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Promise of Comfort
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Promise of Comfort
On March 30, 1863, when the United States was being torn by the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln called on Americans to “confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon.” Lincoln assured the people that the “cry of the nation will be heard on high and answered with blessings.”
The President didn’t quote Matthew 5:4 in his proclamation, but his words were consistent with Jesus’ teaching in the Beatitudes that those who mourn will be comforted. Mourning over what? Jesus no doubt had Israel’s national sins in mind as well as those who mourn over their personal sins. And the comfort of which He spoke surely included forgiveness and restoration. The Old Testament promised forgiveness and comfort at both levels—nationally (2 Chronicles 7:14) and personally (Isaiah 1:18). And the apostle Paul wrote about the results of godly sorrow over sin (2 Corinthians 7:9-10).
If you are mourning today over sin at any level, take heart. God promises to comfort all who mourn with godly sorrow.
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
Thomas V. Moore