GOD WILL PUT MORE ON YOU THAN YOU CAN BEAR!

“GOD WON’T GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN BEAR!”

I have heard so many people (myself included), say this very thing and yet this promise IS NOT found in God’s Word. The truth is God will often allow us to experience more than we can bear, so that we learn to rely upon Him.

IN TIMES OF TRIALS, PEOPLE SAY, “I KNOW GOD HAS PROMISED NOT TO PUT MORE ON ME THAN I CAN BEAR….” Oh really; tell Job that. God gave Satan permission to test Job. (Job 1:12) Do you think that Job lost his whole family; his wife, his children, his friends, his land and all his possessions and was able to endure by his own goodness or strength? No! Job was reduced to wholly relying upon God.

Hebrews 5:8 speaking of Jesus says, “Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.”

If Jesus, the very Son of God could only learn obedience through the suffering of trials, who are we to think that we should never suffer?The verse we misquote speaks of temptation; 1 Corinthians 10:13 promises; 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”

We sometimes get angry with God for NOT fulfilling His Word according to our misunderstanding of it. The truth is that life is full of situations and trials and sorrows which are beyond our ability and our capabilities; if we understand this, we understand our need of God, if we do not understand this, we may be tempted to think that God has failed us.

1Peter 4:12 warns us “BELOVED, DO NOT BE SURPRISED AT THE FIERY ORDEAL, WHICH COMES UPON YOU FOR YOUR TESTING, AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING WERE HAPPENING TO YOU.”

The next time you hear someone say, “GOD WON’T GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN BEAR!” gently say, “yes He will because He loves you that much, but He will see you though, if you place your trust in Him.” Amen!