The tough times could be used to bring you to a realisation that you need Him, to a realisation that you need to stop the rebelling and start believing.
I just wanted to make clear who my intended audience is.
Jesus never promised that everything would be smooth sailing 100% of the time in this life; tough times will find you.
But He'll always be right beside you.
Now these tough times He uses to mould you into His likeness but that's only the case for those who already put their trust in Him for salvation of their souls because God's wrath is upon anyone who is rebellious (sin) towards Him.
The world's depiction of "Easter" (not even the Biblical term) is a great example of how the enemy uses random things to distract us from what's really important...bunnies don't even lay eggs.