A Daily Devotional

About always affirming�

Jeremiah 9:23 This is what the Lord says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," (NIV)

As a race of beings, humankind loves to marvel at our great achievements, our great mind, our great works, and our great power. We brandish our weapons of mass destruction at those we call our enemies. Those we call our enemies brandish their weapons of mass destruction at us. We give ourselves praise for building great structures only to see them fall in minutes during an earthquake. We marvel at our great cities only to fear living in them because of crime and violence. We are puffed up and arrogant about our art and culture when our art and culture are full of pornography. We are puffed up and arrogant about our power when we use our power for sinful things. However, what we boast about is nothing before God. Before God, the Great Wall of China is not even a speck. Before God, the great Pyramids of Egypt are not even a wisp of thought. When we boast, let us only boast about how much God loves us and about how much Christ has given to see us in Heaven. Someday, our world of substance will be gone in an instant. What remains will be only the enduring love of our Master Builder�He who provided the materials for all the things we mistakenly think we own.

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