I will always be close when you need My comfort.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (WEB)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
We all need comfort. As children, when we scraped our knees playing in the backyard, we needed the comfort of a mother or a father to hold us and reassure us that everything would be okay. When we experience extreme disappointment or the loss of a loved one, words fail... What we need is comfort.
In today's Bible passage from 2 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul tells us that God is the Father of mercies (compassion) and the God of all comfort. Our God and Father is the source of all comfort, and He wants us to be comfortable coming to Him to receive comfort whenever we need it.
Since we were created to receive comfort, we will seek it out somewhere. If we don't receive it from God, we will receive it from other things... Food, material things, false comforts, etc. But God wants us to run into His arms whenever we need comfort!
As we receive comfort from His loving arms, we can express that same comfort to other people when they need a comforting shoulder to cry on too.
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank You for being the Father of Compassion and the God of all comfort, not just for the world but for me personally. I pray that I understand more deeply today that You truly know everything I am experiencing, and Your heart is full of love and comfort that brings my heart peace. So right now, I choose to pause, take a deep breath, and absorb all the comforting love You have for me in this moment.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
From 365Promises.com