Jeremiah 9:23-24 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.
Jer. 9:23-24 negates the validity of glorying and boasting in anything except God. Yet, that is astounding, because to our minds, there are some pretty incredible human talents and abilities and resources, but out of all things God is the most unknowable and the most unattainable. Knowledge of God is the farthest from us, yet He has said that the one thing in which we may legitimately glory is in knowing Him.
So all that we have counted gain may instantly become loss to us, and that which was to us the most unattainable becomes the most prized object, the only ground that we have for glorying. Knowing the Unknowable becomes to us the only knowledge that we possess with any certainty and legitimacy. Understanding the Incomprehensible One is suddenly the boast that we claim, forsaking all others. Only in His economy would such a trade take place. Only a God like Him would allow us to be confident in the possession of a knowledge and a relationship that is so utterly beyond us.
(mkc)
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