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TO BRAG OR NOT TO BRAG?

The Bible really is an amazing insight into God's desires. This morning i picked up the Bible and a question which has always been on my mind suddenly got answered. The question is 'HOW CAN I STOP BRAGGING AND BEING A SHOWOFF? I have this bad habit of always bragging about stuff, in fact my ability to brag and show off earned me the nickname 'exhibit'in secondary school, it even helped in advancing my career in lying. I've actually been feeling really terrible about this 'little' flaw of mine. So I kept on asking God to teach me how to stop showing off and bragging. 

Back to how my question got answered. I stumbled on Jeremiah 9: 23-24 This is what the Lord says:“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.

This verse is self explanatory, just telling us the truth, it is totally not wrong to boast, as long as you are boasting about God. When you think about it, that is what we are here on earth for. Most of the great men in the Bible became great by boasting about their knowledge and understanding of God, was it not by boasting that he knew God and the power God possessed that David could kill Goliath? Was it not by boasting about God that Elijah could deal with those false prophets on Mt.Carmel? 

Who are we to boast about ourselves, our material things and our achievements in life, when to be honest God owns it all, there is nothing that beats knowing God and His power, in fact that should be the basis for which people should envy you, because to be honest it just makes them want to know God more. I am not saying we should boast to other people that they are not worthy of God's love or knowing God, we should boast in a way that people would want to know Him.  We are all human and are prone to being boastful. So at that point when you feel the boast coming up, choose wisely, boast about knowing God. I am definitely going to try this, will you?

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