Mitigate means to lessen the severity or intensity. The word brings me to the chorus of “I Know My Heavenly Father Knows.” He knows, He knows the storms that would my way oppose; He knows, He knows, and tempers every wind that blows.

We never have a trial in which God’s intention for it will not be fulfilled. Otherwise He would not be true to His character. Philippians 1:6. What He has begun in us He will complete.

James 5:11 says, “Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.”

Job had no clue what was happening behind the scenes of his trial. Neither do we know. Psalm 91:11 says, “For He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways.”