We don’t really grow until we have been through the furnace, through the storm or through the battle. God wants to raise mature sons and daughters, and that’s why we have afflictions. “Many of the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all (vs.19). God doesn’t keep us out of them. He delivers us from them. Sometimes it changes the circumstances. Sometimes He changes us. The real secret of deliverance is not the circumstances around you but the faith within you. Gods greatest use of affliction is a tool for helping us to grow into a mature Christian. Expect afflictions but trust the Lord for deliverance.