By nature, we don't like being told what to do or given tasks by others. How hard it is for us to be silent and to bear it when we're wronged. Too often, the slightest offense against us produces wrong thoughts, arguments and self-justification, but we hardly notice our own wrong deeds. We can be rude, totally lacking courtesy, yet pride ourselves on being people who say what they think. Doing so, we don't notice how far removed we are from the mind of Jesus.
People lacking in feeling are sometimes the most touchy.
Jesus Christ is the great Comforter. He came into this world to comfort. Barnabas always helped those who were regarded suspiciously by their Christian brethren. He encouraged the despondent and the fainthearted in the churches, but also knew how to admonish them to cling to the Word of God. Through his ministry, people were won for Jesus everywhere.