Connect the Testaments
April 6: A Letter of Recommendation Deuteronomy 9:1–10:22 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1–8 ; Psalm 35:1–11 We file letters of recommendation from pastors, past supervisors, and teachers that highlight our skills, attitude, and work ethic. They present us as ideal candidates, glossing over the things we lack and the ways in which we’ve failed. But Paul’s letter of recommendation tells another story: “You are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all people, revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts” ( 2 Cor 3:2–3 ). Paul saw the work God was doing in the lives of the Corinthians. Through the work of the Spirit, they were drawn together as a community. Their response to the gospel testified that Paul was fulfilling the task that he was called to do. But Paul doesn’t stay focused on himself in this passage. He switches the focus to the Sp...