God's Purpose in Trials

Pastor Caleb McMains · Jul 9, 2025

Drawing from John 9, the book of Job, and Romans 5, Pastor Caleb challenges the deeply human instinct to equate life's hardships with divine punishment. He identifies three kinds of valleys believers face — disobedience, obedience, and no clear reason — and shows that in each case God's purpose is not retribution but transformation and intimacy. The Christian worldview is unique in giving redemptive meaning to pain, and God's promise throughout Scripture is that He never walks away from those who are suffering.