Adversity in God’s Way God promises to handle our adversity so that it works for our benefit, and we can handle our adversity in God’s way by practicing the following principles. Accept adversity as a major means God uses to sanctify Christians and to provide the benefits in the previous list. Willingness to accept adversity from God is essential to practicing the next three responses to adversity. Submit to God’s sovereign plan and trust Him through all your adversity (1 Pet. 4:19; 5:6). God expected