Possessing Everything

I am reminded today that if we posses Christ, we possess everything. This also means that for those who do not possess Christ, they have nothing. What a sobering thought in light of eternity.
2 Corinthians 5 reminds us that to those who possess everything, God has committed the ministry of reconciliation.

"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. " 2 Corinthians 5:17-20

We who are Christ's are able to participate actively in the redemption and reconciliation of man to God. And yet, so often I choose to deny my own role in reconciliation, refusing to do the work of an ambassador. I'm left convicted by my own lack of passion and simple obedience.