Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Matthew 6:13 RSV
No literature is more realistic and honest in facing the harsh facts of life than the Bible. At no time is there the faintest suggestion that the life of faith exempts us from difficulties. What it promises is preservation from all the evil in them.
On every page of the Bible there is recognition that faith encounters troubles. The sixth petition in the Lord's Prayer is "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." That prayer is answered every day, sometimes many times a day, in the lives of those who walk in the way of faith.
A Long Obedience
"Preserved from Evil", God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson
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