Why Do Good People Struggle?

Shall we indeed accept good from God

and shall we not accept adversity

-Job 2:10

As I have been trying my best to turn my life around and live as righteous as possible it seems the closer I get the most adversity I see, and the more trials and tribulations I seem to go through. In talking to other brothers who are in the same position as myself, you find out we are all going through it. In a few conversation someone always ask, I don't know why we are all suffering. We are trying to live right, what are we doing wrong?

I think at sometime or another we have all struggled with the ago old question why do good people struggle. We all know that God promise, but we wonder why must His people struggle.
That reminds me of Job, he lived right but suffered the lost of everything for a period of time, even Jesus the most righteous of any man walking the face of the earth suffered more than we can humanly imagine for our sins and so we might have everlasting life. Paul was beaten and thrown in jail for spreading God's word and wrote half the New Testament in jail.

In times like this it is easy to blame or be mad at God for what we consider not being there for us. But this is the time we need to align ourselves more with the word of God and have more faith. God is not obligated to give us answers, but He promises us His grace. God didn't explain to Job what He was doing but said the He could be trusted to do right (Job 38-42)

These may not be the answers we want, but they are the answers we need to help us live with the age-old question of suffering.- Dennis De Haan

While I still find myself temporarily asking myself that question (The flesh is still sometimes weak) I am learning more each day to be thankful for the trials and tribulations and the lessons and blessings that follow!