Thursday Reading: Psalm 147:3
Key Verse: Psalm 147:3
3 He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
Devotion:
When you first tell someone that God can comfort them in a way that they cannot understand or in a way that you cannot explain they tend to look at you in a funny way; but that is just unbelief. When you get to know God you get to know just how much He can help, support and strengthen you. Just as when we get to know a person really well we get to know when we can depend on them, when we get to know God we know we can depend on Him. That is where there is a big difference; we get to know when we cannot depend on other people but on God, we can depend 24/7.
It always amazes me how people can say that they find comfort in physical things because I know that finding comfort from the physical is short term and certainly fades very quickly with time. It amazes me how others will say that you have to ‘just move on’ when you know that what is upsetting you will not just walk away. And then you get the people that say that you must find the strength within yourself to cope... I guess they are going to fly apart any minute now! The only true comforter that we have is God because He is always with us. Our friends and families are very important to us and they should never be ‘replaced’ by anything; but God is the one who has given us our friends and families and He is the one that is supplying us with comfort over and above that which we ask for.
As we lay my mother to rest today I do know that there is one thing that has kept me going over the past year and that is God’s strength. There have been times where I have broken down but every time I feel weak I feel stronger afterwards. God has given me so much strength and support especially over the last few days that my heart goes out to those people who do not know God. I know that I will cry today but I also know that I will be comforted in a way that defies the natural world. God is with me and I want Him to be with you!
Points to Ponder:
Where do you seek comfort in hard times?
Are you depending on God?
