He Won't Give Us More Than We Can Handle
Writer Author Sylvia Huffnagle
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How many times have you heard someone say, “Well, God said He won’t put any more on us than we can bear” or He won’t give us any more than we can handle?
They are misquoting 1Cor: 10:12-14: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 13: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 14: Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
Paul was saying that temptations come to everyone, but God will not let the pressure of the temptation overcome you if you are doing your part. In fact He will show you the way out of it. Are you doing your part? Do you have on the full armor of God? Are you a doer of the word as well as a hearer? Do you meditate in His word and protect your heart from bad influences? Do you love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and all your being? If you do these things temptation can’t pull you down unless you let it.
Now does that sound anything like God won’t put any more on you than you can handle?
God isn’t the one who is tempting you either:
Jas: 1:12-17: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 13: Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15: Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16: Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Misquoting that scripture is a total injustice against God and the hearer. It sounds as if God is the troublemaker. Many people actually think God puts hardship on them to test them. They do not know the Bible. The Bible makes it clear who is the troublemaker and who is you stay and help.
Sylvia Huffnagle
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