Jeremiah warns that wealth, intelligence, and strength are not ultimate priorities worth boasting about. The only thing worth boasting about is a vital relationship with God. Leaders must recognize that while resources like wealth can provide for living, God is the ultimate source and spiritual matters are the end goal, not material things.

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3. Material things are a means to an end-