Another way to look at this Scripture is, ‘I will not cause pain & suffering without allowing something new to be born from it.’ (And all the mothers out there who’ve gone through Labor and Delivery respond with a resounding, “Amen!” ) But we see this also in John 12:24 when Jesus used the illustration of the kernel of wheat falling to the ground and dying for new life to happen to show how His pain and suffering would open the door to Salvation. And so, this verse in Isaiah can encourage us two ways…God always finishes what He starts, and that every painful trial we go through can bring renewed faith, revived trust, and rejuvenated hope in God.