DCLM Daily Manna 2026: DCLM Daily Manna 3 February 2026: Blindness of the Mind
Text: 2 Corinthians 3:12–18 (KJV)
Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— 13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
KEY VERSE: 2 Corinthians 3:14
“But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.”
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist, and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost both her sight and hearing at the age of nineteen months after a severe illness.
Until she was seven, she communicated mainly through home signs, before meeting Anne Sullivan—her first teacher and lifelong companion—who taught her language, including reading and writing. Keller later attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first blind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
When asked what could be worse than being born blind, she famously replied, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
In today’s passage, Apostle Paul speaks of the blindness of the Jewish religious leaders. Though custodians of the Old Testament Law, they remained spiritually blind, refusing to accept the revelation of Christ, in whom the Law found its fulfilment.
The veil of the old religious order still covered their hearts, preventing them from seeing the righteousness of God revealed through faith in Christ. Many of these teachers were influential figures in the cities where Paul preached, zealously defending traditions that could not save. For such hardened hearts, the only recourse was earnest intercession for divine illumination and salvation.
Blindness of the mind is not limited to physical or cognitive conditions. In a broader sense, it describes a state in which a person becomes so overwhelmed or fixated on certain beliefs, ideologies, or traditions that the mind is closed to truth, no matter how clearly it is presented. When this happens spiritually, the heart becomes resistant to God’s revelation.
A spiritually blind person struggles to accept God’s claims, not because the truth is unclear, but because the heart is unwilling to see. This becomes a major obstacle to the work of the Holy Spirit. This does not imply any weakness in God or the gospel.
Rather, it reflects God’s respect for human free will. He does not coerce belief but invites all to respond willingly. Each individual must therefore choose whether to accept or reject God’s gracious call.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Visionlessness is the worst form of blindness.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Daily Manna 3 February 2026
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