[Sons to Glory!]

But don't you think that people's hearts are softened by tribulation? If things are cruising along all hunky-dory, then people don't see much reason to turn away from whatever their normal life looks like and turn to God. Their hearts are occupied with whatever and they are not very open to even hear the gospel. This current corona virus situation exposes how much a total reliance on the flesh and material world is folly. Even having the best humans have come up with - the American Dream - will not save us from being ravaged by the virus. So it's a mercy to experience tribulation and be shaken, right? Otherwise, we will pretty much just slumber all the way to death!

Once people see how frail this life is, then they get desperate and call on the One who "will be our guide, even unto death." (Psalm 48:14 - this may be on my tombstone, if I happen to have one)