'There hath no temptation taken you but such as it common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Cor.10:13.
'Our heavenly Father measures and weighs every trial before He permits it to come upon the believer. He considers the circumstances and the strength of the one who is to stand under the proving and test of God, and He never permits the temptations to be greater than the capacity of resistance....
Oh, there is a great work to be done for the people of God, ere they are prepared for translation to heaven! The heat of the furnace upon some must be severe to reveal the dross. Self will have to be crucified....
The tender compassion of God is toward His people. Faith, wondrous faith - it leads the people of God in straight paths. Without this faith we shall certainly misunderstand His dealings with us, and distrust His love and faithfulness. Whatever may be the trials and sufferings, .... let there be no faintheartedness, no peevish repining, no complaining....
A single ray of the evidences of the undeserved favor of God shining into our hearts will overbalance every trial of whatever character and however severe it maybe.'
Our High Calling, p323. E.G.White.
