Undercover Christian?

"If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."

Luke 9:26

I find that sometimes Christians are afraid to admit their faith to their non-Christian friends. This is especially true when they are very much in the minority compared to their non-Christian friends. Sometimes we'd rather "fit-in" than have to deal with the ridicule or questions that others might have if they found out our faith.

Living incognito as a Christian is not being much of a Christian at all. Christians are called to live their lives out loud. We are asked to be proud of our God and our Savior. We are asked to let our lives be a light and testimony for God's greatness.

Really... when you think about it... is it so much to ask? Jesus suffered and died so that we might have a personal and intimate relationship with the God of the Universe! Have we really lost sight of how awesome that gift is and what a terrible price Jesus had to pay on our behalf?

Being ashamed to live our lives out loud---with our actions and our words---for the glory of God, is just adding insult to injury to our Savior. He went through hell on Earth to give us this gift, and now we're afraid to even acknowledge him? 

Even if we put this in the pitiful terms of a gift, the insult becomes obvious. What if someone had bought their friend a jacket... they walked to the top of the mountain for it, it was the most beautiful jacket in the world, and they paid a million dollars for it... all so that they could give their friend this wonderful gift and wear it proudly. What would happen if that friend greedily accepted the gift but never wore the jacket for fear of what others would think of it?

We need to wear our salvation on our sleeves. We need to be proud of our God and grateful for our salvation. We need to live our lives in actions and in words, so that on judgment day Jesus will acknowledge us with his actions and his words... with a hug and a whisper;

 "Well done, good and faithful servant"