"Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart" (2 Cor. 3:2-3).
Paul was a minister of Jesus Christ. His joy and satisfaction was not in receiving from others a letter of recommendation or an endorsement of some sort. The changed lives of those he ministered to was proof enough of the power of Christ at work in the lives. What greater joy and satisfaction can a minister receive than from seeing God at work in the lives of those that he serves? The lives of those that Paul minister to could be read by others like letters that spoke to the wonderful and glorious difference that only Jesus can make in a persons life.
"Paul wrote, "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God." Do you realize that our lives are the only bible that some people have ever read. D L Moody once said, "More non christians read the christian before they read the bible." What is your life saying to others about God?
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