In Psalms, chapter one hundred and nineteen, God sometimes allows believers to experience hardships and troubles to draw them into His Word and to Himself, as in Psalm ninety-four, verse twelve, and Proverbs three, verses eleven through twelve.
Several facts exist about God’s discipline of believers and the hardships and troubles He allows them to suffer. First, they are a sign that we are God’s children, as in Hebrews twelve, verses seven to eight, they are the assurance of God’s love and concern for the believer. The Lord’s discipline has two purposes: that the child of God might not be entirely condemned with the world, as in First Corinthians eleven, verses thirty-one through thirty-two, and also share God’s holiness and to continue to live sanctified lives without which we will never see the Lord, as in Hebrews twelve, verses ten to eleven, and fourteen, respectively.
There are two possible consequences of the Lord’s discipline. Believers may endure the hardships God leads us through, submit to God’s will, and remain faithful. Doing this will encourage the follower to live as God’s spiritual children, share His holiness. and yield the fruit of righteousness. Believers may “despise” the discipline of the Father, as in Hebrews twelve, verse five, rebel against God because of suffering and hardship, and thereby fall away from God, as in Hebrews three, verses twelve through fourteen, and Hebrews twelve, verse twenty-five, accordingly.
Under God’s will, trouble may come due to our spiritual warfare with Satan as a test to strengthen our faith and our works or preparation for the believer to comfort others and manifest the life of Christ. In all kinds of adversity, we must seek God, examine our lives, and forsake all that is contrary to His holiness. To keep His holy Word within will help externally.