Boasting.

Galatians 6:14 says

"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."

I realize how often I boast in my flesh. I boast in the people I know, I boast in the theology I know, I boast in the ministries I am involved with, I boast in the friends that I have, I boast in the gifts Abba gave me, I boast about that my sin is not as bad compared to (insert name here) ________...(which by the way is a totally ridiculous thought because there's no scale of sin, sin is sin in God's eyes), I boast because I think I'm so mature, there's so much more bleeeeh.... But what's the point of saying all this???? The point isn't to dwell on how ugly our hearts are....but the point is boast in how beautiful Jesus is!!!

My brothers and sisters....God desires us to boast in nothing else except CHRIST!!! Just knowing CHRIST! Now now I know, what many of you are probably thinking..."I'm far from that being my sole confidence"...hahha well then my friend you are probably in the same boat as everyone else. What our role is to do is to continuing to submit to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and let HIM be the sanctifier and HE will teach us how to keep fixing our gaze on the cross, allowing our hearts to be purified, and making Jesus exalted in our lives.

It's a process...but there's so much GRACE for all of us!!!

I love how this old hymn sums it up...this is my prayer... "I will not boast in anything, no gifts, no power, no wisdom, but I will boast in Jesus Christ...His death and resurrection!!".

Amen.