout in your life. “…God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity.” (2 Corinthians 9:8, AMP)
Talk about independence! The grace of God will teach you to make up your mind to live like the ambassador that you are. It will also turn you into a fisher of men – your life story will be a hope statement that draws men into the Kingdom of God.
