In Lutheranism, it is believed that the salvation that people will get is already pre-destined or planned. This means that even if things are not going good for you at present, this does not mean that you will not reach salvation in the end.
This is highly different from Calvinism which believes that all of the things that people will get will be dependent on the things that they have done. The more good thing that they do, the more good things that will return to them. They believe that only a few people are chosen for greatness and they also have to work hard in order to reach their goals and ambitions.