Do We Represent Well?

I saw this heart-wrenching photo and thought “Thank God! This soldier represents us well.” A foreign ambassador is one who represents her/his country. Their words, their diplomatic demeanor, and their actions are the “good impression” that is needed to ensure comradery and a commitment for peace and well-being between a foreign country and their home country.

We were designed to be representatives of God’s Kingdom on earth. We are ambassadors for Christ. So, as His ambassadors, shouldn’t we represent Him well? We are a living letters. In 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, Paul says, “You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.”

So let’s take a look at our lives. Are we living letters? Are we a letter of recommendation where others would say, “Hey, I want to be part of that group because they are generous, kind, loving and supportive!” Are we rivers of water to bring about good and healing and growth? 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says “Encourage one another and build each other

It’s time to take a self analysis test — to look inward and ask “How well do we represent?” And, other questions like: “Are you the friend you wish you had?” “Are you the wife/husband, mother/ father, daughter/son, sister/brother that you wish you had?” In other words, instead of pulling out the “10 Things I Don’t Like About You” to someone else, maybe it’s the ideal time to make a list that says “10 Things I Can Do to Improve ME” so that I become the best representative I can be for Christ as a friend, spouse, child, sibling.

Being Christ’s representative is being the beautiful creation God made us to be by appreciating all that God placed within us to BE – that quirky laugh that brightens up a room with joy; those eyes that see the pain and needs of others and does something about it; that voice that speaks encouragement and hope into others, and that mind that consciously conjures up ways to change this world for the better. Most of all to be that ONE that sets the example of God’s love and peace to others…..so that they want YOU to be their best friend. In so doing – we ARE being the best versions of representatives for Christ!