Daily Devo | Where Is God When I Suffer? (New Testament in a Year, 2 Corinthians 1)

One word comes through clearly and repeatedly in the opening of Paul's letter, and that word is "comfort". We might be tempted to think that God is absent (or even non-existent!) when we suffer, but Paul assures us that God is the one who comforts us in our troubles, even when that comfort comes through other people. And Paul is not just engaging in wishful thinking; he is speaking from the recent experience of intense suffering. What's more, Paul assures us that our suffering will open us up to a comfort that gets us more of Jesus, and a comfort that can even make us more like Jesus. Our God is the "God of all comfort"!

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For Reflection:

- How have you experienced comfort from others and from God in times that tested your trust in God?

- According to Paul and according to your own experience, why does God so often use people who have suffered to comfort others?

- Is there anyone in your life whom God may be inviting you to comfort with the comfort you have received from God?

- Prayer: Lord, thank you for meeting me in my struggles — help me trust you in difficult times, and to then comfort others with the same comfort that was given to me.