Ambassador of the King

As an ambassador of the King I will represent: The message of the King. An ambassador is always asking, “What does my Lord want to communicate to this person in this situation? What truths should shape my response? What goals should motivate me?” The methods of the King. Here I will ask, “How does the Lord bring change in me and in others? How did he respond to the people here on earth? What responses are consistent with the goals and recourses of the gospel? The character of the King. Here I ask, “Why does the Lord do what he does? How can I faithfully represent the character that motivates his redemptive work? What motives in my own heart could hinder what the Lord wants to do in this situation?” - Paul Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemers Hands, 107.