Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve thought, “Who am I to be trusted to do this?” Maybe it was at work or at home. Maybe it was in a group you were a part of. Sometimes we’re asked to lead or help in a way we don’t feel qualified to do. I think sometimes this feeling keeps us trapped in just attending but not participating in church.

       We think of ourselves more as viewers than participants. We’re not doing ministry, we are the ministry. We’re not responsible for discipling the people at church, we are the disciples. Who am I to be trusted to minister to anyone?

       2 Corinthians 5:18-20, “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!”

       Paul seems to say here that all of us, every member of the church, every follower of Jesus, is an ambassador for Jesus. We’re all in ministry. We’re all to make disciples. We’re all called to move God’s kingdom forward. Nobody is supposed to be the target of ministry forever. At some point, we should become ambassadors, reconcilers, ministers.

       Thank you for volunteering. Thank you for stepping forward, even if it was hard or awkward, and saying, “I’ll be a part of the ministry effort. I’ll be an ambassador for Christ. I’ll serve.” God built the church to function this way. He designed his people to be a Kingdom full of priests, not with just one priest in the pulpit. Thank you for serving and being a minister of Jesus!