Performance Pressure
"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) Expectation does not only enhance realization, it equally promote the pressure of performance. When the focus in all of human actions is self, the mind is expected to manage well the shame arising from failure to perform. However, the testimony of Apostle Paul was built on belief, rather than experience. There will be a great relief when our confidence is focused on a gracious belief in the Saviour Jesus Christ, and not on self. Christ-centered performance analysis maketh not ashamed.