He knows infallibly with infinite wisdom what combination of good and bad circumstances will bring us more and more into being more Christ-like. He promises that He will not give us more than we can bear. His blending of adversity and blessing is always exactly right for us.
Hebrews 12:10-11 "For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." My friend, God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us into His image. Verse eleven admits that discipline is painful but reassures us that it is profitable - it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
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