Today's encouragement comes from Jeremiah 9:23 & 24, where these great words are found:
"Thus says the LORD: 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,' says the LORD.”In Whom do *we* "glory"? God created us in His image, to “glory” in Himself. Since the Fall of man into sin, this “glory” is entered into through faith in the One who was incarnated as the God/Man, Jesus Christ our Lord, the only mediator between us sinners and the holy Triune God, (1 Tim. 2:5). . . . We may also delight in subordinate blessings—so long as our #1 pleasure is Christ the Lord.
Do we "understand and know" the One True God through Jesus alone? If so, then we have good cause to "glory."
[Puritan quote of the day: "Unless your restraint of sin extends to inward and heart sins as well as to open and notorious crimes, you cannot conclude that the power of mortifying grace is upon your heart.” —Christopher Love, in, "The Mortified Christian"]
