ODB: comforted to comfort
September 8, 2009
When God permits trials, He also provides comfort.
READ: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11
[God] comforts us . . . that we may be able to comfort [others] with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. —2 Corinthians 1:4
While speaking to a group of Christian athletes, I asked them how they normally responded to hardships. Their responses included fear, anger, self-pity, aggression, despair, abusive behavior, apathy, and turning to God. I encouraged them to trust that God would comfort them and then use them to comfort others.
Just as I encouraged those athletes, Paul encouraged a group of believers in a town called Corinth. He reminded them that afflictions were inevitable for the follower of Jesus. Many were being persecuted, imprisoned, and oppressed—all because of their relationship with Jesus. Paul wanted the Corinthians to know that in the midst of their trouble God was their source of help. He would come to their side and help them to have godly responses. Then Paul gave one of the reasons God allowed suffering and brought divine comfort—so that the Corinthians might have the empathy to enter into other people’s sorrow and comfort them (2 Cor. 1:4).
When we suffer, let us remember that God will bring comfort to us through His Word, by the Holy Spirit, and through fellow believers. God does not comfort us so that we’ll be comfortable; we are comforted by God so that we might be comforters. — Marvin Williams
Source: Our Daily Bread
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hey there! I was just googling for some daily devotion & came across this web. Just wanna let u noe that ur blog has been a great inspiration to me. God bless =).
Thank God for today’s message.
Hey,
This message itself comforted me. It is true. God bless!!!!
Hello and good morning,
it is really helpful and to comfort each other and to share our experience with this.
HE is always in control and often we only see the reasons why HE did it…. sometimes years later.
I read this short article through “Our Daily Bread” booklet.it reallt touches me..thank God..:)
That’s the truth of the matter…we are comfor ted by God to comfort others & as well we are blessed by God to bless other, in other words we are made a blessing to other.
Thank God for this eye opener to His word.
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