Ministers of reconcilation

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. – 2 Corinthians 5.18-19

What method would you choose if you were in charge of getting God’s message of the love of Jesus and reconcilation between God and sinner to the world? Surely we would do something big and something that could not be messed up, something spectacular maybe that could not be missed. Maybe flashes in the sky or nightly spiritual world-wide broadcasts.

But that’s not what God chose. We chose and option that may seem flawed to us. He made us the ministers of reconciliation. He has given us the job of reconciling sinful man to a perfect God. Actually, the work has already been done, but our job is to share the message about how to find it.

This is not just the job of pastors or missionaries or evangelists or any other kind of Christian workers. It is a job for all of us. We are ALL ministers of the gospel. Each of has places to minister that no one else may have. If we don’t minister to those God puts in our lives who will?

Does the love of Christ compel you and me to be ministers of reconcilation? How seriously do we take our task?