loolalooh
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Does God promise to not give us more than we can handle?
I've been down in the dumps lately, but as much as I try, I cannot let go of my faith in Him completely. It wavers, yes. I doubt sometimes, yes. I even store my Bible away and say "I'm done with this" on a few occasions. However, before the day's end, I am still a believer. I can't remove that which is in me. I can't deny the Holy Spirit. It just doesn't feel right to let go. Trials may stomp all over us and send us through the wringer, but they cannot take away our faith entirely. Here's some food for thought:
(From Does God promise to not give us more than we can handle?)
First Corinthians 10:13 in the NKJV reads, “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” This Scripture teaches us a powerful principle. If we belong to Him, God will not allow any difficulty to come into our lives that we are not capable of bearing.
So, anything that comes our way, anything that tempts us, any tragedy that befalls us—we are capable of overcoming it and achieving spiritual victory. That does not mean it will always be easy. Quite the contrary—the fact that we may need a “way of escape” indicates that God sometimes allows difficult trials to come into our lives. We may not believe that we can overcome it, we may doubt our own strength to prevail, and we may even fail in the temptation. That does not mean, though, that we are not capable of overcoming that particular temptation. Whether it is a temptation to sin or a temptation to doubt God, God promises that we will be able to overcome it.
But what does it mean to “overcome” trials? It means the trials do not overcome our faith or our position as children of God, and we come through the trials intact.
I've been down in the dumps lately, but as much as I try, I cannot let go of my faith in Him completely. It wavers, yes. I doubt sometimes, yes. I even store my Bible away and say "I'm done with this" on a few occasions. However, before the day's end, I am still a believer. I can't remove that which is in me. I can't deny the Holy Spirit. It just doesn't feel right to let go. Trials may stomp all over us and send us through the wringer, but they cannot take away our faith entirely. Here's some food for thought:
(From Does God promise to not give us more than we can handle?)
First Corinthians 10:13 in the NKJV reads, “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” This Scripture teaches us a powerful principle. If we belong to Him, God will not allow any difficulty to come into our lives that we are not capable of bearing.
So, anything that comes our way, anything that tempts us, any tragedy that befalls us—we are capable of overcoming it and achieving spiritual victory. That does not mean it will always be easy. Quite the contrary—the fact that we may need a “way of escape” indicates that God sometimes allows difficult trials to come into our lives. We may not believe that we can overcome it, we may doubt our own strength to prevail, and we may even fail in the temptation. That does not mean, though, that we are not capable of overcoming that particular temptation. Whether it is a temptation to sin or a temptation to doubt God, God promises that we will be able to overcome it.
But what does it mean to “overcome” trials? It means the trials do not overcome our faith or our position as children of God, and we come through the trials intact.
