Mosiah 21:4 - The rest of the chapter has words like: afflictions, bondage, driven to and fro, burdened. All these things brought them into humility and they called upon God, who wasn't in a hurry to take away their problems (v15). Is it not the same today? When I see a nation going through some extreme problems, I can't help but think that these are the sorrows we were promised by the Lord through his prophets. (Haggi 2:6, 22 and many others).
This can be boiled down to us as individuals as well. Whenever I see someone blatantly breaking their covenants with the Lord, trouble brews in that person's life. Does that mean that all trouble is a result of sin? Of course not! Again, the Lord has said that he would try His people. I'll never forget Holly Clegg's testimony when they were moving their family from the east coast back to her parents. Her husband's job suffered when the economy tanked. They had car problems on their way and just about anything else that could go wrong did, it seemed. She asked her Dad why, when they really were trying to keep their covenants. His reply: Sometimes the Lord wants to know if we'll love him even when things aren't going as we'd like. A test. A righteous people will see trouble as an opportunity to love the Lord even more.
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