2Corinthians Chapter 4 is a glorious chapter. It follows the chapter about our New Covenant ministry – a glorious ministry of the Spirit rather than the fading glory of the law. It begins and ends with the admonition to never give up!
“Therefore, since we have this [New Covenant] ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.” [v1 HCSB]
“Therefore, we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.” [vs 16-17 HCSB]
The goal of the enemy of our soul is to make us quit. He knows he can’t overcome us, so his tactic is to pile on the problems and discouragements so that we simply give up!
How often we hear the verses that in Christ we have the victory, that greater is the One in us than the one in the world, and that in Christ we are more than conquerors. Those verses often create images of great warfare and amazing victories over evil.
Sometimes the greatest victory is simply to stay the course. “Therefore, we do not give up!” Amen