Indiana Jones and the Countless Escapes

Last Friday I watched Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the lost Ark, maybe you've seen it. Not only does it have an mouthful of a title, but an eyeful of effects and stunts. If you've ever seen Indiana Jones you know what I'm talking about. This guy is amazing. He fights large masses of people by himself twice, finds the ark in a pit of snakes, get traps and escapes with his girl, fights a guy nearly three-times his sized, saves himself and his girl from being blown up, fights a guy after he's been shot in the arm, climbs under a moving car (after he's been shot in the arm), climb aboard a Nazi submarine, saves him and his girl from "the wrath of God", and makes it safely home to Washington D.C. and has a drink with his girl. Whew! As you're watching those kinds of movies, you're probably thinking—like I was—no way this is possible. You can't survive that many close calls. Well, everything you thought is about to change because you can.

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation (or trials) has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted (or tested) beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted (or tested) he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

See? We're all Indiana Jones, we can, because of God, get out of anything. God won't let you face anything that beyond your ability to endure. So if you, like Indiana, and have to fight a 250 pound muscle freak, you can't say, "Oh God! I can't fight him! Make him go away or something." God says, "Nope. You can do it. If you couldn't I wouldn't have let it happen. You have to trust me." And if you're stuck in a pit full of snakes and there's no way out, God will provide you with a way out. (maybe by smashing down an Egyptian god statue)
God always provides a way out, an escape. He also doesn't give you anything you can't handle. Have we got that down? This is important stuff. In fact, I would, If I were you, —which I'm not which might be a good thing I dunno— memorize this verse.
Gasp! memorize? Did she say memorize? Like Sunday school memory verse memorize? Yep. Here's why if you're in a situation where you think, "I can't do this." 1 Corinthians 10:13 will pop into your head and you'll think, "Oh yeah I can." So that means, no more excuses! (Dang it!) And if right now you're thinking, "I can't memorize that verse." Look again at what the verse says. Besides, if kids who can't even read can memorize verses, you can too.
One more thing, the first part of the verse basically says that whatever we face, other people have faced it too. You're not the only one that's been tempted to steal cookies from the cookie jar (terrible I know). Others have gone through the exact same thing. So there's can be no, "Woe is me! No one else has gone through this mess like I have! Boohoo!" Pretty much what this verse does, is stop people from making ridiculous excuses.
And if you're still thinking,"This is impossible! I can't be like Indiana Jones and escape from everything! It's all made up!" Well there's plenty of examples in the bible:

• Israelites and the Red sea
• David and Goliath
• Gideon and the Midianites
• Samson and all the lions and such he killed
• Esther and Israelites
• Paul and his escape from jail
• Paul and the bite from the serpent that he didn't die from
• Paul and the shipwrecks (weren't there three?)
• Peter and the basket
• Joshua and Jericho

......Anyway, you get the idea, just read the entire bible, there are a lot more examples. So just as a sum up: Nothing you have face isn't anything new or different that any other person before you. God will never give you anything you can't handle, he's always with you too. God always provides you with an escape. But not always robust theme music when you do, unfortunately.