Read today’s texts first: 2 Corinthians 3 - 6
MAXIMize YOUR DAY
When God’s light shines through our broken lives,
He gets the glory.
He gets the glory.
“We have this treasure in earthen vessels” (4:7)
The real treasure is in us. We take great care in adorning the outside, but it’s not our good looks or designer clothes that will attract people to Jesus. When Moses encountered God, it was an external experience because Christ had not yet come and made an internal transformation possible. He kept his face veiled, not because his face was glowing too brightly, but because it was fading every day. The glory could not abide.
For us, since Calvary, the glory not only abides, it intensifies, “from glory to glory” (ch. 3). This glory doesn’t depend on our lives looking perfect and glorious on the outside. Paul talks about persecution, affliction, distress – in another word, brokenness (ch. 4). When God’s light shines through our broken lives, He gets the glory. It wasn’t until Gideon broke the pitchers that the light emanated, scattered his enemies, and advanced the territory of God’s people.
People around me will see the light and be reconciled (ch. 5) when they see God shining through my humanity. “Lord, teach me to not cover up my humanness with a veil or mask, but to humbly admit my weakness and my great need for Your grace today. To God be the glory!”
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