BOAST IN THE LORD!

Psalm 34:2 AMPC

My life makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble and afflicted hear and be glad.

 

Every body boast in something, and it may seem strange to think of boasting as a good thing, after all, the word boast means “to puff oneself up in speech,” and the act of glorying or vainglorious speaking and ostentatious display of anything outside of God and is seen as a negative thing or an exhibition of pride.

Biblical boast, though is different from a worldy, prideful boast. The boast encouraged in the scriptures means to “rejoice in”, “glory in” and “praise” God and not oneself.

True boast in the Lord is boasting of and about the Lord—the deliberate and intentional action of praising the Lord and boasting of His great attributes, boasting of what He has done,  what He is still doing and what He has promised to do. As Jeremiah 9:23-24 says, let him who boasts, boast that He understands and knows me. Nothing but an experimental and experiential knowledge and understanding of God will save us and keep us content enough to appreciate that everything we are and have comes from the Lord, this, in turn, will stop us from becoming self-confident in our abilities and intelligence.

To fully know the Lord, we must have an intimate relationship with Him, to have a deep and revelation knowledge of who God is.

There is an element of pride in boasting in oneself, that will make us the controller of our lives and destiny but according to Jeremiah 10:23, we do not have what it takes to run our own lives, but we try daily, don’t we? We can’t control our own life or someone else's. God is in control, so let’s make boasting about God’s ability and sovereignty a priority.

The Bible, especially the book of Proverbs condemns pride and vanity. Proverbs 27:2, 16:5, and 8:13 admonishes us to let other people and not our own mouths praise us, we should not boast of our likely successes nor should we boast of ourselves. Yet, that’s a given in today’s society where everyone is totting their own horns. Walking along pride lane and vanity fair is a slippery sloop that keeps us from enjoying the best of God in our lives, as it says in James 4:6 that God resists the proud but the humble, that is, those who look up to Him, trust in and boasts in Him, He showers with favour. Which one are you? A self-boaster or God boaster?

Boastful pride is the braggadocios attitude or state of being proud, inordinate self-esteem, an unreasonable conceit of one's superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others. Daniel 4:37 recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s repentant boast in honour of the King of heaven, recognising that pride was useless.

Paul declared in 2 Corinthians 11:30 that his boast was in God’s faithfulness in his life, stating that his boast was also in his personal weakness and helplessness, which made plain what Christ had done through him. We mustn't boast of our natural or acquired powers, abilities, knowledge, and skills, nor boast in what God has done by us, but rather, our boast should always be in what we have suffered for God, what He has and will do for us and in the finished work of the cross.

When God has touched us in a way, made a difference in our lives and changed our outlooks, we must learn to lean on Him and make our boast in Him and Him alone because all the glory belongs to the Lord, and He will not share it with anyone else, including you according to Isaiah 48:2. Boast in God and not yourself.

PRAYER: Lord, God, keep me humble and content to boast always of your goodness and faithfulness towards me and not boast of myself in Jesus’ name, amen.

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