Focus on God’s Goodness-Comfort

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Focus on God’s Goodness is found in Matthew 5:4.

Jesus said, ,“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

The comfort of Christ is the blessed place to be.

The grace of God is a comfort to the person who is wounded by grief or pain or heartache. Jesus felt anguish in the Garden before He was crucified. He knows what it is like to experience emotional stress. Jesus wept by the gravesite of Lazarus. He also wept over Jerusalem. He can sympathize with us in moments of sadness. That is a present reality.

The comfort of Christ also has an eternal blessing for His followers. In the New Heaven and the New Earth, Revelation 21:4 pictures God dwelling with His people. “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” So, in the picture of eternity, God’s comfort will be our source of healing.

The blessing of Christ’s comfort reveals the goodness of God and is a reason to give thanks in the Year of Gratitude.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com