2 Corinthians 11:29; Who is Offended?

2 Corinthians 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

The Apostle Paul was closely in touch with the happenings in the lives of God’s people. There feels for them as they go through life and what life has brought before them. When he first shared the gospel with them leading to their conversion and faith in Jesus Christ, it became his God-given mission to care for them, to pray for them. to uphold them in the faith.

When they are offended, he could feel their hurt. What they are upset, he understood their anger. His heart was given over to their welfare and well-being. When any was in affliction, he was at hand to render helpful. He encouraged the churches in Macedonia to raise the help for the saint in Jerusalem. He understood the severity of the persecution there and the hurt that the saints were going through for the gospel’s sake. He was given over for the cause of the gospel. As such, his emotions, as it were, were very much tagged with the believers in the many churches that were established as a result of the Lord’s grace.

Though he was weak, limited in his ability to care and help, yet he did not stop short of caring. He expended himself according to the Lord’s bidding. What a blessed life! What an example. Amen.