What promise do believers have during trying and testing times today?
Believers have the promise that God, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, will be a constant encouragement during trying and testing times. He comforts them in all tribulation so they can encourage others in any trouble with the same encouragement they receive from God.
Les explains that God is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, who encourages believers in all their tribulation. Even today, as believers go through trying and testing times, they have the promise that God will be a constant encouragement. This comfort is not only for them; it enables them to encourage others who are in any trouble by the same encouragement they themselves receive from God. Les ties this to the question of why bad things happen to good people, suggesting that God can show us that He is sufficient.
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.