Jeremiah 9:23-24 ” 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, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows Me…’ “

Wisdom, might, and wealth are natural places we usually place our trust and haughtiness. But as the old Proverb tells us – “Let him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.” (I Kings 20:11) In other words, it’s just plain foolish to brag about ourselves and what we have before the fight even begins. Proverbs 11:28 takes it even farther, when it warns us that trusting in ourselves only sets us up for failure. So, the only true thing we can boast about is in the Lord (Psalm 34:2) and in our relationship with Him…always remembering that He is God, and we are not…and without Him in our lives, we are nothing.