He has all comforts at His disposal – Thomas Brooks

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

God is the God of all sorts and degrees of comfort. He has all comforts at His disposal. This phrase, “The God of all comforts,” intimates to us:

1. That no comfort can be found anywhere else; God has the sole gift of comfort.

2. God has not only some but all comfort! No imaginable comfort is lacking in Him, nor to be found outside of Him. Nothing can soundly comfort us without God.

3. All degrees of comfort are to be found in Him in our greatest troubles and deepest distresses. The deeper the distress the greater the comforts.

“God, who comforts the downcast.” 2 Cor. 7:6

When we are in a very low condition, when we are spent with grief and swallowed up in sorrows, when we are destitute of all relief and comfort then the God of all comforts comes to console us!

No tribulations, no persecutions, no grievances, no prison doors, no bolts, no bars can keep the consolations of God from flowing in upon His people. God loves to comfort His people when all their outward comforts fail them. God’s comforts are not only sweet, but seasonable; He never comes too soon, nor ever stays too long.

The comfort of God is His most sweet attribute; it is a breast which we should be always sucking at.