Where should we place our confidence? What should we seek to be proud of as we look back at the last year and as we look ahead to the next? This passage of Scripture gives us a sobering perspective on what we should value and seek as our one worthy boast in life. Jeremiah’s words were spoken against the background of predictions of divine judgment, namely, the Babylonian invasion. His generation did not heed his message, but a people/remnant was expected who would have changed hearts to heed his message. It was ultimately written for a people in the future. This message is for us today even as it was for the people of Jesus’ own day, many years after Jeremiah’s words were written. May we need the wisdom of Scripture to forsake the worthless boasts of this world and seek the one worthy boast in knowing and belonging to the LORD.