Our Holy Comforter
“The Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit”… (John 14:26)
On the morning tide…
Yes, today…
Indeed, remember… each day Jesus still cheers us, not by His personal presence, as He shall do in the future… but by the indwelling and constant abiding of His Holy Spirit…
It is this…
The Holy Spirit, who is evermore the Comforter of the church… evermore the Comforter of His people… your and my Comforter.
It is His office to console the hearts of God’s people.
Yes…
He convinces of sin…
Yes…
He illuminates and instructs…
But still the main part of His work lies in making bring peace… bring gladness into the hearts of the renewed… Yes, even a measure of needed Joy that is often unexplainable, in the midst of pain.
He confirms and strengthens the weak…
He lifts up all those who have bowed down.
He does this by revealing Jesus.
Yes…
The Holy Spirit consoles, but Christ is the consolation.
I pray we may find comfort in this example… I do each day.
Remember…
The Holy Spirit is the Physician, but Jesus is the medicine.
He heals the wound, but it is by applying the Holy ointment of Christ’s name and grace.
He applies not of His own things, but of the things of Christ.
So if we give to the Holy Spirit the Greek name of Paraclete, as some have done, then our heart confers on our blessed Lord Jesus the title of Paraclesis.
If the one be the Comforter, the other is the Comfort.
So…
Brother… Sister… Family… Extended Family… Fellow members of this journey in Christ…
Now, with such rich provision for our need… How can we be sad and despondent?
For… The Holy Spirit has graciously engaged us as our Comforter… Please see this… Please accept this…
Are you weak and trembling?
Are you fearful that He will be negligent of His sacred trust?
Do you think that He has undertaken a task which He cannot or will not perform?
Do not fret…
For, it is His especial work to strengthen you, and to comfort you… Do you think He has forgotten His job, or that He will fail in the loving work, in which He is charged to perform?
Hear this clearly…
Do not go there…
Do not think so foolishly…
Do not think this of the tender and blessed Spirit whose name is “the Comforter.”
For, He delights to give the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.
Trust in Him, and He will surely comfort you till the house of mourning is closed forever, the pain is fully covered by His Love and Grace… and the marriage feast has begun.
Draw Close… He is near.
Yes, He is.=