Friday, February 26, 2016

The Comfort of God

I, even I, am He who comforts you.” Isaiah 51:12
Isaiah 51:3 sets the tone for this chapter. “For the Lord will comfort Zion.” Isaiah 40:1, the beginning verse of this entire section of Isaiah 40-66, begins like this, “’Comfort, yes comfort My people’, says your God.” Isaiah 66, the last chapter of this final twenty-seven chapter section of Isaiah says, “So I will comfort you and you shall be comforted.” These twenty-seven chapters contain repeated warnings against idolatry and false worship. They continue repeated warnings of the consequences of ignoring God. But through it all God wants to remind them that it is His purpose to comfort them and not give them up to destruction.
Our sins justly require God to judge us and condemn us, but that is not the greatest desire of God. His desire is that we would repent of our sins, trust His Son, and receive His comfort. Like a shepherd picking up and carrying a little hurt lamb, God wants to comfort us. In turn He wants us to take His comfort and share it with those who are also in need of it.

Dear Father, Thank You for Your compassion and comfort. Amen. 


  The Friday Benediction
Until Monday, my friends, may the good God envelop you with His grace; may you prove the common confession of faith, “I believe in the holy Christian church and in the fellowship of the saints”, and may you be enriched with joy and hope as you exercise that confession this weekend.  Amen



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