God will never give you more than you can handle....is this true?
After careful review, many feel as though 1 Corinthians 10:13 addresses this statement when in fact it does not. This verse addresses temptation, or an enticement to sin by which God provides us a way to resist.
If we carefully research the scriptures, we will find many great servants of God reported trials and pressures of life that they could not bare alone....to note a few: Moses, Job, David, Peter, Stephen, and Paul. (Reference - 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 1 Kings 19:7, 2 Chronicles 20:12, etc.)
We are not able to cope alone, we cope and get through the unbearable time through God, see Deuteronomy 31:6, Matthew 11:28, 2 Corinthians 12:9 and Philippians 4:13. Life, at times may be unbearable, but for us as Christians we can "cast our care on Him for He cares for us". Even through the unbearable time God will get us through it (not our strength or our ability). No one chooses to experience the pain of cancer, the loss of a child, financial tragedy, etc...the pain at that time seems unbearable, but God gives His comfort, His peace, His grace and His assurance to get us through those life altering times. Notice, God gets us through it .... still it occurred.
Bottom line, our faith will be streched. None of us wants to experience pain. I am so thankful that God "is ever present in my struggle, my pain, my adversity...God will never leave me....is my help in the time of trouble." I know this to be true because I have faced pain, a time in my life that seemed unbearable, a time I would have just as soon died, but God got me through it - not by my ability but by His. It still hurt, it was still painful, God didn't stop it, but I thank God He was there when I went through it. Praise God!
There is so much more to report on this topic. I welcome your thoughts and comments.
God Bless! Marty
