Never once does the Doctrine of "God will never give you a challenge you can't handle" show up in the scriptures. If this Doctrine were true, there would be absolutely no need for our savior. We would be able through our own works to overcome sin and pain all on our own, with nothing but optimism and a good mood.
This, of course, is blatantly wrong. No doubt those attributes can take us a long way. But the Book of Mormon teaches something different.
2 Nephi 9:7 Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement—save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more
No amount of our own works could save us from an eternal rotting, and our lives eventually through laws of entropy and sin crumble to its mother earth. Only an infinite amount of grace from the death of a perfect being could have the power for us to overcome, and become saved and exalted.
Don't ever just rely on yourself. Life is a challenge that no one can handle alone. No matter how tough you think you are or how good your GPA is, the Lord Jesus Christ has literally taken on every challenge, so that he can be with us every step of the way in our existence.
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