The God of All Comfort

“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 will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

God not only stooped down from the heavens to rescue us from sin, He continues to extend His hand to us each day to soothe our damaged emotions, our frayed nerves, our broken dreams, our heartaches.

“But He seems so distant, so remote, so detached at times,” you say. While this is often how we may feel, it is not the truth. God says that He will not “in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]” Hebrews 13:5 (Amplified Bible) What a promise! And God certainly keeps His Word. He performs this divine pledge through the Person of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God inside you. He is called the comforter, meaning “one called alongside to help and aid.”

When you are down, the Holy Spirit knows exactly how to encourage you. When you are grieving, the Holy Spirit knows the balance between shedding tears of grief and gently wiping them from your cheek. He is at work to comfort you through every trial and adversity.

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28