A Prayer for Comfort: Psalm 86-Supplication through the Scriptures
A Prayer for Comfort Psalm 86 He is able…to give hope and joy under the heaviest sorrows. Matthew Henry Paul, in 2 Corinthians, gives us a wonderful description of the Lord. He is the “Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). For the believer, our Heavenly Father is the source of all comfort we look for and receive. To be the source of comfort means that God is where our comfort comes from and can be obtained. And He is able and willing to comfort us in ALL our affliction. He comforts in any trouble, distress, anguish, affliction, hardship, trial, tribulation, irritation, disappointment, setback, financial distress, or sorrow we face today. There is no situation that befalls us where we lie outside the reach of God’s comfort. Psalm 86 is David’s cry to the Lord for God to be gracious toward him according to His abundant love and truth. There were many times in David’s life where this psalm would’ve been appropriate for...