Just a Guy

During the summer, my Crew watched quite a bit of TV. Topping the list were "High School Musical" and "High School Musical 2". I memorize the lines of the movies the kids watch because they are in the background so much when I'm in another room-- and I ponder... =)

Late in the summer as the girls were watching, I heard this conversation snippet between a couple of the characters:

Troy Bolton: Dad, detention was my fault. Not hers.
Jack Bolton: You haven't missed a practice in three years. That girl shows up...
Troy Bolton: [interrupts] That girl is named Gabriella. And she's very nice.
Jack Bolton: Well, helping you miss practice doesn't make her very nice. Not in my book, or your team's. Troy Bolton: Dad, she's not a problem. She's just a girl.
Jack Bolton: But you're not just a guy, Troy. You're the team leader. What you do affects not only this team, but the entire school.

That line about Troy not being "just a guy" really stood out to me. It seems like there is something intrinsic in us that screams for responsibility. Our actions impact others. And the more authority you have, the MORE your actions impact others. Or, the more of a platform of influence you have, the more you impact others. Professing faith in Christ gives us an ENORMOUS platform. And so the question is, will I act like just a nobody, or like an ambassador of the King???

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:14-16
 
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. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21