2 Corinthians 3:1-6 English Standard Version (ESV)Ministers of the New Covenant

3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our[a] hearts, to be known and read by all. 3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.[b]

4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Main Points:

1) Are you a letter from your self to society or a letter of Christ to the world? We all have feelings, thoughts, and opinions on how we think life ought to be. When we commend ourselves and don't recommend God, these thoughts, feelings, and opinions become skewed. Tough times, pain, uncertainty can bring out the absolute worst in us just like waiting until the last possible second to complete an assignment for school. When we come up short in this circumstance we blame many things and have excuses, which therein leads to the bad habit of procrastinating to continue into the future. As a letter from Christ to this world, we ESPECIALLY have to be self reflective and not let excuses be our crutch. God is always there for us and just because He fills the gap for our sins doesn't mean we get a pass to neglect simple things that advance His kingdom while keeping ourselves in check.  (James 3 on taming the tongue and on influencers) 2) Everybody has a voice that they want to be HEARD and UNDERSTOOD. God is no different and the impact of Him being heard and understood in your life is eternal life. We are living breathing examples of what this can look like and what it shouldn't each second of the day. No one is keeping a tally of how many times you are on either side, but the former leads to exactly what God has in store for us, which is greater than any self driven destination. My point here is that when we humble ourselves to the point where we know He truly is our God, we will be very aware of the latter to where we can feel the uncleaniless like an uncovered sneeze to our face. Repentance is the sanitizer and lysol from God that clears up this message. (Matthew 18:22 on forgiveness) Point is that God wants you to be heard and understood too. He actually does so much, that He's written the message into your soul and very flesh that spurred this yearning within you! This yearning is His Holy Spirit. 3) There is nothing that defeats divine rooted confidence. It is the mark of the Holy Spirit at work and yields accomplishments out of us that we never could have imagined possible otherwise. No obstacle, no challenge, no distance is too long or tough for God to accomplish through you. You just have to  believe and in these times of chaos, even ask Him to help you in your unbelief. There is nothing to hide from the Lord, so why cheat yourself by letting these small demons of uncertainty or shame keep you from letting God take the reins?(Mark 9:23-25) In Him we understand that His ways aren't our own and we then are able to embrace a life that is well beyond anything we could have ever deserved on our own nor believed could be anything short of the heaven we seek everyday!(Isaiah 55)