five days with Paul {day three}

Welcome to Wednesday!

Today's Bible reading:

 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

~2 Corinthians 5: 16-20

We wear multiple hats each day, don't we? Mother, brother, friend, employee, co-worker...the list goes on and on. It's a wonder that we don't get confused as to who we really are. On second thought, maybe sometimes we do. 

Let's let God's words through Paul clear a few things up for us. 

First off, we encounter a reminder. We need to be sure not to evaluate people and Jesus from our limited point of view. As human beings, we only know so much. It's a dangerous and limiting thing when we place our definitions onto others...and onto God. 

Secondly, God reminds us of who we are. Remember all of those hats that you juggle and struggle to wear each day? Lay them aside and read about who God says you are:

You are new. "This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life has gone; a new life has begun". I know there are days when you might feel anything but new, but through Christ, you are. Brand, spanking new. Each day.

You are a minister. "And all this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God had given us this task of reconciling people to him". You don't have to have a seminary degree or to be on a church staff to be a minister, if you have asked Jesus to be your Savior and Lord, you are one. Now. Today. And it's your job and my job to move through life pointing the way to Jesus. 

You are Christ's ambassador. "And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us". You might think you're far from being qualified to be Jesus' ambassador, but He is all the qualification you need. He loves you, and He has great plans in mind for you this afternoon. Wear His name with an expectant spirit, and represent Him in all that you do. 

Many blessings,

Deni 

{picture taken in the Fez House in Epcot's Moracco Pavilion.}

{one of the most beautiful places on WDW property.}