Does God still comfort believers today when they go through hard times?
Yes. Scripture teaches that God is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, who encourages believers in all their tribulation. For believers today, when they go through trying and testing times, God promises to be a constant encouragement, enabling them to encourage others in trouble.
Les explains from 2 Corinthians that Paul writes to the believers at Corinth and the saints in Achaia, calling God the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He notes that the margin may read “encourages,” and that God encourages us in all our tribulation so that we may be able to encourage those in any trouble. Les applies this directly to us today: as we go through trying and testing times, we have the promise that God will be a constant encouragement. This is also the answer to why bad things happen to good people, showing that God can show us 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.