Shrinking back?

 Hebrews 10:39 " But we are not those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved."

Have you, shrunk back lately?  I have.    I think of myself as confident in Christ.  Yet, I am often a coward.   Many times at a restaurant with my friends or family that do not believe, I say a silent prayer instead of asking everyone to pray with me.  I can even coward like this in my own home around people whom usually don't pray.      

I read this verse today and thought of many things I do that are not rooted in boldness.....I may go along with gossip, complaining and laugh at rude and in appropriate conversations.    I can easily follow in the sins that are promoted in the world we live in, such as materialism, lust, pride and greed.

Jeremiah chapter 17 reminds us to be God pleasing not man pleasing.   I start out most mornings planning to be. God pleaser, yet compromise sneaks in and then I coward to sin.  Today, let's rise up and not shrink back!!! Let's be bold in who we are in Jesus.   Let's not compromise in fear.  Let's champion in faith!!