"but God is faithful [to His word and his compassionate nature] and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will always provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place) that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently."
1 Corinthians 10:13 AMP
The parts that stood out to me when I read this, I made bold.
God is faithful.
He will always provide.
That you may be capable to bear up under it patiently.
God is faithful. We know that, we believe that, we preach it, we teach it, and it's our anchor in the midst of life's storms. The part we miss in there is what God is faithful to. We put our own agenda and time stamp in things and if they don't work out like we imagined we think God isn't faithful.
God had a lot of patience with us, but can we always say the same about us with God?
His word tells us, one if the fruits of the spirit is patience (Gal 5:22) and it says in Hebrews that we need to have patience and endurance so that we may perform and fully accomplish the will of God.
I think often time we expect so much from God but we don't give in return. We expect Him to hear our prayers, be patient with us, and extend His unconditional steadfast love, but we don't always reciprocate. And in turn, we feel like He is not faithful because He has not done what we wanted. It's a result of knowing He is faithful but not knowing what He is faithful for or to because we have neglected our relationship with Him so therefore we don't know Him.
To cultivate our relationship with God we have to spend time with Him. When we spend time with Him, we learn Him. When we know more about Him we are able to understand His character and nature better. Then ultimately we will know what He is faithful to and how He will always provide, and then we will be capable to bear temptations, storms, trials, and life patiently.
-B
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