Monday, December 5—II Corinthians 4:3-6
The other night my phone’s battery died. The screen, once brightly shining in my face, flipped to black. The map I was driving by was gone. Not that it’s hard to find where you’re going on I-35, but I felt alone. I love gadgets, especially ones with glossy screens. It was as if a friend turned off the lights and went away without saying goodbye. So I drove on in the darkness—veiled from knowing my exact longitudinal coordinates, veiled from knowing where I was.
Paul puts us completely in the night. He begins with our looking for direction, but not finding it. Whatever the god of this age is, that god blinds us. Our service to him keeps us veiled. Whether the god we serve is one of gaining material things or one who propels us to be seen by others as more than what we truly are, we grope for these things, looking to serve ourselves. Thus we remain in the dark.
However, serving Christ, who alone is the Light which cannot be extinguished, is the only way to know who and where we really are. We are His servants, reflecting Him, and celebrating the one whose battery will never die.
Michael Copeland
