The Lord is our comfort!  Here speaking to Isaiah of the coming hope, He says,
“…And you shall be nursed, you shall be carried on the hip and fondled (bounced) on the knees.  As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you…”  Isaiah 66:12-13
Picture it; the Lord’s tender loving care, comforting as a mother does to her beloved child.

The Apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 1:3,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.”

Paul knew great persecution and suffering during his ministry and he understood the suffering and the comfort, he makes this known to the reader as he continues in the next verse,
“who comforts us in all our afflictions so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any afflictions with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”  Vs. 4

Did you catch the reason?  God comforts us in every trouble (The Amplified Bible says calamity and affliction) so that we may give the same comfort to others.  Do we Believers not experience conflicts, yes, and fears from time to time?  Is it not, in part, that we may know God’s comfort?  Are these experiences not part of His strengthening our faith and trust in Him and His conforming us to the image of Christ?

Paul gives us an example in 2  Corinthians 7:5-6,
“For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest. But we were afflicted on every side; conflicts without, fears within. BUT GOD, who comforts the depressed, comforted us…” 
And how were they, the downcast, comforted?  “…by the coming of Titus.”

Spiritual fellowship brings companionship and comfort as we see in the following verses:
“Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, 
 And the LORD listened and heard them;
 So a book of remembrance was written before Him
 For those who fear the LORD
 And who esteem His name.
‘They shall be mine,’ says the LORD of hosts…”  MalachI 3:16-17

“And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayer.  And everyone kept feeling a sense of awe…”  Acts 2:43-44

Paul tells us in Philippians 1:3-5,
“I thank God upon every remembrance of you…for your fellowship in the gospel from the first until now”

The Apostle John tells us,
“But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in he light, we have fellowship with one another…”  1 John 1:7

Whatever the circumstances, know that God’s comfort sustains and upholds each of His own and He is in charge of all things.  How very blessed we are,  for there is none like our God who is able to do ALL things and meet ALL needs!

“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.”  1 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Great is our Lord God who is greatly to be praised, honored and glorified! Amen  

The refrain from an old hymn says,
“Stayed upon Jehovah,
 Hearts are fully blest,
 Finding, as He promised,
 Perfect peace and rest.”