For me, comfort comes from things like chocolate and fleece and old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That may not be comforting for everyone, but it works for me.

I also had a comforting thought about God. It doesn’t start out comforting, but keep reading and you will (hopefully) see the comforting part.

God has the power to wipe me off the face of the earth. He has the power to condemn me. He even has the right, if you look at my history of broken promises and failed attempts at obedience, not to mention a long list of sins great and small.

The part I like is while God has the power and the right to destroy me, He won’t. He has made an oath and sworn by Himself that He won’t. If you’re in Christ, the same goes for you.

And if He won’t, who’s left that can? Is there anything or anyone even close to having that kind of authority in our lives? Can anything or anyone else do what God said He wouldn’t. Simply, no.

There’s a verse that says not to fear the one who can destroy your body. That is, don’t fear someone who can merely kill you. Fear the one who can destroy both body and soul. That’s God.

I heard that fearing something is giving it authority over you. If you fear something, you give it power over you to control you. If you fear God– have a healthy respect and reverential awe– you won’t need to fear anything else.

If you give all your authority to God, you have nothing left to give to anything else. Not the dark, not the boogeyman, not anything that goes bump in the night.

God, the same one who has the power to destroy you completely, is for you. Not only will He relent from condemning you, He will be on your side and in your corner. Forever.

I love the fact that my Abba is for me, with me, and in me. I love the fact that He delights in me and rejoices over me with loud singing. He does the same for you, too.

Think on those things. And while you’re up, would you mind grabbing me something chocolaty? And maybe a fleece blanket, too.