The God of ALL comfort wants to comfort you
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,…” 2Corinthians 1:3
Nothing and no one can comfort us like God. Fact is we are comforted when we praise God for who He is. It's hard to explain how God comforts us. In essence He does it in our spirit by strengthening us on the inside in ways only He can do. Thus His comfort is over ALL.
“…who comforts us in all our troubles,…” 2Corinthians 1:4a
His desire is to comfort you in ALL your troubles. If your relationships are not where they should be, if you’re feeling sick, If you don’t have money right now, or you’re stuck in your career, God is here to comfort you.
Close your eyes for a minute and visualize that God is with you desiring to bring you comfort. And because He is the God of all comfort he is able to comfort you in ALL your troubles regardless of what they are or how big they may be.
I suggest you reread these verses until you ingrain them in your soul that God wants to comfort you in ALL your troubles because He is the God of ALL comfort.
“…so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. “2Corinthians 1:4b
But as anything in the kingdom of God, the reason why God comforts you is so that you can be a source of comfort to others. He does not comfort you so that you can simply be comfortable.
He comforts you so that you can bring comfort to others. To comfort means to bring strength, hope and invigorate others. The mistake is when we think that God want us to be comfortable, worse when we think we are able to at some point comfort ourselves.
Genuine comfort only comes from God, primarily through the realization that God brought the greatest source of all comfort, His Son who died on the cross so that we may be comforted. Our ability to bring comfort is largely for the purpose of comforting others.
In a way this is our role as disciple makers. We receive comfort from God and then bring comfort to others. And when we do the inexhaustible ability to be comforted by God flows in and through us.
Have a great week!
(Thank you Boom Boncan for the photo above)
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