COMFORT SHARED
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” (2 Corinthians 1:1-4 ESV)
Paul is attempting to build the Corinthian church up by comforting them. The comfort he is talking about has been given by God as an antidote to the afflictions of life. And what is God’s great source of comfort? It is our Good Shepherd, Jesus, and the good news that we find in His cross and resurrection.
You can take great comfort in the fact that anyone who repents and believes in Jesus as his/her Savior is forgiven and guaranteed heaven!
I know that my Redeemer lives;
What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead;
He lives, my ever-living head.
(Lutheran Service Book, Concordia Publishing House, 2006, #461)
Dear heavenly Father, in a world filled with terrorists and all manner of earthly afflictions, grant me the comfort of Jesus’ death and resurrection. And then please use me to share Your comfort with others. I ask this in the name of my great Comforter, Jesus. Amen.
“See” you at the Communion rail this morning.
Pastor David Paape
The following link is to the 52 Week Reading Plan Bible upon which these devotions are based. http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.pdf
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