2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

How do you define comfort? Is it physical? Is it emotional? Is it situational? Is it relational?

Allow me to propose positional comfort. In these verses we are reminded of the great love which not only has been bestowed upon us by grace but has taken up residence in our hearts. It is not easy to think about comfort in the midst of trials and tribulations. Only in positional comfort can you maintain any degree of stability. Those other comforts can and sometimes are placed in jeopardy.

The mind falls under great distress in some of the things we encounter in this life. Jesus as much as warned us they would. Those things cannot change the positional condition we have in Christ and that should be comforting to your heart if not your mind.

I do not know what you have been through in this life. Christ does and He knows best how to comfort you in any situation. Personally I have found that while my world was fallen apart around me, He causes me to stand and not fall. Knowing Him in this way is a comfort that cannot be expressed in words. It can only be experienced.

The world does not understand that. They may accuse you of all kinds of negative things because they do not understand. Some will ask the right question. “How can you stand up under all this?” For those people you have an opportunity to witness. Give praise to God who comforts you in ways no one else can.