Many things in life have the power to make someone feel ashamed.

Ashamed can be defined as embarrassed or guilty because of one's actions, characteristics, or associations or (ashamed to do something) reluctant to do something through fear of embarrassment or humiliation.

Being ashamed can be immobilizing. It can prevent a person from speaking or acting in certain ways.

Scripture records how King David got caught up in passion before the Lord and danced through the streets of Jerusalem in his linen ephod as they brought up the ark of God. A linen ephod was an undergarment worn beneath one’s robe. His wife, Michal, watched him from a window and despised him, criticized him, and tried to shame him for what he did.

2 Samuel 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”  21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD. 22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”

David felt no shame in celebrating the way he did regarding the goodness of God to him and all of Israel at that moment.  It was a monumental moment of great favor that the ark was being returned as it was.

Paul, as an apostle and follower of Jesus, said,

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

It is never a good thing to allow shame to prohibit you from speaking boldly about Jesus or from giving thanks and expressing joy by celebrating His goodness in your life.

Jesus spoke about being ashamed of someone,

Mark 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Luke 9:26 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.

It is never good to be ashamed of Jesus for any reason.  It is never good to be ashamed of the joy that He gives, the peace that He is, and the life that He offers.  We should never be ashamed of anything He said or did while He walked the earth or that He is currently doing through others right now on this earth.

In these last days, the enemy is hard at work seeking to silence and prevent any type of open demonstration of gratitude and thanks from those who belong to Jesus by using the tool of shame.  Jesus never needs anyone to make an excuse for what He has done as though it was something wrong or to be embarrassed about.  Being ashamed of Him can lead to Him being ashamed of you.  I never want that to be the case for me because He is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life!  There’s no need to be ashamed!