6 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
10 always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death works in us, but life in you. 2 Corinthians 4:6–12
Big Idea: Confusion does not mean abandonment. God often does His deepest work in the seasons we least understand.
- HARD SEASONS REVEAL HOW FRAGILE WE REALLY ARE
- HARD SEASONS APPLY PRESSURE, BUT PRESSURE IS NOT THE SAME AS DESTRUCTION
- HARD SEASONS CAN CREATE CONFUSION,BUT CONFUSION DOES NOT MEAN GOD LEFT
- HARD SEASONS KNOCK YOU DOWN, BUT THEY DON’T GET THE FINAL WORD
- HARD SEASONS DO NOT JUST TEST YOU, THEY REVEAL JESUS THROUGH YOU