Does God give us more than we can handle?

I just read an excellent post regarding God not giving us more than we can handle, click here to read for yourself.

I found myself saying this when first diagnosed with MS. Not only did I say it to myself, but to my husband and a few family members. No one ever corrected me - maybe because I was already down and they just wanted to let me talk?

I don't know what day it was, but I remember one evening crying out to the Lord, pleading with Him to take this away, and asking why He thought I was strong enough to face this trial?

I wasn't angry with God, but I did have some real questions that I wanted answers to. At the end of my prayer time I knew that there was a possibility that I would never know why this was happening, at least not on this side of heaven. So I closed my prayer with, "Lord, I know that you will see me through this trial because I know that you do no give me more than I can handle."

WRONG! As soon as I said Amen, I knew that this statement was false. It hit me that I had been believing this statement for several weeks, all the while doubting that I could handle this trial. Well, I had that doubt because there is nothing, a part from Christ, that I can accomplish on my own. Nothing!

God was using this trial to strengthen my faith and reliance upon Him. He wants me to need Him. He wants to be my help in time of need. He does give Christians things that we cannot handle so that we will rely upon Him. He is to be my rock that I run to. He is to be the One that has my love and affection. Bottom line, I need Christ to do, or get through each day of my life. He didn't promise this life on earth to be easy, but He did promise to never leave me or forsake me.

I was so thankful for that eye-opening moment with the Lord. And then, to further confirm this, a dear friend of mine reiterated this truth to me a few days later, and she wasn't aware of my thinking or prayer a few days prior.

Lesson learned: don't listen to ever cliche comment that believers make and take them as gospel truth. Yes, this is a nice and comforting statement, but it couldn't be farther from the truth.

This is why we all need to be daily searching the scriptures for ourselves.