Under the anonymity that is the internet, I may (or may not) convey an openess about my faith.
Take that guise away, transplant me to the real world, and when topics of religion and faith come out, I stutter. Not as much as I use to, but I still get that heightened sense of nervousness of uncertainty to what “social consequences” can be attributed to my belief.
Then verses 2, 3 and 20 from this Psalm comes along and messes me up and reminds me why I shouldn’t be ashamed.
2 O my God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
Let not my enemies triumph over me.
3 Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.…
20 Keep my soul, and deliver me;
Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.
To stand unashamed of my love and passion for God requires great trust on my part on Him.
It is also true then that if I say I trust God with all I am, I cannot hide it.
Bear with me as I may have probably committed some inferential fallacies. But I don’t care.
All that is important to me now is that, trusting God and being proud of it goes hand in hand. And in my circumstances now, I want to, will and am trusting God that He will continue to be the source of blessings in my life and I will unashamedly be a living testimony of it.
After all, it can’t be THAT hard if He’s the one who’s leading my ways unashamedly.
Filed under: Cogitations, God, Life, Psalm
Amen.
As a pastor will use as an analogy, surely you will not be ashamed of spreading the news of the best chicken rice in Singapore!
I suppose it will not be an extra effort to be unashamed, though it always seem the case. When that trust translates to hope, and hope leads to a mighty work that He does. Being unashamed should come very naturally. (: