First, God allows times of prosperity and abuse in the world.

God made a promise to Abraham in Genesis that 'Abrahams descendants would be enslaved for four hundred years and afterwards, enter Canaan.' This promise seemed to be achieved in the far future, but it was four hundred years after the Hebrews entered Egypt when the time of the promise was right. The seventy-five families thatwent to the land of Goshen, in Egypt grew intomore than two million peoplein a span offour hundred years. This cannot be explained without mentioning theprovidence of God. The new King that had forgotten about Josephs achievements afflicted the lives of the Israelites with hard labor, making them bake bricks and build Ramses, also killing thechildren to stop the population from growing. Even though the Israeliteswerebeing abused, they still managed to flourish. We call aspiritual sufferingsuch as this,a blessing. In Exodus, we can see that the worldly Egyptians that caused the Israelites to suffer, become worried when they saw the flourishing Israelites.Times of abuse, instead of prosperity, helped them to truly see themselves and repent. Being abused helped them to kneel down to God.In the land of Goshen inEgypt, the Israelitescomplained that they could not speak about their own morals and culture, that they could not speak to anyone in general, had no money, and were not recognized even as followers of Jesus.Human beings are naturally arrogant, so training our egos is extremely good for us. If you meet someone who doesnt understand the grace youve given them and is cunningly abusive, try to understand this encounter as a shortcut to flourishing. The prosperity of the Holy Spirit has allowed physical prosperity and abuse, so God will not stay still.