When you seek comfort for yourself, look to comfort others. As I was praying and looking to the Lord for rest and ease of my heart, He spoke to me and showed me in a vision to comfort others in the moments that I am seeking comfort for myself. It is in this place of seeking comfort that you can sympathize with others the desire to be comforted. When you are in that place of need, you can identify what actually brings comfort and what only comforts in theory. God’s desire was for me to take my seeking and widen it to satisfy others. Seeking only my comfort only satisfies one, but He desires to satisfy others’ needs. He can do that when I am intentional about taking times of self-seeking comfort and turning it into multiple people being comforted. When you are seeking comfort, you are open to His source and supply. When you are open, you can bring comfort and joy to others even when they weren’t seeking for it.
God is interested in exponential growth. He isn’t interested in things that benefit only one and that is it. If you look at what God has been, what He speaks, and His will at work, you will see that everything He does brings exponential growth. The trees that were developed thousands of years ago are exponentially growing today. Adam and Eve were the first two and now there is over 7 billion people on the planet today. The 7th day of God’s creation is the day of rest, the Sabbath, it is now observed by millions. When it comes to asking God for things, even comfort, consider who it is going to benefit and how it will bring exponential growth. Will the comfort you desire or seek benefit only you without contribution to growth in any aspect? What do you do after you have received your comfort? Are you more productive towards the assignments He has given you to do? Are people ministered to or helped after you’ve been comforted? How is receiving the comfort you want right now, going to bring growth somewhere else? Is the comfort you seek going to strengthen or damage your relationship with God. How to comfort others: 1. Praying 2. Giving 3. Acts of Kindness 4. Words of Encouragement 5. Positive Interaction
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AuthorJasmyne has experienced encounters with God as He shared His intense love for people with Jasmyne. These experiences, although only lasting for a few moments, have made a lasting impression on her. Her view of people has changed and her heart has been opened to how deeply God cares. Jasmyne is now an ordained minister and mother of two children. She is married to Apostle Shane Wall of The Feast of the Lord church. Jasmyne is currently serving at her church and is a local art teacher. Archives
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