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A Last Days' Boaster

What is the answer to all of the "evil" boastings going on in these Last Days? Man must get his focus back on God as being his sole ground of confidence and reliance. He must make Him his joy and praise. His every expectation must come from Him.

The Apostle Paul told us in 2 Timothy 3:1-2 that, in the Last Days, there would be a group of people who we could expect on every side of us. They would be called the "Boasters" - "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come, For men shall be...boasters..."

These are people who are proud, self-assuming, vain-glorious, conceited, and arrogant. They value themselves above all others, while despising and looking upon their fellow man with scorn.

Many, if not all, of them are God rejectors.

In Romans 1:21-22, the Apostle Paul tells us that, because they do not give God His rightful place in their lives, they are "vain" - "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools."

Do you know of any "boasters" today? Have you become one of them? Are you filled with an inordinate self-conceit because you are failing to glorify God in your life? Or perhaps you are not thankful to God for His many blessings because you feel as though you have played an important role in gathering together all of your various accomplishments in life.

You will glorify someone. Who will it be? God, another man, or yourself?

In Psalm 34:1-2, David proclaimed - "I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD..."

"Bless the LORD at all times."
Continual praise in our mouths.
Making our boast in the Lord.

This is the only remedy against becoming a Last Days' "Boaster" as the Apostle Paul described them. As Christians, we are to rejoice in the Lord at all times. He is to be prominent in our everyday thoughts. From Him must come our value and our every expectation.

In Psalm 44:8, the Psalmist said - "In God we boast all the day long..."

In other words, we do not boast in our God in a momentary or temporary fashion - it is a continual and constant expression of our feelings. It is a habitual employment for our soul. God is our one and only ground of confidence and reliance, and we are not afraid or ashamed to continuously express Him as such. Our boast is in the Lord Who made heaven and earth.

• Psalm 10:3 - The Scriptures tell us that it is the "wicked"

• Psalm 94:4 - and the "workers of iniquity" who boast in themselves.

• Psalm 10:3 - The "wicked" boasts of his heart's desire.

  • He boasts in the fact that he can do what he pleases. Because he considers himself as being superior to others, he looks with disdain and contempt upon others. He prides himself on his wealth, strength, beauty, power, success, and talents.

  • He also boasts in how often he gratifies his various passions, desires, and lusts.

  • He boasts in his sin.

  • Psalm 94:4 - He is a "worker of iniquity."

  • The wicked has no place for God in his heart.

  • Psalm 97:7 says that he boasts in "idols." Because he does not glorify God in his life, he looks to other things or persons to be his protector and benefactor.

Such should never be the case for the Christian.
Our boast should always be in the Lord.

Psalm 49:6 - The "workers of iniquity" "boast themselves in the multitude of their riches."

• They take great pride in their wealth.

• They feel as though they are safer and stronger than others because of it.

• They attribute their greatness and happiness in life to it.

• They consider themselves more excellent than their neighbors and actually feel that their wealth is a sure token of God's favor and approval upon their lives.

• The "workers of iniquity" are full of this world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, but especially the boastful pride of life.

• They are full of selfish ambition, thirsting after the honor, admiration, praise, and applause of men.

• Their "vain" mind craves after the grandeur and pomp of the vain-glorious life.

But the Christian is not so. His boast is in the Lord. In God he boasts all the day long.

The "worker of iniquity" boasts of false gifts.

• As Proverbs 25:14 describes him, he is "like clouds and wind without rain."

• He is big on his promises, but performs nothing.

• He is a bragging man who pretends to give or receive so much.

• He is always promising others that he will perform great feats for them, but never follows through with his promises.

• James 3:5 - His tongue boasts of "great things."

• He is a great disappointment to all.

Proverbs 27:1 - Because this "worker of iniquity" lives without God in his life, he boasts of tomorrow. He presumes upon time to come. He speaks of it with no regard to the will of God or the submission to it.

James 4:16 - The Apostle James calls such boasting - "evil" - "But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil."

What is the answer to this "evil" boasting in these Last Days? Man must get his focus back on God as being his sole ground of confidence and reliance. He must make Him his joy and praise. His every expectation must come from Him.

Oh, Christian, we may not feel as though we can change the whole world of its evil, but we can certainly start with our own lives, homes, and families.

We can make a concerted effort to not be a Last Days' Boaster as the Apostle Paul prophesied.

We can determine - starting with this day - that we are going to individually and collectively make our boast in the Lord all the day long.

From Him and Him alone come our expectation and hope.
If riches increase, we will not set our hearts upon them.
In God and God alone is our salvation and our glory.

Amen & Amen.

May God Bless His Word.
Connie

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