Unashamed

I was talking to a friend about Jesus and various religious oriented topics including writing WFTD at a dinner party not long ago. I could not help but notice that my buddy was nervously glancing around trying to see who might be in the area, particularly whenever I mentioned Jesus Christ. He would lower both his voice and eyes whenever anyone else including waiters or other friends and guests got within hearing distance of our conversation.

I don’t know why this type of behavior irks me so much, but it does. I love the Lord with all of my heart and I for one am proud to associate myself with Him. He died for my many black sins and I sincerely appreciate His sacrificing His life for mine. He did not have to do so, but because of His great love for me and for you He willingly gave up His life on a cross. In return I feel that the very least I can do is to proudly associate myself with Him at every opportunity.

For some reason my friend seemed genuinely embarrassed when talking openly about Christ. Every time someone would come near us he would lower his voice to a notch just above a whisper. I countered by raising mine just a notch below shouting. The more he lowered his voice the more I raised mine. Before the conversation had finally ended, anyone within fifty feet could have heard me excitedly talking about JESUS and what He meant to me. At this point my buddy had a look on his face similar to someone who just noticed that he had stepped in dog poop or something, and he quickly excused himself and headed for more comfortable territory where I assume the talk was more about worldly topics.

Yesterday three friends of mine talked extensively about Jesus. My buddies related to me how they had organized prayer in their respective churches for me in regard to my surgery. We discussed at length how God hears and answers such prayer and how God is good (all of the time). It was great conversation and all of us were completely at ease in discussing God openly.

If you are not at a point in your life where you can unashamedly talk about Jesus and welcome strangers or anyone else to listen in, then you are missing out on being closest of friends with the best friend that anyone could ever have. I urge you not to be ashamed of Jesus Christ. Boldly talk about Jesus at work, or at a party, or at a restaurant, or on an airplane, or wherever.

At the judgment we want Jesus to proudly acknowledge to His Father that you and I are among His closest friends and that we belong to Him. Jesus expects no less from us. Read below and you will see that He is quite serious about this topic.

Luke 9:26
“For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

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