Day 2 · Tuesday
Noon for the Blind
2 Corinthians 4:1–6
You Can Hear the Truth, but Only God Can Grant Understanding.
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2 Corinthians 4:1–6 · ESV
1Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
2But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
4In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
5For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Reflect
He does not improve the description. He opens the eyes.
You cannot argue a blind man into seeing the sunrise. Only God can open eyes.
Stand beside a man born blind at the break of day. Tell him about the gold along the hills, the fire on the clouds, the way the dark gives up the field inch by inch. Describe it perfectly. Describe it loudly. Describe it a thousand times. He will nod politely, and he will see nothing. The trouble is not your description. The trouble is his eyes.
"Seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear." The crowd on the beach heard the same parable the disciples heard. Same voice, same boat, same morning sun on the water. Yet some went home with the secrets of the kingdom, and some went home with a story about a farmer. Paul tells us why: "The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ."
Then who can see? Only the one to whom it "has been given." The God who stood over the black waters of creation and said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the God who "has shone in our hearts." He does not improve the description. He opens the eyes.
Christian, if you see the glory of Christ today, take off your crown. You were not clever. You were not more spiritual than your neighbor. You were blind at noon like every other son of Adam, and Someone touched your eyes.
And this is what sets the witness free. It was never your job to make your father see. It was never your job to make your daughter see. Your job is to keep telling them about the sunrise, and to do what the friends at Bethsaida did: "Some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him." Keep telling. Keep bringing. Keep begging Him to touch.
And if the gospel is dark to you this morning, stop trusting your own eyes. Cry out like the blind man on the Jericho road: "Lord, let me recover my sight." Jesus of Nazareth has never passed by that prayer.
You cannot argue a blind man into seeing the sunrise. But the Light of the world has opened ten thousand blind eyes, and He is still passing by.
Respond
Who are you trying to argue into seeing, and how will you keep telling them about the Light while you bring them to Jesus in prayer this week?
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Pray
Lord, I was blind at noon until You touched my eyes. Thank You. I cannot make anyone see, not my family and not my friends. Give me courage to keep telling them about the Light, and keep me begging You to touch their eyes. You are still passing by. Amen.
