Never Be Ashamed

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. Philippians 1:20

It should be our earnest expectation and hope that we will never be ashamed in anything! The question though, is that too lofty a goal? Should we ever dare to hope for such greatness? Well, the glorious Truth for us is that it is not too much to hope for. We can hope for such greatness because our Father has this hope for us as well and to insure that we aren't ashamed in anything, our Father did something about it!

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:3

To insure that we can have such powerful hopes and dreams our Father has given us His very Own Spirit. He has given us the exact same Spirit that He has given to Jesus. Now because we do have God’s Spirit, we are filled with all joy in the peace of knowing His Truth, just as Jesus has peace in our Father’s Truth. The Holy Spirit that we have been given causes us to abound in hope, we can’t help it! Through the Spirit of God we are able to have boldness that Christ is going to be magnified through our lives in everything! We are able to have the same boldness that our Father has and we are able to know beyond any shadow of a doubt that Jesus is not just going to be magnified, but that He is also going to be glorified through us.

Our Father knows the beginning and the end. He knows what is going to be and we now have His peace and joy regarding it! God knows that He is never going to be ashamed and He knows that He is in us, that we are now His Temple, and His body. So amen, if our Father is never going to be ashamed, and through Christ we are now one with Him, then we will never be ashamed! The great Truth that we are shown in Philippians is that we aren't going to be used by the Holy Spirit to just don’t talk about Jesus; we are going to be used to magnify and glorify Jesus! Our Father has given us the peace and joy of His faith, which knows beyond any shadow of a doubt that He is going to use us to magnify His chosen Savior and our Lord Jesus Christ!

All [things that are] Mine are Yours, and all [things that are] Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them. [They have done Me honor; in them My glory is achieved.]. John 17:10

So whether we think that something is a blessing or a curse, our Father causes Jesus to be glorified and magnified through us. Whether we think that we were right or that we were wrong, our Father will cause Jesus to be magnified and glorified through us. Our Father never is ashamed of us, because He always, regardless of what it is, causes us to triumph in Christ. The Truth sets us free; through Christ we are now free from all self condemnation!