Thursday, August 25, 2016

God has a plan

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV

When life is difficult this is one of my 'go to' verses. Those truths - He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, and He will also provide a way out so that you can endure it - how much comfort do those words bring when the heat is on?

The Amplified Bible expands the second part of the verse ....

But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. 1 Corinthians 10:13b AMP

Basically, He has it all covered. We just need to walk with Him, keep taking every thought and action to Him, asking for wisdom, listening to what He says, doing what He says, and wait with a supernatural abundance of patience.

It sounds so simple. But I know it isn't, we have our own ideas, our own plans and a free will. We have to learn to yield, which is definitely not so simple.

So today, let's thank God for being faithful and for providing all we need for every aspect of our lives, in the past, today and in the future. And let's ask Him to teach us how to better yield to His plans, trusting that He is a good God, always.

No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Message

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