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There hath no temptation taken you but such as is 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]. 1Corinthians 10:13

The first verse of this chapter Paul says he doesn't want the people to be ignorant that all our fathers were under the cloud and passed through the sea, and goes on to explain how the things that happened to the children of Isreal happened as an example to us, learn from their mistakes. The point is, however, the example is the children go through the sea, not around, not over, they didn't fly, the had to go through it. As do we all. God promises that he will help us bear it, not that we would avoid the problem all together.