Lent: Now Is The Time

2 Corinthians 5:20–6:2

"We are ambassadors for Christ…
Be reconciled to God.
Behold, now is a very acceptable time;
behold, now is the day of salvation."

Saint Paul gives us a bold identity:
You are ambassadors for Christ.

An ambassador represents someone greater than themselves.
They carry the voice, the heart, the mission of another.

That means wherever you walk — into classrooms, locker rooms, lunch tables, group chats, hallways — you carry Christ with you. Not perfectly. But truly.

And Paul pleads with us:
Be reconciled to God.

To reconcile means to bring things back together.

Think about reconciling a bank account. At the end of the month, you compare what should be there with what actually is. You notice what doesn’t match. You correct it. You bring it back into balance.

Lent is like that for the soul.

It is a season where we gently lay our lives next to God’s love and ask:
Where am I out of alignment?
Where have I drifted?
Where have my words, my habits, my choices not matched who I really want to be?

The beautiful truth is this:
God is never the one who walks away.

God does not hold grudges.
God does not grow cold.
God does not cancel you.

If there is distance, it is never from His side.

To be reconciled with God means stepping back into love — through prayer, through honesty, through courage. And then “putting teeth into it” by repairing what is broken with others.

Maybe that means:

• Apologizing instead of defending.
• Forgiving instead of replaying the offense.
• Staying silent when the sarcastic comeback is ready to fire.
• Reaching out to someone you’ve quietly avoided.

That is real reconciliation.

Not dramatic.
Not flashy.
Just faithful.

And Paul says something urgent:

Now is the acceptable time.
Now is the day of salvation.

Not after the season.
Not when things calm down.
Not when you “feel more ready.”

Now.

Lent is springtime for the soul.
The ground softens.
The light lasts longer.
New life waits just beneath the surface.

If you lean into this season — even a little — something in you will rise.

And when Easter comes, resurrection won’t just be something you hear about.

It will be something you have lived.

Prayer

Lord Jesus,
You never step away from me.
If there is distance, it is because I have drifted.

Give me the courage this Lent
to come back into alignment with Your love.

Help me repair what is strained.
Help me speak when I need to apologize.
Help me stay silent when my words would wound.

Let this be my acceptable time.
Let today be my day of salvation.

So that when Easter dawns,
I will not only celebrate resurrection —
I will experience it.

Amen.