[Discoveries] 04-25-07 Contagious comfort

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*[God] comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in 
any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. -- 2 
Corinthians 1:4*/

Comfort is contagious when it begins with God. Note that we must first 
be comforted by God. Why is this? Because when we are in emotional 
distress, we cannot find the grace we need to offer God's comfort to 
others. Their pain will only add to our pain, and that is the opposite 
of what God intended.

However, when we are comforted by God, then an amazing thing happens. We 
wake up to the realization that it isn't our job to fix other people. 
Rather it is our job to offer Jesus to the hurting places in another 
person's soul. When we haven't received God's comfort, we will use Jesus 
as a weapon to cover up our own insecurities. But when God's comfort 
comes in, we are at peace, and we truly have the answer to ANY trouble, 
because we know the answer is not found in us, but instead in God.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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