Comforted Like a Mother: Borrowing Tomorrow's Peace

So the people, man, this is hard. And God says, but it's not the end. This isn't how the story ends. I'm going to extend peace like a river, a river of peace, and that city is going to live up to its name. The glory of the nations are going to flow into it like an overflowing stream. The the wealth of the nations. I'm going to give you peace and prosperity in Jerusalem, which is what he said in verse 13. [00:45:09] (27 seconds)  #PeaceLikeARiver

Borrow it and say, God, you've given me joy. This body that is sown in corruption and is perishable will be raised with eternal life, incorruptible, imperishable. I'm gonna have a whole new body, whole new kind of glory. Okay. That'll get me through today. That'll help me live in this kind of spiritual exile that we're in, on God to keep his promise. [00:50:16] (29 seconds)  #HopeOfNewBody

He says, God is the God of all comfort, and he gives us comfort for a specific reason. He wants us to take the comfort that we've been shown. I've gone through this. I've seen how hard it can be, and God always provided, And then be able to speak that to someone else and comfort them with the same things. And so what that tells me is that when God talks about comfort, He's not just talking about a soothing feeling, He's talking about something tangible. [00:40:11] (24 seconds)  #GodOfAllComfort

She's playing with the child. She loves the child and she's close and there's no judgment here, there's no harshness here. Isaiah is full of judgment and harshness. There's a lot of hard verses in Isaiah, but this one right here is not one of them. God says, I'm gonna treat you just like a mother treats her baby. I'm going to take care of you. I'm gonna spend time with you. And so we get this picture of peace. [00:37:12] (24 seconds)  #MotherLikeComfort

Something that I can hang on to and I can say, God made promises to me. God loves me. I'm gonna hang out right here, and it's so practical to my life, and so meaningful to my life that I can actually share that comfort. Man, I was going through something just like what you're going through. Let me tell you how God comforted me. The comfort with which you received, you now use to comfort others because he is the God of all comfort. [00:40:34] (30 seconds)  #ComfortToComfortOthers

I am waiting on God to call us home and to comfort us there. And God says, that's exactly what I'm doing and I want you to borrow from tomorrow's comfort. If you're struggling with something, you don't have to treat it as final. Man, I've got bad health. I I know and that's that's tough. And you might not get better, I know. It's hard to deal with, but it's not the end of the story. Borrow from tomorrow. [00:49:47] (30 seconds)  #NotTheEndOfStory

Then remember his promise. One of the best things that you can do. It says that Abraham was promised a son. This is another old testament story. God said this this older man was gonna have a son and it didn't happen, didn't happen, didn't happen. But he kept believing. It says he did not waver in unbelief. He knew that God was gonna keep his promise, he was gonna be faithful, but there was still so much pain on the way. [00:54:01] (29 seconds)  #FaithLikeAbraham

But it wasn't, oh, well, you know, God's gonna solve that so I don't this all my problems are solved. No, your problems aren't solved. You can face them though because you know that this isn't how the story ends. I want you to receive his comfort and remember his promises. This is what God has for us as believers. [00:54:30] (20 seconds)  #FaceTrialsWithHope