Am I ashamed?

Try to imagine this.

A prostitute (or woman of ill repute) walks into a room full of religious people. People sure to judge her. People definitely outside her social circle. People who will not understand nor sympathize. People who have no doubt already shown her contempt, already made known to her what her place in society is.

She was bound to draw attention. But that did not matter.

What mattered was worth it all: Jesus. Worshiping her Lord Jesus.

She did not hold back. She refused to be self-conscious. She refused to be intimidated by the demeaning and scornful looks thrown her way.

That is the story narrated in Luke 7: 36 - 38

"Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisees' house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she saw that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil."

So am I ashamed? Am I too self conscious? Do I hold back? Why?

This passage has been convicting me since the start of the year. The truth is there are certain scenarios, certain gatherings where I consciously or sub-consciously hold back. If Jesus is truly my ALL and my #1, should I not be ready to even embarrass myself in worshiping or serving Him?

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