The God Of All Comfort

God never promises us that we will not suffer in this life

. Thats not in the Book. You will not find that. God does not promise us safety and security, humanly speaking, in this life. Its not going to happen. He does promise us that in heaven, but not in this life. And thats where weve got to trust him and realize that Gods ways are higher than our ways.

When my kids were small, they would do some stuff that really wasnt that smart. One time, I saw one of our twins almost stick a screwdriver into a light socket. And I said, Stop! Dont do that!

It startled her and I took the screwdriver away. Well, she didnt realize what would happen when she did that. But as shes gotten older, I've been able to explain electricity to her. Lisa and I have sat her down and talked to her about that.

The same is true in your life and mine. A lot of times we walk around with screwdrivers, trying to stick them in light sockets. And Gods saying, No! Dont do it! And we turn and look at God like, What? But if God sat down and explained to us the whats and the whys and the hows, we couldnt take it, just like Landra couldnt take it when she was three years old.

II Corinthians 1:3-5 says, 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 have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

In I Corinthians 13:12 we read, Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Ed Young tells us that God does not promise us a pain-free life. And we cannot be promised to be protected in a way that Jesus was not. In our finiteness, we think that God owes us an explanation. We say, Why, why, why, why? Well, God owes me an explanation.

But who are we? Were sinners. Were finite. God is infinite. Were limited by time and space. God is unlimited. God does not owe us a thing. God does not owe us salvation. So who are we as the creatures to shake our puny fists in the face of our Creator? Come on, now.

by: Pastor Ed Young

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