07/09/2026
Week two, 7th to 13th September
(2 Cor. 4: 1-10, 13-18)
The outcome, the follow on is described in this passage. In our world, in our country, it is easy to ‘lose heart’ to give up, to forget the calling and message we have! But Paul who faced constant danger and opposition was able to say, “we do not lose heart” Paul speaks of the ‘god of this age who blinds minds’. (v4) In our time this god is one of deception, suspicion, subterfuge, lies, appeals to human egos, offering power, position and wealth. One only needs to listen to the Madlanga commission’s revelations to see his face! And ‘yes’, he blinds the minds. Should one hope that at some point they might encounter the One True God, Jesus Christ and so have the veil ripped from their minds? Who are the messengers who can carry the light to them? Maybe it’s you and someone who carries ‘this treasure in jars of clay’? (v7-9) Unworthy so that the life of Jesus may be revealed? Are these possibilities too frightening to contemplate? ‘I believed, therefore I have spoken’. If the Spirit is given freedom in us, speaking the message becomes imperative! (v14 & v15)
