Ambassadors for Christ
Poem★★★★“Ambassadors for Christ!” O Lord, how can it be That sinful mortal men of clay dare go and seek for thee? How can our human hearts that years of sin have stained, From poisons of the serpents sting be ever drained? How can our tongues that shot the viper’s venom far, Be used to bless the world and not to mar?
“Ambassadors for Christ!” O Lord, and can it be That eyes so full of sin can ever see but thee?
How can minds filled with photographs of sin for years Erase from memory’s hall those imprints with more tears? How can words, long the vehicle of sinful thought, Now paint the saved pictures that new sight has caught? “Ambassadors for Christ!” O Lord, if it can be, Then do thy wondrous work that we can speak for thee; Take thou our mortal minds and wash with blood, not tears, The sinful, sad impressions of those careless years.
Take thou our sinful hearts and make them, Lord, like Thine, For only as our hearts are pure can our words be divine.
Adlai Albert Esteb.
The point
A poem pleads with God to transform sinful hearts, minds, and speech so that redeemed believers can worthily serve as His ambassadors to the world.