Boasting

   1 Corinthians 1:30-31

   30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. (ESV)

   The dictionary defines the word sanctify as to set apart or declare as holy. I do not do the sanctifying, it is God. There is nothing that I can do on my own, but when I put my trust in Jesus and his work on the cross, God declares that I am holy in His sight.

   Some days back I wrote about my favorite new hymn and the words that spoke to my heart in a powerful way. One verse from that Stuart Townend composition reads:

   "I will not boast in anything
   No gifts, no power, no wisdom
   But I will boast in Jesus Christ
   His death and resurrection"

   If there is any boasting to be done, let it be as this.