GOD'S DIVINE COMFORT

Comfort is a state of being free from suffering, anxiety and pain. It is a state of contentment and well-being. Comfort also means help, or kindness given to someone who is suffering or something that brings relief or help. Comfort is also seen as consolation.

There is need for comfort in the lives of men, women, boys and girls, especially those who are engaged in the spiritual race and warfare for God's kingdom. The Lord provides this great need and also supplies it very timely in the lives of His children.

The source of comfort is God. He alone blesses, and from Him, all blessings flow. God is a God of mercies, the God of comfort who sent His spirit in the form of the Holy Spirit to comfort us-Jn. 14:15-18; 16:7-15; Rom. 1:3-5; Ps. 2:7-12; 110:1-2; Heb. 1:4-14.

God is very present in the time of trouble- Ps. 46:1-3; He comforts our tribulation, burden anguish, affliction, persecution and trouble. It is the Lord's desire to aid us in the time of tribulation.

As the suffering of Christ abounds in us, in the same pace and measure, God's consolation abounds with us by Christ Jesus through the Holy spirit the divine comforter. The more we suffer for Christ, the more grace and comfort that abounds in us.

The purpose of comfort is to make us comfort others also who are in trouble. When we are afflicted, God uses it to work out the salvation and consolation of others. God makes the best to come out of our troubles; hence patient enduring is needful so that the best can be created out of our situations- Rom. 8:28. Divine comfort is given as an example and encouragement through the suffering of others. God teaches us to be steadfast in Him when we suffer so that we can partake of His consolation.

This is a time when troubles take new turns against the a servant of God. It is a time when the gates of hell break loose to want to kill God's servant- Apostle Paul and others with him suffered it beyond measure. They were pressed so much so that they felt death sentences had been passed on them and the only thing that kept them going was their trust in God. Our fears are overcome by the word of God and His sure promises that never fail- Ps. 91:9-16; 107:3-16.

The divine comforter and comfort is for God's people who suffer for Christ and for righteousness sake.

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