God Will Give You More than You can Handle: We’ve all been there – you have a moment or season, or maybe you are in the midst of them now, where you have felt hurt, discouraged, overwhelmed and in over your head. And, inevitably, someone with good intentions will say to us, “Don’t worry, God won’t give you more than you can handle.” Maybe even you were the one saying it! The phrase is meant to comfort and encourage, but there is one problem – it is not true.