ARE YOU ASHAMED OF GOD AND HIS WORD?

The question above may sound funny but wait till you have read through this blog and then decide for yourself whether or not you are guilty. 

We, as believers do several things that do not please God for various reasons. We do them sometimes not because we would have wanted to do them or from ignorance, even though there is no acceptable excuse, but because we think we would be embarrassed about what people may say or how they would react to us if we don’t do them. In certain circumstances we even feel a compelling need to pretend like we are not saved, denying the reality of who we are, and all because we want to be accepted socially or perceived as being of a particular social status. Whether or not we admit it, we are shamed of God when we do such things and the consequences are of eternal dimensions.

Mark 8: 38 “If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the son of man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of His father with the holy angels.”

These days, believers try hard to play the unbelievers game in the unbeliever’s turf, whilst hoping to beat them at their game. The world is their turf, the game is their way of life and then winning is making heaven at the end of the day. The situation is so bad now that the only differences between most believers and unbelievers would be the fact that we once invited Christ into our lives, we are part of a Pentecostal church which we attend regularly and we speak the “language of Christians.” These things seem ordinary but eventually lead to adultery with the world which takes away from the heavenly path. 

It is sad that we who ought to be proud of what we have and make other people envious are now succumbing to the pressure of the world and also envy the world. We are so ashamed of who we are in Christ that we would rather hide our identity and then do what the world is doing. Worse still is the fact that we measure our lives and/or success using the measure of the world; a measure that even God will not use for us. If you judge yourself by that measure, you will always fall short because it was never meant for you. In the same vein, unbelievers would not want to measure themselves by the measure of the kingdom because their need for salvation will become manifest; for every unsaved man who attempts to measure his success by God’s standard which is His word, would find Himself wanting. 

You want to be saved yet you want to be acclaimed by the world as being “with it”, whatever that means. You don’t want to let go of what you consider your worldly “social status.”  You want so much to be acclaimed and if you are not, you get insecure and struggle to be like them hoping to beat them at their own game but you can’t. You will only end up losing the true life that God has given you if you don’t stop. Please let go and accept that you are different. You are now guided by the Good News.

Mark 8: 35 “If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.”

Let me remind you – you are royalty and must never reduce yourself to the level of commoners. No matter how interesting they make their lives look, deep down their hearts they want to be like you.