1. God designed life to have trials as a regular part of everyone’s life so that we will grow in character; without trials, there is no growth.

This is one reason for tails in our lives and also for trials in the life of Jesus.

A second reason for trials in the life of Jesus is so he could understand what we go through, be a sympathetic savior and help us as we needed it as we lived life.

Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

The second reason for our trials is the same as the trials that Jesus faced. If we have successfully gone through trials, we can help others go through their trials. Some people are strong enough and mature enough to bear up under trials victoriously, but many people are not, but they can with help from others. God has made things, so we stick together, the strong with the weak. The problem is that the strong are too selfish to give help, and the weak are too proud to ask for or receive help. When people receive help from Jesus and then provide help to others, the church functions as God designed it to function.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we are comforted by God.

A fundamental spiritual law of God is that the more we do for others, the more God will do for us, and others will do for us.

Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.

The more we help and encourage others through their trials, the more God will help us through ours.