Glue {Five-Minute Fridays}

I know far too well the old way, the flesh and self-will in me. I know how to live this way, without even trying.

My heart is divided.

I knew it for certain one morning in January, with my Bible open to David’s prayer,

Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

I came undone. I knew my heart was divided, and this prayer has become my own.

I read this morning, The old has gone, the new is here.

This explains the division in me, at least a little. Why sometimes I desire what the Spirit of God desires, and other times, I only want what I want. We could talk about the way we waver between flesh and Spirit, for a good, long time. We could write a book about it, maybe a series. But I know this: I am not already grown-up in Christ. I am growing in Him. And He is growing in me.

Regardless of my state of (sometimes) being, God reconciled me to Himself through Christ.

He did this also for you, if you will believe. Instead of counting our sins against us, He glues us to Himself. Then He gives us a role in His story, a ministry. He makes us ambassadors of Jesus Christ, not because of what we might offer Him, but for His undeserved love.

He has done this, and He still does this, for all who are willing to believe. The brand-new followers of Christ and the leaders with heady degrees. God pays no mind to human ranks. He makes every believer His ambassador to the world.

What an honor. We represent Jesus Christ in this world.

We get to extend His offer to all people–not as a threat, but an invitation. Not to exclude, but to welcome. Oh, that we would handle this role humbly, with so much love and mercy.

We have been glued to Christ, with the glue of God, and we have been made His representatives, with an endless supply to give away.

So on behalf of Christ this Good Friday–

Come back to God. Be reconciled to Him.

Because here’s the thing:

God made Him {Jesus Christ} who had no sin

To be sin for us,

So that IN HIM

We might become innocent,

The righteousness of God.

{2 Corinthians 5}