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2 Corinthians 5:20
"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God."

As we are studying the Second Petition, from the Lord's Prayer, “Thy Kingdom Come.” Now is the time. We can open our heart and mind to fall under God's rule today. Don't wait for some future date. Submission to God. We can use our time and energy to further God's kingdom. It needs to be evident to all that Jesus rules our lives. Every day we need to strive to be faithful, obedient, authentic, and effective Christians. Words are good and nice, but it's our actions and the observable qualities of our character that our friends and neighbors KNOW. We want to be effective ambassadors for our King.

Like a political ambassador who lives in a foreign land, representing the interests of their home country and boss, Christians represent Jesus and His message to the world. A concept taught to us by the Apostle Paul in today's verse. "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God."

This message and the mission have not changed in the 2,000 plus years since Paul wrote these words. Christ's ambassadors continue to ask people to be reconciled to God by having our sins forgiven through faith in Jesus's death in our place on the cross. God forgives the sins of those who come to Him through faith in Christ. That's what the world needs to hear from Jesus's ambassadors.
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