"Unashamed"

"I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise Thee among much people." (Psalms 35:18) Do you have a goal? For me, this is one that works real good for me! As it should for you as well. Although the actual meaning might not present itself in the definition, I do believe we can associate "the great congregation" with heaven; where else will there be that great assembly of all of God's people? and where else will we end up 'casting our crowns' before our Redeemer, as we are humbly amazed at what He has done, regardless? I think the second part of this verse speaks the most into the goal that is set before us, because the way I see this playing out in my mind, the "much people" are the multitudes of people that are standing behind me, as if to represent me as the one responsible for them being there. Now that's a goal worth fighting for, Don't you think? As Paul quotes in Romans 10:11, "Whosoever believeth on Him (Jesus Christ) shall not be ashamed", a quote which is taken from the content of the "Scriptures" and the magnanimous plan that God has displayed in His Word; those that believe now, own what Christ has done for them, and they are not ashamed to confess it, nor are they ashamed of what they have become. Reading in Isaiah 28:16, just one such example, it says, "Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste"; the point being made is that of urgency. Again, I will reference Ray Comfort's description of the contrast between desire and need for Jesus Christ, taken from his book "Hell's Best Kept Secret"; in this he describes two different people who are wearing parachutes on a passenger airplane, one has been told the parachute will make him comfortable and give him peace, while the other is told that the plane is going to crash and without the parachute he will die. This 'urgency' spoken of in Isaiah 28:16 would represent the people on the plane, which the person who knows the plane is going to crash, might care about, and his desire for all them to put on their own parachutes also... "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" (Romans 10:12-15)