God lives and works today.
The Bible calls him the God of all
comfort.
Today, each one of you who are suffering
because God has taken away someone you love,
can and should experience his wonderful comfort.
Today's meditation by Basilea Schlink will tell more
about the compassionate love of God.
How can God, who calls himself the Comforter,
not want to comfort us when one of
our loved ones is taken away?
Could he speak such words as those in
Isaiah 66?
As one whom his mother comforts, so will
I comfort you, and then not act accordingly?
Our Lord Jesus, before he gave himself up
to be crucified, told us in John 16
that it was to our advantage that he
go away to the Father, for then he
would send us the Comforter.
Should he not keep his promise?
Did he not also proclaim in Matthew 5,
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall
be comforted?
Will he who calls himself the Savior not
save his children from pining away in sorrow?
Will he
who calls himself the Savior not
save his children from pining away in sorrow?
Father of comfort!
It is true that he doesn't give us
our loved ones back again.
During his time on earth, he only brought
the dead back to life three times, as
a sign that he has power over Satan
and death.
However, this proof of his power over death
is meant to help and strengthen our faith.
For when we believe, Jesus truly will reveal
his miraculous power in our lives, transforming sorrow
into joy, suffering into glory, and despair into
comfort and hope.
And that's why Jesus came to earth, and
he will continue his ministry to his children,
making them blessed, that is, delivering them from
Satan's power which tries to drive men into
despair.
So when you're in the deepest loneliness, and
when you feel the most forsaken, that's just
when Jesus wants to come and reveal himself
to you.
Jesus, who loves you, expect this to happen,
and you'll experience what you've believed.
I'll follow you, my Savior, my Sovereign, and
my Lord.
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