Today's
promise: The whole earth will hear
A reliable messenger
An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble, but a
reliable messenger brings healing.
Proverbs 13:17 NLT
A credible message needs a credible messenger because charisma without character is catastrophe.
Peter Kuzmic
Letters from God
A U.S. ambassador resides in a foreign country and yet lives
on U.S.-owned property. Though the laws of that land may differ from ours, the
ambassador is still responsible to uphold the laws and rules of his own
government. His words and actions can never be wholly his for he does not act
in his own capacity. When he speaks, he is a messenger for his government. When
he acts, his deeds reflect on the country he represents. We are Christ's
ambassadors and therefore his messengers. Too often we think that the message
we preach reflects our faith. However, on a much deeper level it is the message
of our everyday words and actions that are influential. We are the letter from
God that people read. We become unreliable messengers when we speak crudely,
gossip about a neighbor, or act dishonestly.
Our words and actions reflect God, who lives inside us, to
people who never open a Bible or enter a church. Never forget that you are an
ambassador for Christ and a messenger of hope. Ask his Spirit to empower you to
deliver the Good News with your life and words.
LORD, thank you for allowing me to be your ambassador. Let
my message be honest and true. Help me to encourage others and to go out of my
way to speak a kind word. Forgive me for times when I have spoken without
thinking. Let me live in such a way that my words and actions represent you so
that my message may be one of love and hope.
Adapted from The One Year®
Book of Praying through the Bible by Cheri Fuller, Tyndale House
Publishers (2003), entry for April 21.
Content is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living
Translation and other publications of Tyndale Publishing House
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