I’ve been embarrassed at least twice in my life—both times when my parents and I were eating out with friends.
One time, I told a friend I would be glad to eat out with him for his birthday. I asked him if it would be okay if we ate at a fish place. He agreed. When the time came to order our food, he ordered a hamburger. I was embarrassed when he told me he didn’t like fish. I was glad the restaurant had something else he wanted.
The other time, I invited two of my friends out to eat for my birthday. We went to a taco restaurant. One of them told me it was my birthday, and I could eat wherever I wanted. I only chose the taco place because it was his favorite place to eat, but I’d eaten at one of the same restaurants before and found something I liked. This time, however, when we went, what I thought was the right thing was a taco shell with chicken and everything in it. My parents had to take me somewhere else after my friends finished eating.
But there is one place we won’t be embarrassed, and that’s when we see Jesus. We sure don’t want to be embarrassed then, whether at the judgment seat of Christ or the Great White Throne judgment.
Let’s avoid embarrassment. Let’s do as much as possible for the Lord because we love Him. And if you don’t know Christ, ask Him now to forgive you and start doing good works.
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Darrell Waters loves Jesus and wants to please Him in all he says, thinks, and does. He is legally blind and disabled but feels that devotional writing is his calling in life. Darrell sings in the choir and also specials on a singers' list in Sunday services as well as on Wednesday nights.