COMFORT.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...the Father of sympathy and the God of every comfort who comforts us in every trouble so that we may also mmmmcomfort those who are in any kind of trouble or distress with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.........................Life is full of events. We have the good side of life and we also have the other side of life just as a coin has two sides. The other side of life can be viewed in form of the problems and troubles of life. People don`t like to talk about this important side of life but the truth is that no one is immuned from the problems and troubles of life as they come and appear to everyone. The rich are not exempted from the troubles and problems of life likewise the poor. The tall, short, educated, illiterate etc are not exempted from the troubles and problems of life. Life in Christ is an interesting life because Christ Himself occupies the central portion of such a life. It is important to state clearly that every life in Christ is not exempted from the troubles and problems of life. The only assurance we have in Christ is that these troubles and problems are seen as challenges in God`s sight and we have an established victory over those challenges as long as we hold on to Him who gave us the established victory in the first place. We are not promised victory in Christ but the truth of the matter is that we are victors in Christ. We are not promised overcoming those challenges but we are overcomers in reality in Christ Jesus. Consider these scriptures... 1. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you and when you pass through the fire, I will not forsake you for you will not get drown in the waters neither will you be burnt by the fires. This means that it is of a necessity that we pass through the waters and fires of life but we will come out of them victorious. 2. In the world, you will have tribulations but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world......Tribulations will come but we are overcomers in Christ. 3. But we are more than conquerors through Christ who loved us......To be a conqueror, you will have to fight the challenges of life and our victories are guaranteed. We have to understand that between the time when the challenges of life comes knocking at our doors and before we lay hold on our sure/established/concrete victories in reality, the ministry of the Holy Spirit is put into display. He is our comforter sent to comfort us during challenges. He will comfort youn with encouraging words from the Bible which you have stored in your heart via meditation which will equip you to overcome. When abraham went through the challenge of barrenness,he took comfort in God`s word that God is not a liar and He is able to do what He has promised.When Job went through the challenge of total loss, he took comfort in God`s word that states clearly that God is a restorer and that was the reason he continually said and I qoute.....I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES. When David lost everthing on coming home from a particular battle,he inquired from the Lord whether to pursue and recover all or not and God told him to do so. David after crying for hours until he had no strength to weep took the courage to pursue his enemies because he took comfort in God`s word which states that God is able to do exactly what He says. When Daniel was face to face with hungry lions, he took comfort in God`s infallible word that God is able to save and deliver him. When shedrac, Menshac and Abednego were face to face with a terrible fiery furnance that burnt the people that threw them inside it, they took comfortin God`s word thatv states that God is able to save and deliver His own from all the afflictions and perils of life. They said and I quote......O Nebuchadnezzar, we don`t have to obey you concerning this matter because we know and are sure that our God is able to save and deliver us and even if He refuse to deliver us, we will not bow to your graven image. When Christ was faced with the challenge of feeding multitudes, He took comfort in God`s word that with prayer and thanksgiving, God is able to send Him His request of divine supplies according to His inexhaustible riches in glory. When Peter was faced with the challenge of career failure due to his inability to catch fishes despite his skills and expertise in fishing and Christ told him to launch into the same water that produced nothing for him but failure, He took comfort in God`s word knowing that God is not a liar neither is He man that He should repent. In our present day, the Holy Spirit is our comforter in the time of challenges and His job is to bring to our remembrance all the words of comfort that we have stored in our hearts/spirits in order to give us the requisite strength to overcome our challenges. He is sent our diection to help our infirmities. After we have received comfort from the Holy Spirit and we have overcome our challenges, God expects us to comfort other people going throught the same we went through for there is nothing new under the sun. There is no challenge anybody is going through that somebody somewhere has not gone through but as we comfort others by sharing with them how God comforted us to overcome ours, they will be able to overcome theirs and also comfort others. May the Holy Spirit.....our comforter in troubl and the helper of all infirmities comfort you in all your darkest nights in Jesus precious name. May your story of triumph over the ever-coming troubles of life serve as a souce of comfort to others so that they will be able to overcome theirs and comfort others also. It is your season of all round comforts! Coming straight from my heart of hearts.....Dayo Oladapo... www.Facebook.com/pages/Dayo-Oladapo-Official-Page/465259763522821