My Dad Knows God

"But let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord.” 
Jeremiah 9:24 (NIV)

A small-town pastor is walking home from church one Sunday when he rounds the corner of his house and hears his son's voice in the yard. Three boys are competing with each other, each one bragging that his dad knows someone important. One dad knows the mayor. One knows the governor. One knows the senator. That pastor's heart starts to sink because he doesn't know any of them.

Then his own son speaks up. "Boys, my dad knows God."

I love that. That pastor bowed his head right there in the yard and prayed, "Lord, may I always be known as a man who knows You." And that is the prayer I have for you today.

Jeremiah says the one thing worth boasting about is having the understanding to know the Lord. Not your title, not your track record, not the people you can call. Just this one thing: you know Him.

This week, tell one person something specific God has done in your life. Not a general statement about faith, but something concrete. That's what boasting in Him actually looks like. And more people around you need to hear it than you realize.

That's the only name worth dropping.

Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your Word. Open my eyes to see the truth of who You are on every page. I want to be known as someone who knows You. Give me the courage to boast in nothing else but knowing You, truly. Give me understanding, Lord. In Jesus' Name, Amen.