I simply MUST share today's "Faith To Faith" devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland! THIS is our essential mindset as believers!
Ambassador for Christ
Now then we are ambassadors for
Christ.... 2 Corinthians 5:20
You are an ambassador for Christ! If you
have made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, you have been sent to act as a
representative for Him in this world. Just as nations send ambassadors to
represent their interests in other countries, you've been sent here to look
after the interests of the kingdom of God.
Think about that. Everywhere you go you
are representing the King of kings and the Lord of lords. That's a very high
honor. It may also seem like a rather tall bill to fill. But God has equipped
you to do it. He's given you His Name and the power of His Word. He's even put
His very own Spirit inside you. And He's given you the ability to hear and obey
the directions of that Spirit.
I heard a prophecy years ago that said
there would come a time when men on the earth would walk and talk and act like
God. They'd be motivated by His power and His Spirit so strongly that people
would say of them, "Look at those believers. They think they're
God." No, the Holy Spirit said, they are not God. They are
agents of God, children of God, ambassadors of God, sent to do the works of
God.
I believe we're living in the day and
hour that prophecy was talking about. We're seeing that army of light begin to
grow.
This is no time to be half-consecrated
and half-dedicated. This is the time to go all the way with God, to give Him
your whole life. If you'll do that, He'll give you back such anointing and such
power and such glory and goodness that you'll shine for Him, as Philippians
2:15 says, as lights in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.
Begin to think about yourself today, not
as just another ordinary man or woman but as an ambassador of Almighty God. Let
the interests of His kingdom be foremost in your mind and heart. Submit
yourself to Him and say, "Lord, show me how to be Your representative in
everything I do."
You are an ambassador for
Christ. Begin to live like it today.
Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:10-21
AMEN! This is happening, now more than ever before, all over the world! Believers are closing their ears to the naysayers and negative people and are stepping up to the place that pour Father has ALWAYS intended His people to walk in! Remember 1 Corinthians 6:20:
You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honor and glorify God with your body.
THAT (the above message) is how we DO this! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "No Reason To Hide":
Shalom in Him!
