Joyfully Boast of the Lord!

            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Hope you have….but let’s not boast about it!

            To boast means to brag on ourselves. One definition puts it this way: “To puff oneself up in speech.”  All of us have been around someone who boasts of all he or she can do or has accomplished.  It’s usually a one-sided conversation, and the only one enjoying it, seems to be the one who is boasting! One of my funny friends puts it this way….”He thinks he’s all that…and a bag of chips!” 

             Jeremiah 9:23-24 talks about boasting….but not boasting on ourselves. 

²³ This is what the Lord says:

“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom
    or the strong boast of their strength
    or the rich boast of their riches,
²⁴ but let the one who boasts boast about this:
    that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
    justice and righteousness on earth,
    for in these I delight,”
declares the Lord.

True boasting in the Lord is actually boasting of the Lord—boasting of His great attributes, boasting of what He has done for us, of what He is still doing and of what He has promised to do. When we are genuinely filled with the joy of the Lord, we can’t help but boast of Him.

 Our God is good! Our God is faithful! Our God is kind and just and righteous! May we constantly & joyfully boast of Him!