Throughout our life we have had instances that the situation was kinda not in favor of our agenda, where sometimes you feel that everything is unfair, where you feel isolated and abandoned and no one is on the rescue, that you feel that the whole world is against and ran away from you or will fall upon you, that you're downtrodden and you're all alone, and many more instances that makes your life difficult. But always remember that all these happens for a reason.
God will often use negative situation in life in order to develop within His children a greater resolve, refinement, and maturity (James 1:3; Romans 5:3-4). Whenever sovereignty allows something that is not pleasant, always remember that it is also not random. It was allowed for a reason. God always has a reason for what He does to us, or for what He allows us. As Lamentations 3:32 tells us, "For if He causes grief, then He will have compassion according to His abundant loving kindedness".
We can understand this passage better when we reflect on it through the lens of a parent. If you are a parent and have ever disciplined one of your children, you know that the grief caused in the method of discipline was not intended for the purpose of hurting your child. If your child was grounded from attending any fun activities due to disobedience to you, you chose that form of punishment in order to teach your child a greater lesson. This greater lesson was also sought out with the intention of it keeping your child from future harm. The discipline is never fun, loving parents will always follow it up with compassion.
Similarly, God does not discipline us out of a spirit of meanness or malice. His discipline of His children comes couched with compassion and the desire for us to mature such a degree that we keep from needing further discipline in the future.
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