Becoming Comforters

Sunday Rewind is a 5-day Devotional based on the weekly sermon at Resonate Community Church

September 21st Sermon, Day 5

God's comfort to us in our mourning isn't meant to end with us. As recipients of divine comfort, we're called to become channels of that same comfort to others who are suffering. When we've experienced the depth of God's presence in our own pain—whether in forgiving our sin or sustaining us through suffering—we're equipped in a unique way to come alongside others in their grief.

We can offer not just sympathy but true empathy, born out of our own experience of being comforted by God. This is how the kingdom of God spreads: comfort received becomes comfort given. The blessing of being comforted multiplies as we extend it to others. We become part of God's answer to the mourning of the world.

This doesn't mean we have all the answers or can remove someone else's pain. Often, the most powerful comfort we can offer is simply our presence—being willing to sit with someone in their grief without trying to fix it or explain it away. We can listen, we can pray, we can serve in practical ways. And in doing so, we become the hands and feet of the God who comforts.

As you reflect on the comfort God has given you, consider who in your life might need that same comfort today. How might God be calling you to be His instrument of comfort to someone who is mourning?

Bible Verse

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." - 2 Corinthians 1:4

Reflection Question

How has God's comfort in your life equipped you to comfort others? Is there someone specific He might be calling you to come alongside right now?

Quote "God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."

Prayer

God of all comfort, thank you for the ways you've comforted me in my mourning and pain. Help me to remember your faithfulness so that I can share that comfort with others. Show me who needs your comfort today, and give me wisdom to know how to come alongside them. Use me as a channel of your compassion and healing in this broken world. May the comfort I've received multiply as I share it with others. Amen.