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“不叫我们遇见试探”，（参太 6:13）这个祈求常使人们感到困惑。它可能被人误解，认为是神叫我们遇见试探。但神真会这样做吗？不是的。

我们默想这个祈求时，要很清楚一点：神不试探我们。这是无可争辩的。

但是，雅各书帮助我们明白，神确实会允许试探和试炼临到我们。神试验过亚伯拉罕，摩西，雅各，还有其他人。耶稣自己在旷野经历过试探，也在宗教领袖手中经受苦待，还有一个无法想像的患难，就是为偿还我们的罪债而舍弃自己的性命。

神允许试探和试炼作为砺炼我们信心的机会。祂并不是为了说：“你被我抓到了！”，或是突袭我们的薄弱之处，或控告我们失败，而是出于慈父般的爱。神能使用试炼和试探促成我们跟随耶稣时信心的成长。

当我们祷告：“不叫我们遇见试探”，我们是在谦卑地承认自己软弱和容易跌倒。我们是在向神表达全然的倚靠。我们是在祈求祂引领和帮助我们胜过人生的每一次试炼和试探。我们全心全意相信，祂绝不会撇下我们，或丢弃我们不顾，而是会永远爱我们，保护我们。

The petition "Lead us not into temptation" (Matthew 6:13) has often confused people. It can be misread to imply that God leads us into temptation. But would God actually do that? No.

As we reflect on this petition, let's be perfectly clear: God does not tempt us. Period.

But, as the book of James helps us understand, God does allow testing and trials. God tested Abraham, Moses, Job, and others. Jesus himself faced temptations in the wilderness, testing at the hands of religious leaders, and an unimaginable trial as he gave up his own life to pay the debt of our sins.

God allows testing and trials as opportunities for refining our faith. It's not so that he can say "Gotcha!" or pounce on our failings or make accusations. Out of fatherly love, God can use trials and testing to nudge us along in our growth in faith as followers of Jesus.

When we pray, "Lead us not into temptation," we're humbly admitting our own weakness and tendency to stumble. We're reaching out in sheer dependence on God. We're asking him to guide and help us through every trial and temptation of life. We're trusting and believing with all of our hearts that he will never leave us or forsake us but always love and protect us.