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Why Does God Give More Than You Can Handle | Steve Mathewson

Sermon Title - When God Gives You More Than You Can Handle (1 Samuel 30) As believers we are often told that God will not give us more than we can handle. Pastor Steve Mathewson suggests from his understanding of Scripture in conjunction with an array of pastoral experience that not only does God give us situations we cannot handle, but he does so to teach us how to live as a people who depend on him. David’s experience in 1 Samuel 30 provides readers of Scripture with an example of what happens when someone indeed experiences an overwhelming set of circumstances. When David reaches a breaking point, his response is to go to the Lord for help and guidance. He gives us more than we can handle for a purpose. As we depend on him in these situations we, like David, gradually learn to be gracious people. That is, when we Christians depend on God, He shows us his grace and transforms us into gracious people, a quality we all need, but especially as we move into pastoral ministry. Steve D. Mathewson (PhD Stellenbosch University; DMin Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is Senior Pastor at Crosslife Evangelical Free Church and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Western Seminary. He is author of and Risen: 50 Reasons Why The Resurrection Changed Everything (Baker, 2013) and The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative (2nd edition) (Baker Academic, 2021). The Henry Center for Theological Understanding provides theological resources that help bridge the gap between the academy and the church. It houses a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—for the good of the church, for the soul of the theological academy, for the sake of the world, and ultimately for the glory of God. The HCTU seeks to ground each of these initiatives in Scripture, and it pursues these goals collaboratively, in order to train a new generation of wise interpreters of the Word—lay persons and scholars alike—for the sake of tomorrow’s church, academy, and world. Visit the HCTU website: https://henrycenter.tiu.edu/ Subscribe to the HCTU Newsletter: https://bit.ly/326pRL5 Connect with us!   / henry_center     / henrycenter     / thehenrycenter     / thehenrycenter