Does The Bible Say That God Won't Give You More Than You Can
Handle?
James 10:13 says that God will not allow us to be tempted
beyond what we can handle and that He will provide a way of escape. But nowhere
in the Bible does it say that God will
not give us more than we can handle. But many Christians erroneously believe
that it's in the word of God due to misquoting James 10:13.
The truth of the matter is that our God in His infinite
wisdom knows that we, His children cannot overcome trials and difficulties in
our on strength. Jesus exhorts us,
"Come to me all who are weary and heavy-laden
and I will give you rest. (Mathew 11:28)
He also warns us, "In this world,
you will have tribulation but be of good cheer for I have overcome the
world." (John 16:33)
It is evident through just these two scriptures alone that
God knows that we cannot handle our darkest trials alone....but He can! Therefore, the more correct statement is that God won't give us more than He can handle.
It is in those pain wracked
moments of our lives when we feel that we just can’t take it anymore and cry
out to Him, fall at His feet in sweet surrender clinging to Him in desperation that
we are filled His supernatural peace, strength, and comfort.
In the process, we encounter His very heart. He fills us with His love and grace causing us to bow down in praise and adoration giving God all the glory for meeting us in the depth of our pain and despair and carrying us through it giving us victory in Jesus.
In the process, we encounter His very heart. He fills us with His love and grace causing us to bow down in praise and adoration giving God all the glory for meeting us in the depth of our pain and despair and carrying us through it giving us victory in Jesus.
"And He said unto me, My Grace is sufficient for you,
for my strength is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)
