Can I be honest with you? I’m a typical human being, so like most human beings I like to brag. I like to brag about my family. I like to brag about my sports team (at least most of the time—I guess it depends on the season). But mostly, I like to brag about myself. I don’t always say it out loud, but I can get pretty proud of myself on the inside. I can get pretty impressed about myself on the inside. But it sometimes leaks out. And let’s face it, you can be the same way too.

 

Polite culture says that it isn’t nice to brag like that. (I stress polite culture—the culture of Hollywood and sports and music, on the other hand, is all about bragging about yourself.) But, when all is said and done, and if we really think about it, there is nothing so great about ourselves that makes us any better or worse than any other person in the world. You see, the object of our boasting makes all the difference in the world. If we boast or brag about ourselves we demonstrate that we are pretty naïve about who we really are. But if we boast about our great God, we show that we know where true greatness lies.

 

We find in the prophet Jeremiah:

Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.” (Jeremiah 9:23–24 ESV)

 

If we are going to brag on anything let’s brag on God’s provision of salvation; let’s brag on His mercies that are new every day; let’s brag on His patience and kindness; let’s brag on His power and glory. If we are going to brag, then let’s brag on something worth bragging about. Let’s brag on God.