God Doesn't Give Us More Than We Can Handle? Wait. What?

 

As Christians we often hear people that will say that God doesn't give us more than we can handle. They never quote the verse in the bible that actually says that because.... there is no verse that does say it. 

Life is hard. And it has been, not just for me but for our whole family as well. We have four adult children, each with their own unique family situations that they go through on a daily basis by which they struggle.

My youngest is my son, who is now 41 years old. He has been going through some horrific problems for the past year and more. But despite the pain and sometimes anger that he has felt, he has tried hard to latch on to what he learned growing up, that God is for him and will help him get through it. 

He got some good news yesterday that his situation is finally turning around. It lightened his load for sure. The load that God did not take away from him but has been carrying him through it. 

He told me that during all this time, he felt there were times he would break but now considering the situation, and reflecting back over it, it is amazing how God hasn't let him break but has been working it out.

I know the relief in his voice because we have talked about it many times inf the past year and until recently, the stress was taking a toll on him. Not only physically but mentally. 

Praying for him, and his own prayers to God did not magically take away his situation or relieve what the effects it was having about it.

Instead, God has brought him through it, and will continue to do so until it is completely resolved.  Because the battle belongs to God and my son can and now does rest with that knowledge as he sees that yes, God has been in it throughout the whole time it has been going on.

We live in a broken world. God is going to let us experience the things that sometimes make us feel like we are going to break if He doesn't answer our cries right now. 

But as we go to him, in our labor and are weighed down by the problems we are facing, he promises to give us rest.  (Mathew 11;28)

If you are struggling today, rest assured that if you belong to the Lord, he is your constant companion and is always with you. (Mathew 28:2) He has his reasons for whatever you are facing. But he will never, ever leave you. 

And in his time, he will work those things out for those that love him. 

Thanks for coming, Friends. God bless you!