In What Are You Boasting? (Ps. 20:7-8)

Some boast in chariots and some in horses,
But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God.
They have bowed down and fallen,
But we have risen and stood upright.
(Psalm 20:7-8, NASB)

So many people believe that everything they’ve done—everything they will do—is of their own power. And everything they have is because of their work, their smarts, their abilities. And so they boast.

“I have the best house, car, career, marriage, children,” they say.

“Look what I have done,” they exclaim.

“How wonderful am I that I’ve done all this, that I have all this,” they preen.

And then, the stock market drops, and they lose half their investments. Or the housing market dips, and they’re suddenly upside down. Or their children go off to make their own lives, and they never hear from them.

What then? In what can they boast?

There is only one thing worth boasting in. One thing that will never fail, that will never desert, that will never forsake.

God and He alone is worth boasting about. His grace. His mercy. His righteousness. His justice. His guidance.

His love.

In what are you boasting? In what have you put your faith?

Join the psalmist and always “boast in the name of the LORD, our God.”