Day 64 with David: If you are ashamed of Him, He will be ashamed of you.

“I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know. I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly. Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭40:9-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Many years ago I was in a group of very closely connected people as one person was elaborating on the fact that her husband was going to be out of town for a week. She went further to explain that his absence would be made worse by the fact that all of her “fun friends” were out of town. Now bear in mind that all of the people in that group considered themselves friends of this person. Well, tell the truth and shame the devil; but I can imagine that there was probably a better way to find out that you are not numbered among the “fun friends.”

We all know this scenario, because we’ve all been there. You have “friends” who are very close with you when it’s just you and the friend; but, in the company of others, they struggle to remember your name. Now, we know this happens for a number of reasons; generally it all comes down to the fact that we are messed up. I know that that “technical jargon” may have thrown you off; but you know what I mean. We develop complexes that make us insecure and self-seeking (selfish). So, we seek out the attention of some people (“fun friends”), take advantage of other people (“old faithfuls”), and combine those two phenomenon more often than we’d like to admit.

Jesus once made a stunning remark just after emphasizing the importance of making sure we don’t lose our own souls. He made clear that His goodness when we stand in judgment, will be extended to those who have acknowledged Him (and His goodness) in this life.

“If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭9:26‬ ‭NLT‬‬

In our portion from Psalms today we see David reminding the Lord that he has never failed to tell others of the goodness of God. In other words, people were very clear in terms of his relationship to the Lord. He then asked the Lord—based on what he had just said in terms of his faithfulness to acknowledge the Lord—to be merciful, to acknowledge his need, to help him.

Fact is, you may never be somebody’s “fun friend” in this life; but, we need to make sure that we haven’t done the same thing to the Lord that we see other people doing to us. If we acknowledge Him now, He’ll acknowledge us before His Father in Heaven.

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

If you are ashamed of Him, He will be ashamed of you.

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