God does not give us more than we can bare eh?

[gottmituns]

Well then God thinks I'm a superman because he give me ALOT of temptation...

I struggle with desire everyday well... not desire but boredom. In my boredom I seek out lustful things and temptations... And the worst part of it the entire time I am doing it I think "I'm sorry God, I'm sorry" but I continue on anyways.
I know what I'm doing is wrong to the point that it is now destroying my health and my ability to have decent relationships with the opposite sex.

 

[Robin Shawn]

God does not tempt us, as the Bible states. Your temptation comes from your flesh, or, as in some cases, the devil and his demons. If you give in to that temptation and do what you know is wrong, you give the devil entrance into your life, and your sin will destroy you.

I know it can be very difficult to resist temptation, but the more you suffer, the more you know not sinning is what you need to do. In your brokenness, God will help you.

Shawn

 

[EmilyF]

I don't think that the bit about God not giving us more than we can handle is true or Biblical. If He only gave us what we could handle, we'd never turn to Him.

 

[Human Clay]

Well then God thinks I'm a superman because he give me ALOT of temptation...

I struggle with desire everyday well... not desire but boredom. In my boredom I seek out lustful things and temptations... And the worst part of it the entire time I am doing it I think "I'm sorry God, I'm sorry" but I continue on anyways.
I know what I'm doing is wrong to the point that it is now destroying my health and my ability to have decent relationships with the opposite sex.

James 1:13

King James Version (KJV)


13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any ma

James 1:14

King James Version (KJV)


14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed

1 Corinthians 10:13

King James Version (KJV)


13There 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.


James 4:7

King James Version (KJV)


7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

 

[AOFMK]

I believe this to be true that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear and always offers us a way out. Our problem is that the flesh is week even once we are saved, and that battle will go on until the day we die. Kind of like the poem about the two natures within.....the one we feed will dominate. If we can choose to not give in to this temptation then we are feeding that Spirit within and it will begin to dominate our lives.
I do however believe that God will allow things in our lives that are more than we can bear. This is often misinterpreted, but I feel that verse in context is strictly about temptation. Paul writes in Romans I believe, of conditions while he was imprisoned that were so bad that they despaired of life itself. That sounds to me like it was more than they could bear.
I hope you find the strength to not give in to your temptation. As someone else said you are not alone in this struggle, and perhaps you could find some Christian accountability partners to help you through this.
Take comfort in the fact that if we are Christians the Spirit of God resides in us and the more we feed that Spirit by allowing it to control us and trying to be Christlike, the more success we will have in winning those battles. Keep up the good fight.

In Christ,

Mark

 

[C-hope]

This sentiment is definitely what keeps me going. I have to keep reminding myself everyday.