God Will Not Suffer Us to Be Tempted above What We Can Bear
1 Corinthians 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.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell wrote:
“. . . [I]t is not uncommon for individuals to feel that the temptations and the trials they face are simply too much for them to manage. Happily, we can feel overwhelmed and yet not be overwhelmed, but self-pity adds to our vulnerability. Paul gave us, therefore, a much-needed promise when he wrote this to the Saints at Corinth: ‘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 temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it’ [1 Corinthians 10:13; italics added].
“Certain temptations are common to those who come to this earth. It is our task to deal with these common temptations in an uncommon manner. The Lord has promised to succor us in our temptations, reminding us that He ‘knoweth the weakness of man and how to succor them who are tempted’ [D&C 62:1]. He truly knows our infirmities firsthand because He has actually borne them [see Alma 7:11–12].
“By succoring us, however, He does not mean He will indulge us. In fact, He will sometimes jar us out of our dreaminess.”
(We Will Prove Them Herewith [1982], 40–41.)
