988A: Arise!
God can deliver us from life’s unpleasantries, and He will, if that is all we have the faith to believe He can do. But, quarantined Christians don’t win many battles. Quarantined Christians don’t claim many victories. That is why mature Christians will constantly be passing through the fires of life. The men and women in the Word, who were men and women after God’s own heart, spent their lives doing battle with enemies and winning.