Exactly. No where in the Bible does it say that when you become a Christian, your earthly problems are solved. In fact, Jesus always tried to thin the herd- telling them if they didn’t forsake all they weren’t fit to be His disciples, or if you build a tower you count the costs before hand, or when He said you must consume His flesh and drink His blood— these things were offensive back then, and offensive to us today. I would argue that when you become a Christian, that’s when your troubles start. God wants us to be prepared for this. These snake-oil salesmen who wear alligator boots and have tote boards telling you how many millions more God needs are just comical.
I have always found that to be true for me. I've often turned to God for help when things got really hard only to find that's when stuff really hit the fan. A test of faith, I think, but by God or the devil? I've never been certain.
We are to discern the false teachers among us as there are many.
The reason I always respected Billy Graham was that he never begged for money and he always made sure there was another person with him in the company of women. If you will note, he was never asking you to send funds - which is quite different from the online preachers that ask you to plant the seed of faith with some of your funds.
Notice how they teach that you plant the seed of faith by sending money and that doing so will insure your wealth - they have corrupted the message.
Jesus never promised wealth - he taught sacrifice.
Being a Christian does not exclude us from the problems of human life on earth - but it does give us the best friend in the world to go through the hard times. There is no better friend than Jesus.
Non-believers will never believe that there is comfort received from God - but any Christian can tell you.
Non-believers cannot see or understand that comfort and the why we love Jesus - it is totally foreign to them and they judge with outsider’s eyes.
But, it is their loss. They go through life with no true friend, with no comfort from God during the hard times and no future after death. And, they do not even know what they are giving up. Amazing.