Sometimes hardship comes as a result of obeying God. Moses and Aaron obeyed God and took their message to Pharaoh. Pharaoh responded with harder work and more oppression for the Hebrews.

We often wonder what we’ve done to deserve our own hardships. Typically, we look for something we’ve done wrong. But sometimes it’s not our own sins that bring us suffering. Sometimes it’s our obedience to God in a world running in the opposite direction.
Respond

Are you following God but still suffering—or suffering even worse than before? If your life is miserable, it may not be the consequences of your own sin but of others’ sins. Read 1 Peter 3:13-22, and ask God for the strength to persevere and remain faithful.