Pastor Mark Putman Have you heard these? “When God closes a door, He opens a window.” “God helps those who help themselves.” “This too shall pass.” They are not scriptural truths, but we want to think they are because they sound so nice and comforting and hopeful. Just like this one—”God won’t give you more than you can handle!” When reading through the Bible, it is pretty evident that this saying is not at all true. Because the truth is, God does give us more than we can handle—on our own. Just look at people in Scripture, and even Jesus Himself, to realize that God does indeed allow us to experience some overwhelming and hard-to- handle situations. We will see there are two main reasons for these tough situations. They cause us to depend on God’s presence, and they allow us to experience His power.