Comfort

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV)

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

All of us seek comfort in our lives, something that will satisfy us and guide us away from the jarring emptiness that so threatens us everyday. We search for it most in material things, things that will temporarily make us feel better. We look for it in clothes that make us look good. In money that gets us what we want. In people that make us feel better. In all the latest and greatest things that this world tells us we have to have in order to be satisfied in life. There's an infinite amount of things we race to for comfort and satisfaction in our times of emptiness and suffering. But when we really think about it, how many of those things in which we search for comfort actually provide us with the lasting comfort we need? Nothing here on Earth will ever give us the lasting, sustaining comfort that we need like our God. We run blindly to the comforts of this world but ignore the God of all comfort who has His arms outstretched, ready to embrace us. No matter what you're going through, no matter how comfortable or uncomfortable you may be, He will always be there to comfort you in His unfailing love. And the amazing thing about God's comfort is that it doesn't just stop within us. Once we have it in us, it's infectious, and we are able to spread that same comfort that we've found in God's love to those who are suffering and in desperate need of comfort as well. God pours compassion into our comfort and shows us that a purpose can come out of our past pain.

Open up to God about what is driving you away from experiencing lasting comfort, and about what you are running to for comfort right now in your life. If you feel God leading you, invite Him into your heart to embrace you with His love that you might find comfort in the God of all comfort. Once you find that comfort in God, ask Him to lead your heart to anyone who needs this same comfort you have in Christ.

I pray that your comfort in Christ would cause a peace to settle in your heart today. I hope you all have an awesome day!

Madelynn