Wednesday, July 27, 2016

More Than We Can Handle?

"You know God will not give you more than you can handle." This is a piece of advice that I have heard over and over. I was in the car and heard it during a song and it got me to thinking. I began to wonder if it was true or whether it was just an overused phrase inside the feel goodish religion of the day. So as my mind turned this subject over and over I came to a couple conclusions. 

First thing to ask is that a true statement. Will God only give you what you can handle? Or, will He give you more than you can handle? I find this to be a false statement. I came to this conclusion based on my personal past and upon observations I have made of other people’s lives. There are things in this world that happen to us that we just are not capable of handling. I am not just talking about death, cancer, divorce, sickness or that type. I am looking at the day to day things of our lives. The financial, work, personal and all of those things. God does not call us to be a comfortable Christian. He gives us these things as ways to move us out of our comfort zone. We move out of these comfortable spots based solely on faith. Well, here we are at that sticking point. Having faith. Believing that God is going to be there to help and fulfill His end of the bargain. Its where the rubber meets the road. Sure the preacher on Sunday does a great job, the music is great, my spot is always available, we give to missions but when God speaks and says believe, what then? Do we go outside of the comfort zone? Do we talk to those around us that are lost? Look at this list and see if any apply.


1.  Are you attending church without an expectation of God "showing up and showing out"?
2  You are no longer concerned with the spiritual condition of your family, friends, neighbors or those people in your life.
3  When's the last time you have talked to a lost person about Jesus?
4  Does your Bible have a coat of dust on it? When is the last time you dug deeper into a subject?
5  Your happiness on Sunday morning is more important than the amount of work it takes to reach the unchurched.
6  The poor, homeless and needy just doesn't concern you.
7  The foreign mission field is in another country, not your own backyard.
8  It’s hard to let go of that tithe check each week. Are you tithing sacrificially?
9  Your prayer life is very still and stale.
10          You don't even recognize the fact that God wants to do great things through you and in your life.

Secondly, if we going to be given more than we can handle, how do we handle it? The Christian must come to realize that Jesus Christ lives in us!! The same man who walked on water, healed the sick, loved the poor, took an enormous beating, suffered a crucifixion, died, rose and defeated death, ascended to Heaven and is coming again, lives within you. That’s awesome. That’s powerful. That is life changing and should change our perspective on how we live this life! Then just to top it off God sent the Holy Spirit to help guide us and help us deal with these things.  

So there is the answer. God does give us more than we can handle. He does it to move us out of our comfort zones. He does it to test our faith. He does it so that we will rely on Jesus Christ who lives in us. He does it so we will learn to listen to the Holy Spirit and rely on Him. 

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