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Jeremiah chapter 49, verse 4.

Why do you boast of your valleys, O faithless daughter,

who trusted in her treasures, saying who will come against me?

This verse is a powerful picture of pride in the heart, boasting about valleys,

trusting in treasures of this world, thinking, who could come against me,

thinking that having stuff in this world, having position in this world,

makes one invincible in this world.

Oh, see the foolishness of trusting in possessions and position, even power in this world. See the foolishness of trusting in any of these

things. Your possessions could be gone in an instant. Your position in an instant. Your power

in an instant gone. Don't boast in any of these things.

Don't think, all right, I'm set because I have these things, because I'm in this role,

because I'm in this situation.

No, no, no, don't believe it.

That's a lie straight from the adversary.

It's a lie that's being reinforced

in all kinds of messages in the world. Don't believe it. Trust in God. He is your security.

He is the one. If God is for us who can stand against us, it's God. So don't seek more and more

and more possessions. Don't seek higher and higher and

higher position. If the Lord gives some of these things, then use them for his glory. Absolutely.

But keep your eyes fixed on him. Know that your security is in him. Not the size of your house,

not the size of your 401k, not the position that you find yourself in.

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