Handle vs Tempted

I was discussing with someone recently the passage, "God won't give you more than you can handle"  

However, it actually goes like this;

📖 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

See the difference in what many of us say compared to the words used in scripture? Handle vs Tempted.  Does that mean they are completely different?

I don't think so....here are a few of my thoughts. 

Let's start with "God IS faithful" (the emphasis mine.)

"He will not let you be TEMPTED beyond what you can bear"

I don't think that what we revert to saying and actual scripture are that different. 

We are giving encouragement to ourselves and others when we say "He won't give you more than you cand handle", that our load won't overwhelm us.

But what about when the things of life are causing us to feel like we are drowning? Can 1 Corinthians 10:13 help?

It does me!

When I am tempted to let dispare overwhelm me.

When I am tempted to lash out in anger in the middle of my pain and hurt.

When I am tempted to let fear take over all rational thought

When I am tempted to allow bitterness ruin relationships.

According to the verse we do not have to lose to that temptation!  Because He will not allow more than we can withstand.

PLUS; He gives us a way out so that we are not overcome by it. 

Tempted by dispare

📖 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.  But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

Tempted by anger

📖 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.  Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
    if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.

In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Romans 12:18-21

Tempted by fear

📖 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
    I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters,
    I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze. Isaiah 43:1a-2

Tempted by bitterness

📖  Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Hebrews 12:14-15

When we are tempted to say; " I am done, I have had enough...

Jesus says

📖 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  Matthew 11:28-30

AMENl