DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- BRAGGING ON GOD

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – BRAGGING ON GOD

"In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah." (Psalm 44:8)

We are so prone to take the credit for the good things in our lives. We boast about our kids, our home, our successes. But if we really understood that "every good and perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights," as the Scriptures says in James 1:17, we might be more apt to give God the glory. God is the source of everything in our lives that is good, and He deserves the praise.

At its root, the word translated boast" is from Hebrew word, Halal, from which we get the word Hallelujah. It means to shine. Jesus said to let our lights so shine that men will see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:16). Whatever is good in our lives is meant to make God look good – not us.

This psalm is reminiscent of Psalm 34:1-3: "I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD. The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together."

God is worthy of our boasting, because, as Korah exclaimed, "You are my king, O God" (vs. 4). He is the source of every good thing. A song puts it this way: "All the glory belongs to Jesus, all the praise belongs to Him. All that I am or every hope to be, all the glory belongs to Him."

"Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation" (Psalm 68:19). "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" (Psalm 103:2). Let us boast about the Lord together.

Love, Dad