Your Christian character is built in the hard places you encounter. Will you take offense at the LORD, or take Him at His Word. If He says He will deliver you and bring you out of the trouble, do you believe Him? Do you look to Him for the answers or to yourself? Do you look to the supernatural forces, or to the natural? Do you blame God for problems, or the devil who is the real instigator? When you pass through the valley of the shadow of death, who are you trusting? I Corinthians 15:58 says, “Therefore my beloved brothers (and sisters), be steadfast and immovable. Always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the LORD your labor is not in vain” (ESV). Let your faith, hope, and love for the LORD come out in perfection as you build your character securely attached and dependent on Him! Lord, make it so in us!