Struggle is not required of us to fullfill our Spiritual walk

I don't believe that a struggle is required of us to fullfill our Spiritual walk. I believe that God can work His full plan and purpose in us without us having to struggle through circumstances. (Note: I did NOT say that if we are walking a certain way that we will somehow avoid struggle. Only that struggle is not a prerequisite for us to grow. Read on.)

I believe that crap happens because we are in a fallen world. Adam and Eve sinned, sin entered our lives, and people do crappy things. As a result, we have struggles, life can be hard, people get sick, maimed, paralyzed, die, they lose loved ones, get poor, go hungry, etc. None of this is within the will of God. God does not ordain that crap happens.

If someone says "I was paralyzed so that God could work through me", or "My loved one died so that God's greater purpose could be accomplished", or "God allows me to struggle so that my destiny can be fullfilled"... that's BS, and worse yet, it does not reflect the true nature and will of God. All of this implies that God's will is for us to struggle, and that is a deception. God will is for us to prosper, and be well, and be at peace, and love Him with all our heart, and love our neighbor as ourself. One thing that God is AMAZINGLY good at, is working things out for our good which our enemy meant for evil. I think that because of that, people mistakenly believe that the bad thing HAD to happen so that the good thing could.

If some struggle comes your way, and you fall, and get all dirty, and scape your knee, and cry a bunch, and throw a temper tantrum... then God will pick you up, dust you off, dry your tears, and help you to learn how not to stumble on that again. But people take those circumstances, and they say things like "If I hadn't fallen on that, God would've never been able to show me how not to fall on it again." That is not true. And It implies that someone can't have enough faith to ask God BEFORE they do something how to do it right, and how NOT to fall. It's like they think that if they had stopped beforehand, and asked God what they needed to watch out for, that God would have purposefully NOT told them just because He wanted it to happen. Again... that is not the nature of God.

The Bible says offenses will come, and trials will come. It does NOT say God will create circumstances for us to overcome. God is not cruel and spiteful. He does not wish us harm. He does not throw stumbling blocks in our way just to watch us fall. He does not kill people for some higher purpose. He does not like watching us suffer. He does not create stressful circumstances into our life to see how we fair. That is how our enemy operates. That is not how our God operates.

I've heard these simple, offhand comments all my life: "It was God's will." Really? Did you ask God about that before you opened your mouth? Nope.