COMFORT FOOD

I love comfort food! There’s nothing like a burger and fries to put a smile on my face. Or having a big sharing bag of crisps all to myself. These are the kind of foods that make me feel like everything’s alright in the world (even if they’re not the healthiest things I could eat!).

Unfortunately, all is not well with the world, and no amount of crisps, fast food or fizzy drinks can make it right. Real comfort doesn’t come from food, and it doesn’t come from alcohol or drugs or money or sex or power. It is a much deeper need that requires a much deeper solution.

Paul told the church at Rome that the search for comfort really begins in the pages of the Bible. He wrote, “Whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (ROMANS 15:4 NKJV).

God has given us the Bible so that we can find our true comfort and satisfaction in Him alone. Through a relationship with Him, He gives us everything we need to live in a broken world, so that we don’t have to keep on searching in all the wrong places.