Reconciled or Unreconciled?

Our Foreign Ambassador assignment or job description while we are serving here on Earth:

2 Corinthians 5:18-20 New Living Translation (NLT)

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

Definition from Freedictionary.com:

rec·on·cile  (rkn-sl) v. rec·on·ciled, rec·on·cil·ing, rec·on·ciles v.tr. 1. To reestablish a close relationship between. 2. To settle or resolve. 3. To bring (oneself) to accept: He finally reconciled himself to the change in management. 4. To make compatible or consistent: reconcile my way of thinking with yours. See Synonyms at adapt. v.intr. 1. To reestablish a close relationship, as in marriage: The estranged couple reconciled after a year. 2. To become compatible or consistent: The figures would not reconcile.

For us to be able to walk out this assignment, we need to make sure that we are walking reconciled with God so that we can, through our daily walk/life, witness to others on how to be reconciled through our actions and not just our words. Once we are walking in a close relationship with God our lives will speak for us and reflect His love to others especially those that are hurting and distanced from God. For others to know that God is capable of forgiving them and being in relationship with them they need to see that we are able to ask God for forgiveness AND forgive ourselves and others, repent - walking out the consequences of righting the relationship and leave it in the past as forgotten and paid in full by the blood of Christ.

So, in preparation for your final job evaluation, take time now and do a personal review. Are you reconciled or unreconciled?