“But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil” (Proverbs 1:33)

When the saint goes through hard times, the love of God is precious, but when the hard times are the result of a judgment of God on a nation, it’s especially precious. God takes care of His saints in special ways, but mostly through His people.
 
When the people of Israel provoked God with their idolatry, He punished them with famine and draught; but while He did this, He took care of His saints, so they were secure, without the fear of evil. When all the brooks were drying up, God reserved one for the prophet Elijah, and when it failed, God provided a widow to take care of him. And just when it seemed Elijah was the only prophet left in Israel, we learn, God kept many more alive, hidden in caves (1 Kings 18:13).

Sometimes, God keeps saints alive through miracles, like the raven that brought food to Elijah, but most of the time, God uses His people, like the servant of King Ahab, who fed one hundred prophets from Ahab’s table.
 
No matter what happens in the world, God's people are safe. Even when God withheld rain for three and a half years, he kept His saints alive. And if God decides, for the sake of the Gospel, to allow His saints to be persecuted and killed, He safely brings them to their home in heaven.

You can be confident, when natural disasters happen, and nations go to war, God is ultimately in control. Christ promised, “they will put some of you to death ... you will be hated by all for My name's sake ... By your patience possess your souls” (Luke 21:16-19). The word translated “patience” is the Greek word, hupomone, which means “stay under”. For the Christian, this means “stay under the Lordship of Christ”. Your soul is safe with God. When they persecute you, stay submitted to Christ, and you know, the worst thing that can happen to you is if they kill you, you get to go to Heaven.