God often uses His people to encourage one another. We should be grateful that God typically works for humanity through humanity. It forms a bond of brotherhood, and by being mutually dependent on one another, we become more united as one family. Brothers and sisters, take this text as God’s message

to you. Aim to comfort those who are sorrowful and uplift those who are discouraged. Speak a timely word to those who are weary and encourage the fearful to continue their journey with joy. God encourages you through His promises; Christ encourages you as He points to the Heaven He has secured for you, and the Spirit encourages you as He works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.

In the middle of a dreary moor, the wanderer finds his cottage by the light in the window casting a glow over the dark wasteland; similarly, we must find our "home" by the lamps of promise our Savior has placed in the windows of His Word. The handkerchiefs

brought from Paul healed the sick; surely, the promises, which are like garments of Christ, will heal all our spiritual ailments.