Why does God bring bad experiences into a Christian's life?
God may bring tough things and bad experiences into a Christian’s life for His own purpose: to bring the Christian to the place He wants them to be. Scripture affirms that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those called according to His purpose.
Les explains that this is the joy of being a believer: God may bring tough things into our life, and He may bring bad experiences, but it is for His own purpose to bring us to the place He wants us to be. Les says this is what every one of you have already experienced, and he reminds us that all things work together for good to them that love God. He contrasts this with those who do not love God; when things go a little bad, they ask, 'Where’s God?' But God is there; it is their problem, not His. The context then moves to those who love God and are called according to His purpose, where Les warns against a fatalistic view of predestination—that God has already predetermined everything so it does not matter—and says that is not what predestination means.