He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him

 Mark 6:45
 Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away.

In this passage, Yshua send his disciples on their own way, of course knowing that they will be faced with a terrible storm not long after. So here there can be two views, one is that God lead us into trouble train us, the other one is that the trouble is there already and God will save us. We may not know exactly which one it is, but there is no reason to think that God is strictly one way or the other. There will be times that bring trouble, and there are other times that God will test us. However, God brings us on His journey and if we obey Him, we will come out in better shape spiritually than before.