I just got off the phone with the most professional customer service rep I ever spoke with. She knew her job, was polite, and helpful. There were three things she took the time to tell me that weren’t necessary but might be helpful for me to know later. When I worked with someone who cared about her job and the customer she was attempting to assist, even if my problem wasn’t immediately resolved I had confidence and peace going forward. What a pleasure she was. 

The call prompted some self examination for me. Isn’t part of my “job” as an ambassador for Christ to be like that customer service rep? How knowledgeable am I of the One I represent and what it means to be a follower of Him? In addition to my Bible knowledge, am I polite, kind, and loving? Am I living the reality of the One I am called to represent? If heaven and my Lord are so wonderful, wouldn’t it create many questions if others see me living for the world? 

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14).