Comfort

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

November 11, 2025

Comfort

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others.

2 Corinthians 1: 3-4

In Second Corinthians, Paul uses the word comfort ten times in five verses and laid a foundation for the theme of this letter. There are extraordinary qualities to this very special comfort God is providing for us.

First, Paul tells us that the Comforter can identify with our pain and suffering. Through the passion of Christ, the Comforter personally experienced pain and suffering.

Secondly, the Comforter brings the assurance that our life has meaning. Nothing is being wasted: our labors, even though they may result in pain and suffering, are not in vain.

Thirdly, the very presence of the Comforter is a source of strength to us. There is a quality to this comfort that allows us to see beyond the shadows of earth and into the light of eternity, where the ultimate truth of God is revealed to us.

This is the ultimate truth: what is true of Jesus the Messiah becomes true for his people. The all-encompassing quality of Jesus’ life was that he rested in the sure knowledge that he was the beloved child of God. Paul teaches that as this was true for Jesus, it is also true for the followers of Jesus. God’s people can rest today in the sure knowledge that we are the beloved of God, and that nothing can separate us from God’s love for us in Christ Jesus.

My Takeaway: As I meditate on today’s passage, I recall the line from verse 4 in the 23^rd Psalm, my favorite prayer: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” (KJV) It has been enough for me to know, “Thou art with me.” This has been my comfort. Is this enough for you?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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