“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it” (1 Cor. 10:13). The word “test” serves as well as “temptation.” God provides ethical tests for us, and in them shows us Himself, the sufficiency of His Word, and shows us ourselves and our need of Him.
We are often lazy, and expect Him to show us some escape hatch experientially, as we read in accounts of people like Corrie ten Boom or others who have been sorely tested and delivered. Surely, He can do that. It is, though, His Word that is our manual of instruction.
Excerpt from "Trusting God or Trusting Ourselves"
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