“For whatever things were written
before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort
of the Scriptures might have hope.” (v.4)
I have found
tremendous comfort in the scriptures. It never seems to matter what I’m going
through, in time, God provides His comfort through His WORD. Patience is the
key though and more often than not, His timing is far longer than we might desired
to wait. But as scripture tells us, “let patience have it’s perfect work, that we
may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing” (James 1:4).
The
scriptures also fill us with comfort through the many examples of recorded patience,
grace and forgiveness extended to others who were sinners just like us. The
prodical son, the women at the well, the thief on the cross, Paul’s conversion,
Peter’s denial, etc. As Matthew West
wrote in his song Grace Wins, “There's a war
between guilt and grace, and they're fighting for a sacred space, but I'm
living proof, Grace wins every time.”
Nothing
comforts me more than God’s Word.
The
Truth
“For by grace
you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works,
lest anyone should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)
