Encouragement Today

For a host of reasons, at work and in personal life, I have been feeling quite discouraged. This morning, the Lord gave me this word of encouragement by Sibbes, and the Apostle Paul.
I praise Him for His faithfulness to me!

"Discouragements...(do not) come from the Spirit; He helps our infirmities, and by office is a comforter. Romans 8:26 If He convinceth of sin, and so humbleth us, it is that He may make way to shew his office of comforting us. Discouragements, then, must come from ourselves and Satan, who laboureth to fasten on us a loathing of duty." [2]

But we have this treasure (the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ) in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our bodies. 2 Corinthians 4:7-10


[2] A Description of Christ, Volume 1, The Works of Richard Sibbes, Richard Sibbes, Banner of Truth Trust, 2001 (Originally published 1862-64), p 68.