The God of the Bible declares HIS good purposes will be accomplished even through trials and tribulations. If you are against HIM you may win in the short term but lose big in the end. Those who are with HIM may lose in the short term but win big in the end. Just as God, in the Old Testament, set before the Israelites the choice of life or death and encouraged them to choose life, HE does so also to each one of us individually in Jesus the Messiah.