What if the very thing you've been running from is the very thing God is using to prepare you for your greatest breakthrough? Pastor Dave opens in 1 Peter 5:10—*"But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you"*—and builds a bold, unflinching case that suffering isn't a sign God has abandoned you; it's a sign He's taking you somewhere. Drawing from Peter's five chapters of hard trials, Pastor Dave reveals that the benefits of suffering—being perfected, established, strengthened, and settled—only appear *after* you've walked through it, not around it. Like a woman who walks out of a salon mid-perm, leaving before God finishes His work leaves you incomplete and exposed. His message is clear: stop pitching a tent in your pain, stop church-hopping to avoid discomfort, and stop letting pride disguise itself as insecurity. God wastes nothing—not your worst moments, not your hardest seasons. Your due season is coming. Now is the time to humble yourself, cast your cares on Him, resist the enemy, and trust that the God of *all* grace is perfecting you for the promise on the other side.

1 Peter 5:10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Vs 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

Vs 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Vs 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

Vs 10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.