SPRING FORTH NOW 2026

February 22

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

II Corinthians 4:7-18

You are more durable than what tried to break you. Second Corinthians 4:7–18 (KJV) declares that we carry treasure in earthen vessels, reminding us that fragility does not cancel calling. Knowing Your Blindspots means refusing to confuse pressure with abandonment or hardship with failure. We are troubled but not crushed, perplexed but not in despair, because what sustains us flows from a realm that is High And Lifted Up. For Black people who have endured visible strain and invisible weight, this passage reframes resilience as evidence of divine power at work within. The things we see are temporary, but what God is building in us is eternal. Let every generation fix its focus beyond the moment, dream beyond the limitation, and rise with confidence that glory outweighs affliction.