MARVELLOUS MARCH

DAY 23

THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT

PRAISE BE TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER OF COMPASSION AND THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT

2 CORINTHIANS 1:3

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. NLT

  Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. KJV

Good will [a] and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are yours! GW

 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you all of his blessings, and great peace of heart and mind. TLB

May all the gifts and benefits that come from God our Father, and the Master, Jesus Christ, be yours. MSG

 And this was the very point I made in my letter, for I didn't want to come and find sadness filling the very ones who should give me cheer. But I'm confident that you will do what's right so that my joyous delight will be yours. TPT

God is the father of mercies, compassion and grace

He is the God of all comfort

He wants to comfort us when we are suffering

God is our source of strength we we are struggling

God comfort empowers us to comfort others who are  struggling creating a circle of comfort

No human source can comfort us or is able to comfort us the way God can

In this verse 2 Corinthians 1:3 Paul the author understands  that in the middle of suffering and affliction , we, believers must remember that God has given us mercy and will continue to do so. He is also the God of all comfort. We do not run to God or worldly objects to seek relief from our pain; We need to run to our God, the source of all comfort. 

Just as God comforts us we are then called to comfort others in their times of need. Living as a reflection of God's character. We need to offer grace, mercy and compassion to others.

We also need to express praise and thanks to God for his mercies and comfort, recognising he is the source of all comfort.

If we are able to find hope in Gods comfort during times of struggling, this will strengthen our faith in God, and help us when troubles come in the future.