Weekly Devotional
No More Shame: Your Stand Is a Calling, Not a Weakness
No More Shame: Your Stand Is a Calling, Not a Weakness "No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame." — Psalm 25:3a (NIV) There is a war being waged against your faith right now, and the primary weapon the enemy is using is not your spouse's behavior, not the court documents, and not the silence on the other end of the phone. The primary weapon the enemy is using against you is shame. Shame whispers that you are foolish for still believing. Shame tells you that your stand makes you look weak, desperate, and delusional. Shame wants to shrink you down until you quietly walk away from the very calling God has placed on your life. But the Word of God declares with absolute authority in Psalm 25:3 that no one who places their hope in the Lord will ever be put to shame. That promise belongs to you right now, today, in the middle of this storm. I mention in Day 18 of my book '40 Day Stand for Marriage Restoration,' it is common for well-meaning friends and family to urge you to move on, to let go, and to accept what looks like a finished marriage. Their concern may come from a place of love, but their counsel comes from a place of human sight. You are not standing based on what you see. You are standing based on what God has said. God called YOU to stand for this marriage, not necessarily everyone around you. His ways are higher than our ways and His plans are higher than our plans, and when God chooses to restore a covenant marriage, He does it in a way that brings undeniable glory to His name. Your stand is not foolishness. Your stand is obedience. The devil works overtime to make standers feel embarrassed about their faith. He wants you to be ashamed to tell anyone you still believe your marriage is coming back. He wants you to whisper your hope instead of declaring it. He wants you to let the opinions of others erode the conviction God placed in your heart. So you do not need to broadcast every detail of your journey to everyone around you, but you absolutely must refuse to bow your knee to the spirit of shame. The enemy has no authority to make you feel disgraced for trusting God. Break that off right now in the name of Jesus. You are not weak for standing. You are brave. You are not in denial. You are in faith. Standing for your marriage is not the same thing as ignoring real problems. It is not pretending everything is fine or refusing to acknowledge the pain. It is the courageous decision to believe that God is bigger than every broken thing and that His power can heal what no human hand can fix. Romans 10:11 (ESV) says, 'For the Scripture says, Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.' That word is for you right now. You believe in a God who raises the dead, who turns water into wine, and who has a long and glorious history of restoring what looked completely destroyed. Your marriage is not the exception to His power. It is the next opportunity for His power to be displayed. Your unwavering hope is not just protecting your marriage. It is being watched by people around you who do not yet understand what it looks like to trust God with something painful and impossible. When God restores your marriage, everyone who called you foolish will have to acknowledge the faithfulness of your God. Today, let go of every ounce of shame the enemy has tried to deposit in your heart. Lift your head. Square your shoulders. You are a stander, and God is not finished with your story
