Does God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?
So yes, God does give us more than we can handle, but only so we can handle much more eternally significant matters - through Him!
So yes, God does give us more than we can handle, but only so we can handle much more eternally significant matters - through Him!
– By Joe Fornear The storyline of one TV show is not so different from that of hundreds of people who are diagnosed daily. A 50-year-old father and husband is informed his cancer is inoperable, so he launches a plan…
So how does a caretaker handle an impossible load? The answer must be to tap into the supernatural. Human love has its limits. Divine love does not. He wants to give us His love to flow through us to others. Just ask and keep asking -- moment by moment.
Interestingly, before God restores Job’s health, family and fortunes, He asks him to pray for the well-being of his friends, releasing them from the scars they inflicted. After all, the Lord did not want Job’s nightmare to continue. Whether real or imagined, revenge only breeds more pain. So don’t release the Kraken… on yourself!
That thing I'm clinging to... isn't really gone, it's put into the hands of the One Who gives His life to it in a way that keeps it safe from my worship and control.
If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success. - Ecclesiastes 10:10
What is true for physical limits “carries” over to spiritual and emotional limits. We can only haul so many burdens before control squirts out of our hands. Nerves shatter. Tempers are lost. We stumble under the weight.
Jesus certainly shed real tears in His adult life, so why would crying as a baby be a problem?
His touch is a game-changer. He grants supernatural power, strength and endurance enabling us to overcome impossible circumstances.
God intended blame to die at Calvary, so let's allow our guilt trips to stop at the cross too.