Romans 1: 16: I am not ashamed of the gospel
Last night we went out for a take away sit down meal at the Thai cafe in Hout Bay. We had planned to go just my wife and I with my daughter and her friend, but then it ended up there being 7 teenagers in all. My son had two friends and my daughter had three. One of the friends was the 17 year old girl from next door, who is very close with my son. They are just best of friends. She has just given her heart to the Lord (beginning of December).
As we sat and ate dinner, she shared about her holiday (she is just back from the coast) and how she had experienced God first hand over the last weeks. She sat and shared openly about the number of God incidents in her life and how she handled things differently with her step mom to be, for the first time managing to get victory over circumstances. It was amazing to sit and listen to her share confidently and boldly, not caring who was listening to how she was reading the bible and journaling. Wow, amazing confidence and boldness. Then when I read this in Romans about not being ashamed I thought “How much more should I be bold, having experienced God so much more in my life over 30+ years of being a Christian”.
Why is it that sometimes I am reserved and “ashamed”?? Is that the word. I would never say so, but maybe if you were judging by my actions….