Don’t be alarmed when God leads through horrendous conditions instead of routing away from trouble. Keep the faith. It may not look like a good thing while we’re in it, but the training ground will result in good things in time. He has a gain in store — those are the conditions in which we develop command over trouble.

After the “gain from the pain”, we find ourselves elevated a bit more from the earthly plane of living. We are able to more quickly understand God and His ways. We can look back and see how He orchestrated events and caused us to will and to act according to His good purpose. We are different, changed; more equipped for His purposes. We are less subject to concerns and troubles in this world, and increasingly victorious over them.