2 Corinthians 7:13; Comforted In Your Comfort

2 Corinthians 7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

Thank God for the heart of men and women turned to the Lord and walking in His ways. In the Spirit, the Christian life is a tremendous blessing. Titus was in Corinth. The word “comfort” literally means “called to come alongside”. It is used to describe the Holy Spirit’s work in a believer’s life. It is also used to describe the comfort that is enjoyed for those who mourn for their sins with contrite hearts. It brings forth a freshness of Spirit, pervading holiness, that blesses the soul and imparts that comfort to others. Such was the fellowship between Titus and the Church in Corinth.

Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

There was an encouragement in the Lord, care one for another. This was clearly seen in the testimony of the returning Titus. What joy in Christian fellowship in the Lord. It infected the gospel team of the Apostle Paul with a sense of God’s superintending presence to bless with peace and strength. It was an answer to prayer.

God does not leave us comfortless, but we have to be in dire need of comfort to know the truth of his promise. It is in time of calamity… in days and nights of sorrow and trouble that the presence, the sufficiency, and the sympathy of God grow very sure and very wonderful. Then we find out that the grace of God is sufficient for all our needs, for every problem, and for every difficulty, for every broken heart, and for every human sorrow.¹ [Peter Marshall (1902-1949)

¹Draper’s Book of Quotations for the Christian World.