Romans 5:3-4
... Problems and trials help us develop endurance. Endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation.
We can rejoice in problems and trials when we view them from God's point of view. He is using these dreaded things to mold us into the very image of His Son. So our trials are developing our endurance, to carry on carrying on. This in turn builds our character, and our character is what we will bring with us into Eternity. As our character strengthens, our confidence grows, and our trust in God's certain Promises settles our hearts and chases away all worry and regret, looking toward His future that He has already planned for us to have, both in this life and in the next.
We know that God will settle all debts, right all wrongs, even all odds, and even reward us for accomplishing the things He planned for us to do, in His power to do them. God is so good, the reality of what Good is. He is Love, He is Light, He is Life. God is everything we need.
When we would end up in this world divested of all worldly things, and all we will have is God; then God will show Himself to be everything we need!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
