Ambassador

After having a devotion last night before bed I was really convicted about how I carry myself, how I present myself to others. I couldn't help but think of the way I've been this last month. I have been going through a rough season in life and I have been dealing with a lot of pain, confusion, and all those other emotions that come with a rough season. For the past month at work I have been a rollercoaster of emotions and I would show up to work one day happy then three days sad. It was a cycle that I was in and what sucked the most about it was that people were noticing it and they knew I wasn't myself. I'm not saying that I was wrong for being sad but what convicted me after my devotion was how I represented Christ to the people I encountered.
In 2 Corinthians 5:20 Paul calls Christians "Ambassadors of Christ". So what does this have to do with the way I carry myself? An ambassador represents another person, organization, or nation. So an ambassador needs to make sure that they carry themselves well and does everything in their power to make sure they give the best representation for who or what they are representing. How much more important is it for us as believers to represent Christ? We are called to be the representation of the God of the universe. That's a pretty big deal. I know it's tough but there are things that we can chose to do that would help us represent Christ better. When I was sad and mooping around work I feel that I wasn't representing Jesus in the light that he should be. Jesus isn't all depressed, he's full of joy and love and that's how we should be. Not everyday is going to be easy or full of rainbows and butterflies but we still need to do our best to check our attitudes and realize that life isn't about us, it's about representing/ loving Jesus and his people.
So my prayer today is that we asked Jesus to help us to represent him better. The only was to do this properly is first repent if you haven't been doing this, then we need to fall in love with him by finding out who and what we are representing. Like I said before it's not wrong to hurt or be sad but we need to make sure we give all our cares to the Lord and do our very best to be an ambassador for Jesus Christ.