【双语灵修】我是一个使者I AM AN AMBASSADOR

哥林多后书 5:17-21

若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了。一切都是出于神，他藉着基督使我们与他和好，又将劝人与他和好的职分赐给我们。这就是神在基督里叫世人与自己和好，不将他们的过犯归到他们身上，并且将这和好的道理讬付了我们。

所以，我们做基督的使者，就好像神藉我们劝你们一般，我们替基督求你们与神和好。神使那无罪的替我们成为罪，好叫我们在他里面成为神的义。

5月14日

我是一个使者

“所以，我们做基督的使者，就好像神藉我们劝你们一般……。” - 林后 5:20

使者是代表他们的国家与另一个国家联系的政府官员，在弥合国与国之间的隔阂上，使者往往扮演着一个关键性的角色。使者致力于促进亲善关系和合作、又同时淡化可能产生敌意的突发事件，目的是建立不同的国家和文化之间的谅解和包容。

意思是说，使者需要有效地聆听和与人沟通，他们必须得体地懂得以外交手腕表达自己。一方面表明他们对自己国家坚定不移的效忠，但又同时关心他们的东道主的国民。能干的使者不会视东道主国为敌人，他们的目标是建立沟通的桥梁，而不是要竖起围墙。所以，在国与国谈判的成果上，他们往往付上很大的努力。

那么，对基督徒来说，作基督的使者意味着甚么呢？作为信徒，我们蒙召在世上作神和衪国度正式的代表。我们是救主君王的特使，代表衪说话和行事，这个任命带有荣誉和责任。我们被委派去宣讲一个信息、成为主对这个破碎和受创世界的声音。在衪的权柄之下，我们工作的目标是建造桥梁，而不是竖起围墙；我们致力于分享耶稣的好消息，好叫人能够认识衪是他们的救主和君王。

祷告

主耶稣，我们蒙召做你的使者，是何等大的特权！惟愿我们忠心地说话和行事，好叫世人知道你是救主，是和平之君。奉你的名祈求，阿们。

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

I AM AN AMBASSADOR

“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” — 2 Corinthians 5:20

An ambassador is a government official who represents their country to another nation. This is often a pivotal role in bridging gaps between nations. An ambassador aims to promote goodwill and cooperation while minimizing outbreaks that could lead to hostility. The aim is to build understanding and tolerance between nations and cultures.

This means ambassadors need to listen and communicate effectively. They should express themselves with tact and diplomacy, demonstrating unwavering loyalty to their own nation while also caring for the people of their host nation. Rather than viewing the host nation as an adversary, competent ambassadors seek to build bridges, not walls. As a result, they are deeply invested in the outcomes of diplomatic negotiations.

What does it mean, then, for believers in Christ to be his ambassadors? As believers, we have been called to be official representatives of God and his kingdom in this world. We serve as emissaries for our Lord and King, speaking and acting on his behalf. This appointment carries honor as well as responsibility. We are entrusted with a message, becoming the voice of the Lord to a broken, hurting world. Under his authority, our aim is to build bridges instead of barriers, seeking to share the good news of Jesus so that people can come to know him as their Savior and King.

Lord Jesus, what a privilege it is to be your ambassadors! May we speak and act faithfully, that the world may know you are the Savior, the Prince of Peace. Amen.