Comfortable or Useful?

What would I ask? That I might be at ease, or that I might do good?

The place where I am most comfortable is not always the place where I am most useful.

And I shall not want comfort of soul, for Christ is mine.
I am comforted to be His loved by Him.
I am comforted to be placed here by Him.
I am comforted to be under His sanctifying work and to be a means of it to others.
I am comforted in hope of sharing His eternal rest after the tossing about has passed, knowing that all trials prepare all God's people for this great happy end.

"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 also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you....
We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison." - 2 Corinthians 4, ESV