This Will Change How You See Your Worst Days

I hadn’t slept well the night before, but I still pushed through and then did chest, triceps, and shoulders the next day—harder than ever. 

That night, again, I barely slept. And the day after that, I came down with the flu.

When I get the flu, I don’t just get chills—I get insane head pain. I used to suffer from cluster headaches. If you’ve never heard of them, look them up. They’re known as the most painful headaches in the world—so bad that people have taken their lives over them.

Half-asleep and miserable, I finally said out loud, “God, I know everything happens for a reason. Everything has a purpose. What are you trying to teach me through this?”

Then it hit me: just two days before, I had posted a video for you—right here—where I said that even your worst days are part of God shaping you into the kind of man who can build wealth, love his wife well, raise strong kids, and treat money in a way that echoes 9,000 years from now.

The very thing I was teaching… God was now making me live out.

Eventually, I fell asleep for a few hours. When I woke up the next morning, I noticed something interesting —no one was at the house except me and my youngest daughter, Ats. Because I was sick, weak, and freezing from the chills, I just sat and talked with her.

We watched a few Strawberry Park episodes—funny shows that laugh at woke insanity. Then we talked about personalities (one of her passions), and we talked about God. It turned into an amazing hour and a half of connection.

And then it hit me.

God had answered my prayer.

The prayer I groaned in pain the night before—“What are you trying to show me?”

He answered: “You’re not spending enough time with your daughter. So I’m going to slow you down—and I know exactly how to do it.”

God is so personal with how He trains us. He doesn’t cause pain for fun. But like a wise Father, He knows that pain is one of His best tools to shape us.

And here I was—being forced to live out the very truth I had just shared on Youtube.

When something goes “wrong” in your life, it’s not wrong. It’s actually right.

You might say, “Seth, what if my spouse dies? What if I get terminally ill? How is that ‘right’?”

I get it. In the immediate sense, of course it feels wrong. We weren’t made to die. It always amazes me when people say death is natural. If it is, then why do we fight so hard against aging? Why do we dread wrinkles and hair loss and try to look younger?

Because deep down we know: death is not natural. We were meant to live forever.

Sin shattered that design. And now we die.

But God redeems the brokenness. And He uses pain in powerful ways.

A Single Belief Can Change Everything

The greatest proof of Christianity isn’t just what’s written in a book that has changed the course of history. It’s the impossibility of the contrary.

Every culture agrees murder is wrong. Why?
Because God wrote that law on our hearts.

Faithfulness is honored. Adultery is dishonored. Even in loose, “anything goes” societies, people still admire a faithful spouse. Why?
Because it requires character. It reflects how every man and woman was made in the likeness of God.

That’s what Paul meant when he wrote, “They show that the work of the Law is written on their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them” (Rom 2:15). 

And this is what makes the gospel so powerful: God loved us when we were unlovable. He pursued us when we were still His enemies.

So Let Me Ask You...

Do you really believe that nothing in your life happens by accident?

Not the sickness.
Not the betrayal.
Not the financial failure.

Romans 8:28 doesn’t say, “We guess…”

It says, “We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.”

Not some things.
Not the easy things.
All things.

God doesn’t just allow things. He causes them to work together—like threads in a tapestry—to grow you into who He’s called you to be.

That doesn’t mean God is cruel. He doesn’t enjoy your pain. But He’s sovereign enough to use it.

He didn't cause Adam and Eve to sin, but He did use it to begin a rescue mission that points to Jesus.

I’ve Lived It

My wife’s mom passed away just months ago. I’ve been through public betrayal. I’ve lost a $50M company. I’ve sold furniture out of my garage to feed my family. I know what it’s like to rise, fall, and rise again—each time learning to put my identity back in Him, not in my success.

If I had never gone through pain, my prayer life would have stayed shallow. But because of that pain, I now walk with Him deeper than I ever have.

So if you’re suffering right now, hear me:

There is good in it.

Even if your faith is weak. Even if you doubt. God isn’t giving up on you. He’s patient. He’s relentless. And His love for you never stops.

That’s agape love—love that keeps giving even when you don’t return it.

Someone already did the heavy lifting for you

Jesus lived the life you failed to live.
He died the death you deserved to die.
And then He rose again on the third day.

I wish for nothing more than for you to build your hope on Jesus. 

And if you’re building a business, raising a family, or just trying to hold it together right now… let this truth be your anchor:

Because nothing is wasted in the hands of God.