GET Up!
Psalm 96:7-8: “Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come into His courts.”
God only puts up with people’s pride here:
“My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.” Psalm 34:2.
“In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise Your name forever.” Psalm 44:8.
Romans 3:27a: “Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded.”
1 Corinthians 1:31: “Therefore, as it is written: ‘He who boasts boast in the LORD.’”
James 1:9: “The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position.”
People have secrets. But faith in God should never be one of them. Let us get up to our feet. Believers-in-Christ have so much to be thankful for: God loved us as He knit us together in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). Then, He sent His only Son Jesus to earth to demonstrate Himself (John 14:9). God accepted Jesus’ sinless life and death on the cross as payment for all human sin. Through faith in Jesus, Believers are offered eternal life with God!
Grace. Mercy. Gifts showered on people that we never asked for nor deserve. But both are necessary for us to get to know the Father. Jesus is our righteousness in God. Jesus is our perfection in God. People are encouraged to pray—a direct path straight to His throne. Jesus sits at God’s right hand. Angels fill the throne room with praise songs.
Satan is forbidden there.
Get up! Let’s boast in the LORD!
This is when we’re not shy. This is when we tell others about Jesus. This is when we shout what God has done in our lives. We are encouraged to boast—about God. People are His megaphones, the mouthpieces that tell others about Jesus.
We sing songs of praise in worship where Believers belt out our admiration of God. “Arise and shine in splendor, let night today surrender; Your light is drawing near, above the day is beaming, in matchless beauty gleaming; the glory of the Lord is here.” Martin Opitz, 1597-1639. Heinrich Isaac, 1450-1517, tune. Lutheran Worship. Concordia Publishing House. 1982. Hymn #85.
May our Father never be a secret to His children!
Take Home Nugget
King David’s son Solomon warns about pride in Proverbs 8:13 and 16:5, “To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.” … “The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: they will not go unpunished.”
But, get up to brag about Jesus!
“May I never boast except in the cross of our LORD Jesus Christ.” Galatians 6:14.
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