The position of ambassador is a highly esteemed position for anyone who wishes to serve his country internationally.

Ambassadorships are often awarded as political favors for service to the president.

However, due to human imperfection and sin, no one can be a perfect ambassador.

Still, there are qualities that can make one person a better ambassador than another.

To understand what makes a good ambassador, we first need to understand what an ambassador is, and what a good ambassador should do.

Ambassadors are people sent to other countries as representatives of their home country.

They are sent abroad to work for the interests of their home country, and to work for the interests of the leader of their home country.

Therefore, ambassadors promote the opinions and agendas of those who send them, rather than promoting their own interests.

Even if the ambassador disagrees with the message he has been sent to deliver, he is still required to deliver that message, exactly as his leader has directed; he may not alter the message in any way.

Another important consideration is that ambassadors are the embodiment of the nations they represent.

Many inhabitants of the countries they visit may be unfamiliar with the ambassador’s home country.

They may never have even met a person from the ambassador’s home land, and they may never meet another person from that land again.

An ambassador shoulders the responsibility of displaying behavior that he wants associated with his home country, because to the natives of the country he is visiting, this behavior will become representative of all members of the ambassador’s home country.

Bad behavior promotes a bad image of his homeland, and good behavior promotes a good image of his homeland.

There are many examples of the negative affect that the actions of ambassadors can have on the citizen’s view of the ambassador’s home country.

United States Marines who were deployed to Japan were advised that their behavior was representative of not only the Marines, but also representative of American people as a whole.

These Marines were not faithful ambassadors; they raped a young Japanese woman.

For many Japanese people, this incident deteriorated their views and opinions about all Americans. Actions such as these can have detrimental effects for years to come.

We can learn a lesson from the bad decisions these Marines made. They showed themselves to be wicked messengers.

We Have To Be Faithful Ambassadors 

We, on the other hand, must make sure that we are faithful ambassadors. The behavior we show others reflects our own inner beliefs and values.

As Christians, we must promote the values of Christ. We must live in a way that embodies those values.

Our lifestyles should show others how good Christ is, and we should reflect His teachings and His values in all we do.

Promoting our own values and opinions would be a deviation from our loyalty to Christ.

It would be paramount to treason, and would not be a display of loyal ambassadorship.

To best represent the values of our heavenly Leader, we must always remember to keep our words and actions in harmony with the divine principles found in the Holy Bible.

As people who should live for Christ, our behavior as a Christian should be appealing to all who encounter us, so that others develop a high opinion of our leader, Christ.

Our behavior must glorify Christ, and this will encourage others to seek His ruler-ship as well.

In all we do, we must seek to show others that we are representatives and ambassadors of the Most High.