1 Corinthians 10:13;
"No temptation (Greek: trial or testing) has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it."
If you are in the midst of a problem, bring God into the problem with you by repentance and genuine praise. That is, get right with God, and praise Him in the problem. If you are saved, the very fact that there is a problem means there is an escape. Look at the scripture again: “God is faithful….but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape.” With the trial comes a way out. It matters not why you are in the problem. If Satan has turned up the heat in you life, it is with God’s permission. It is possible, as in the case of Paul, that God has sent a messenger of Satan to buffet you. Perhaps He is pruning, breaking, shaping, molding, remaking you into the image of His dear Son, Jesus. Regardless of the reason, what Satan means for evil (like Joseph in the O.T.), God intends for good in the life of His Children. Praise Him in the problem.
The idea is not to get out of the problem, but to get God in the problem with you and to see that He receives maximum glory. Again, the idea is to praise Him in the problem – not when you get out. Note again, the last part of the quoted verse above: “…that you may be able to endure it.” Then He will give you grace to endure it, for He knows what you are able to endure/bear. Circumstances may say to you that it’s over. And Satan will try to tell you in many different ways it is over. But as Yogi Berra used to say: “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” And our God has the last Word in the matter.
