9/15/2025 Daily Devotion: Comforted To Comfort

2 Corinthians 1:3-7 NASB - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort.

How has God comforted you in your life?  What trials has He brought you through? Where has His Victory been realized in your own battles?

• These answers from your own life are your own personal MISSION FIELD from God.

• God uses the power of your own testimony to reveal Himself to others living similar challenges! … and He LOVES doing it this way!

• Paul tells us that affliction comes SO THAT we can experience God and His Comfort … He wants us to KNOW HIM.

God does not ever plan for His Comfort to stop with you … His Comfort is not ONLY for you.

• God comforts us in our own lives SO THAT we can bring His Comfort to others in similar scenarios.

• Always. He always has plans for you to SHARE His Comfort with others!

This works both ways too … if you NEED His Comfort in an ever present struggle, keep your eyes open for & seek out other BELIEVERS who have lived similar struggles.

• Using people to help other people is one of God’s most favorite prescriptions for the pain in our lives!

• Note that we are called to bring GOD’s COMFORT to others … His Comfort is FAR GREATER than our own human comfort & it is His Comfort that brings ultimate Healing and Peace.

• It is important to note … in order for us to execute this mutual comforting, we must KNOW each other! We must SHARE our lives with each other!

God works IN your life so that He can work THROUGH your life.

God wants you to KNOW the Love of Christ so that you can SHOW the Love of Christ.

Join God in His Work today … tell your story, share your grief, spread His Comfort!