On Finding Other-Worldly Comfort…

 

Let not mercy and truth forsake you;

Bind them around your neck,

Write them on the tablet of your heart,

And so find favor and high esteem

In the sight of God and man.—Proverbs 3:3-4

Last night my daughter and I sat by side with our bibles gleaning comfort and assurance from the word and from the sharing of it with one another. She was reading Chapter 3 of Proverbs so I turned there, too.  My heart took immediate ease in verses 3 and 4.  There were no words just overwhelming consolation as the Spirit of God’s other-worldly comfort filled my heart. 

Beloved…whether your Bible is on your phone or on a nightstand make it a habit to keep it open during the day. Keep it close.  Bring your heart there often and allow His Spirit to guide you and comfort you as you walk through this world. 

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.—Psalm 119:105

As you do this may the qualities of mercy and truth begin to define who you are as a believer in Jesus Christ.  None of us is sufficient for this life.  God, however, is. He and He alone, is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.  Circumstances change, emotions change, life changes but God does not. Jesus Christ the same today, yesterday and forever. Truth resides in the Bible. Mercy is on every page. Keep it close and grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.  As you do this you will find favor and high esteem with both God and man being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,—2 Corinthians 3:5

Mercy - is a form of love especially directed toward the needy and unworthy. It is the kind of love that God shows me every minute of every day I am alive. 

Truth - is defined as that which is trustworthy, genuine, conforming to reality. God’s word is truth. Christ is the Truth.