S(2 Corinthians 1:5) For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort, too.
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This can also be translated: "For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ." These sufferings are not self-inflicted for the sake of punishing or purifying ourselves or for patronizing God--they are Christ's sufferings. I share His sufferings by being one with Him through perspective, prayer, and obedience.
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The more I understand life through Christ's mind, the more I grieve at seeing violations of love and the tortures of distrusting God. The more I hear and trust the promises of God's Word, the more I recognize the good results of His good works. There is no better comfort.
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Lord, it seems that my own suffering causes me to reach out for my own addictive, self-destructive comforts. Help me, Jesus, to live for You--to seek Your kingdom and Your will--instead of my own. Thank You for recently showing me once again that as I love and trust You in the midst of confusion and seemingly unbearable circumstances, You share Your supreme comforts with me--and that heals and frees me! Thank You!
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