The mature believer has a firm understanding that our walk on this side of eternity will have great challenges and unexpected hardships. Our source for this is God's word.
Matthew 7:24-25 (NKJV)
Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Notice that Jesus does not preface His comment with the word "if"... as in: "and if the rain descended." The believer hears this and understands that Christ is telling us that the hard times will come and make their presence felt.
The non-believer, on the other hand, does not hear nor understand this. Rather, he sees that his life is pretty cushy and scoffs at the notion that events could possible turn against him.
Psalm 10:6 (NKJV)
He [the wicked man] has said in his heart, "I shall not be moved;
I shall never be in adversity."
The wicked looks at life through the fog of self-delusion. That is because He has no relationship with the Truth, or with the Giver of Truth. But as followers of Christ, we have His promise that He will speak to us, and that what He says is the truth. And because He is completely truthful with us at all times, we can count on Him no matter what the circumstance.
Be encouraged,
Jose
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