In Him Alone

Isaiah 45 says They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone are deliverance and strength.’” All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame. But all the descendants of Israel will find deliverance in the Lord and will make their boast in him.

What do you make your boast in? 

Sometimes we inadvertently boast in other things when we simply fail to give God the glory.

 

For example, when we say we’re sending vibes or good thoughts to others for healing or hope, we are boasting in something other than the power of prayer.

When we forge ahead to make things right at work, instead of stopping to pray and seek His face on how to handle things righteously, we are boasting in our own strength to settle scores.

If our kids are accomplishing, doing well, making us proud, and we tell others how we did this and that to make them succeed, we are discounting the mercies of God and his blessings given freely to us.

We need to speak up and declare who it is that brings us strength and deliverance by giving thanks to God for all good gifts.  

And we need to boast aloud so that our children hear and know it is HE who grants strength to the weary, and it is HE who answers our prayers.