“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Uncomfortable!
Have you ever felt uncomfortable? Maybe things in your life are changing and they are not bad, but they sure are unfamiliar waters and you feel, well…uncomfortable.
God never called us to live comfortably.
Think of all the records in scripture left for us about lives of faith. We can’t read their accounts and say they were not stretched outside of their familiarity.
How did they do it? I mean, I can’t say I like being uncomfortable.
Their stories of faith have this in common, God Himself was their comfort.
God is our comfort. Not our situation going the way we want it to, not the platitudes we utter to others or those spoken over us. It is the God of our salvation who draws us into dependent living, who also provides for all the detailed needs we have.
He Himself is our comforter.
What’s the purpose? In this passage we see as a result of having received God’s comfort ourselves, we can then comfort others. It’s not about just knowing the comfort of God, but also showing it to others as well.
Friend, today you may feel uncomfortable. Take heart and be comforted yourself by our comforter. Then, go and show someone else that same comforter. The God of our salvation.
