¹² For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

2 Timothy 1:12 NKJV

There will never be a moment where I look at this verse and don’t smile. Every year on this date I share this verse in memory of my dad – this was his favorite verse. My dad would quote this verse, in the KJV translation, before most of his sermons. He would say it so eloquently that I fell in love with repeating it.

It wasn’t until after he passed away that I truly understood why my dad would quote this verse so preciously. Paul was speaking of his commitment to the Lord. God was not ashamed of proclaiming his faith in the Lord. Whether he was unders arrest or not, Paul was not ashamed. How many of us are ashamed to proclaim God today? My dad would never be ashamed of the Lord because of all that God had brought him through.

I take up this same boast in the Lord – I can’t be ashamed of him. I know of everything the Lord has brought me through. I know of how patient the Lord is in that He is merciful in my falling short of His glory. God lifts me up when I don’t deserve to be lifted up because I have confessed faith with my heart. If God has shown me such great love, why should I be ashamed of Him?

I can’t be. I simply can’t be. I hope that you all would feel the same when you consider all that God has done for you.