ABLE TO BEAR IT

 

Saturday, April 5, 2025

 

ABLE TO BEAR IT

 

1 Cor 10:13

13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

 

          Every one of us believes that we may have suffered more than the next person. Surely, while we are going through whatever it is we are going through, this is how we feel. Ah, this verse offers both warning and hope and it deserves a deeper investigation. So, let’s begin.

 

          The word “temptation” is the Greek word peirasmos and indicates “a discipline, provocation, or adversity.” So, it is trouble! Paul said it is common to man and seems to urge us to patiently endure it.

 

          Paul reminds us that God is faithful which is wonderful news. Often we feel alone while we are enduring difficulty but the truth is that most of us have more friends and more help available to us than we think. The word “faithful” here is the Greek word “pistos” means “trustworthy, sure, and true.” Everyone needs a God like this.

 

          Adam Clarke says: “He will provide you with sufficient strength to resist it; as the trial comes in, he will make your way out. The words are very remarkable, poieesei sun too peirasmoo kai teen ekbasin, He will, with the temptation, make the deliverance, or way out." God will not suffer, or allow you to be “scrutinized” beyond your ability to endure.

 

          The word “to bear it,” is the Greek hupophero which means “to bear from underneath.” It is curious to me that the word hero is part of the Greek word.

 

Dear Lord, please help your “heroes” to bear their difficulties from underneath today. AMEN