"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 our 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 1:3-4
Check out the sentence... [we comfort others], "with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God."
That sentence rocks my world.
We know we are to love one another (John13:34), but this verse tells us HOW! We are to comfort one another the way Christ comforts us. So how does Christ comfort us? Answer this question in this post...
When I really thought about this, the magnitude of what it means really hit me. The Lord blesses us with suffering because he has mercy on his. This seems like a wack thought, but hear me out. God has such great mercy on us that when affliction enters our lives we get to experience his GREAT mercy and comfort because as we go to him we search for his fulfillment and his alone. That mercy reigns down on us through his glory being search out by our hearts and being found in his great love and comfort.
I find great encouragement in this verse as a promise of who God is, a God of great mercy and comfort, but also a challenge and call we are to fulfill: go out and comfort those the way I have comforted you.
Finally, "For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too." 2 Corinthians 1:5
Love yall,
Lindsey
Holy moly. this. is. AWESOME! love this post!! I think it's awesome how God works in ways that seem backwards to what we would expect or assume, and how he can overwhelm us with love, mercy, and grace with the smallest experiences of him and his might! it's like how we are to love because Christ loved us first, we are to COMFORT in the way he does for us. so stinkin cool. i'm hoping to make a tidal wave of posts on here soon...
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