This verse says God won't let you be tempted
beyond what you can handle.
Is this claim reliable?
Consider: The verse doesn't promise freedom from
temptation, only freedom from IRRESISTIBLE temptation.
Small consolation, since it's often hard to tell
the difference.
Why? Resistible temptation can nonetheless
persist, so much so that it's easy to conclude, erroneously, that it
has permanence and power. From that mistaken logic, It's not much of a
leap to believe such temptation is also irresistible. Thus some smut
strugglers believe that porn, because it is persistent, is also
permanent and powerful.
The verse above helps us know
otherwise.
It reminds us that while some temptations (like
smut) hang around like company overstaying its welcome (and, as
Benjamin Franklin would say, smelling like dead fish), its permanence
and power are illusory.
Believing this should give porn strugglers hope.
Smut can be evicted from their lives, since it is powerless and
transient.
If you're such a struggler, claim this hope one
temptation — and one day — at a time. With God's help, you will
someday quit porn.