This concept is very applicable to our lives.
Hashem is more kindly, giving, and generous than any human we could ever imagine. And everything Hashem does is for the best. Yet there are times when Hashem will put us into circumstances that are not comfortable – situations of pain and distress – and it was all orchestrated for one reason: so that we rethink things, that we look deep within ourselves, and that we do that which deep down we know is the right thing.
When a human being experiences pain, the first question he should ask himself is Why? Why am I suffering? Why is life hard? There may be times when we don’t know the answer. And there also may be times when the answer is right there within us, but we aren’t listening. Sometimes the pain of the situation itself is just what we need to tap into that inner truth, and accept that which is ultimately best for us.