Trust, and comfort

2 Thessalonians 1: 6-7

 

⁶God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you ⁷and give relief to you who are troubled,…

 

Anger, fear, resentment, despair….We spend so much of our life dealing with these emotions, they are worthless emotions, that do nothing more than steal our happiness. We let these emotions sap our strength, and rule our lives because we forget one of the most important truths about the Lord. He is a just God, he will repay those who cause his people grief. We do not have to let these people continue to rule our emotions. When we try to rectify the situation on our own, or worse when we carry the pain around with us, we allow these people to continue hurting us long after they have left our presence. This is why the Lord makes the promise of repaying those that oppose his people. We do not have to waste our lives on these empty emotions. God is just! Rely on him to repay the wrong, and then turn to him for comfort. I know that I am guilty of looking to other things for comfort in this life, but the last half of this scripture is just as important as the first. The Lord will give you rest, He will give you shelter, and comfort. Trust in him, turn to Him for your comfort, you will find peace, love, and rest; things that will never be found in anything of this world. So let the Lord repay those that wrong you, and turn to him for your comfort. He is a just God, a faithful God, and a loving God.

 

 

Peace,

Brian