Today, we wonder what it is to see and then be transformed in our ways of being. Indeed, what is the connection between eyesight and insight, and what does it mean to allow our seeing to be shaped by our believing… or is it our believing to be shaped by our seeing?

Nathan Nettleton takes the reading from 2 Corinthians, and plays with the imagery around sight and blindness… and what it means for us to take the wool from our eyes. Let’s read his word in the belief that when we have eyes to see, we will see indeed. “The hope we have in the new life-giving ways of the Spirit fills us with confidence to live our faith openly — more openly even than Moses. His face was aglow with the glory of God after he received the written law, but he put a scarf over his face so that the people wouldn’t see how quickly it faded.  The Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the freedom to see clearly. The wool is pulled away from our eyes and we come face to face with the glory of God. This experience is truly transfiguring! We are set ablaze by the Spirit — lit up like the Lord — so that more and more we become like mirrors reflecting the glory of God.

We have nothing to hide then, and no reason to lose our nerve, for God has been incredibly generous in trusting us with a share of this work. We have sworn off any methods that we’d be ashamed to have brought to light. We don’t hide behind masks; we don’t do anything shifty or manipulative; and we don’t twist God’s word to promote our own agendas.

Instead, we simply lay all our cards on the table and let our integrity speak for itself. By stating it plainly and living it openly in the sight of God, we give everyone the opportunity to make up their own minds about the truth.

2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:2