Why are evil people so happy?

Jeremiah 12-16

The history of God followers is full of those who wonder as Jeremiah and Job did. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy? Why must I suffer in my righteousness. God calls certain of his chosen ones... ones who have great faith to enter into the suffering of others, whether it be present day suffering or suffering to come.

The unfettered joy and rejoicing of Easter is not possible without suffering of Good Friday. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it cannot bear fruit. Richard Foster describes the prayer of suffering in his book Prayer saying "there is a triumph that is in Christ, but it goes through suffering, not around it."

Jeremiah was known as the crying prophet or weeping prophet because he wept over the sins of the people of Israel. He entered into their suffering and desired greatly that they might repent and be saved, but didn't see how it would come to pass if they continued to experience good results in spite of their wickedness. God's assurance that it would not always be that way brought no comfort to him. God desires that we be a vessel fit for his use too, but there is no easy path.