Isaiah 40:1-11

The Bible never promises us a stress-free life. Indeed, we’re regularly

told that, as Christians, we can expect suffering. However we can also

always expect God to be our great comforter whatever we face. His comfort

is so extraordinarily powerful that even when circumstances are at their

most dire, we are lifted up, drawn closer and enlivened in our faith.

God comforts us by his nature, his word, and through the comfort of his

people. Isaiah prophesies about God’s comfort coming to his people in

distress. In Jesus, and by his Spirit, that same comfort is available to us

now and always.

By Ed Flint