"...lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one..." --bring us to follow Your way not to go with "my way"
(this writing is a reflection of the preach that I heard about two weeks ago)
Why should we ask Him not to lead us into temptation?
As a mortal human being, we often do not realize that we put ourselves into a problematic problem, which later on results in what it is called "a sin".
don't too fast to accuse Satan for all the sins that we have made. If you think it over, actually he just is sitting down, cheering us, and proudly looks at the sinful things we make everyday with a big big smile.
Yes, you may say he might be the project leader and the one who made the sinful proposal. But don't you think that we are still the boss who have the power to decide to do or turn down the plan, right?
Don't blame The Almighty Creator, if we fell into the temptations. God never tempt people and He cannot be tempted. What He is doing is testing us in order to purify and polish us to be shining like gold. It is true that Satan was asking a permission from God when he wanted to lure Job in order to prove JobÂ’s obedience towards God. It does not mean that God cooperates with Satan to tempt humans. In contrast, He has a full power over the good and evil, nothing can happen without his permission.
So, why does God let us fall into temptations?
Human is not created as a robot. God bless everyone with free will. A grace to choose, a gift to say no, even a gift to do everything that we want no matter it is bad or good. Remembering the Bruce Almighty movie, Bruce (Jim Carrey) could not force Grace Jenniferr Aniston) to love him again. That is something, which is totally up to each of us to do whatever with the gift.
The question is not about why God lets us into temptations but why we choose to tempt ourselves.
Say about the 3G cause; Girl, Gold, Glory or frankly, sex, money, and power. What is bigger and more tempting than these three sources that can bring us to the world most desirable pleasure.
If we know already those three are sources of temptations, why do we still bring ourselves into a temptation island (especially for students like us)?
- By watching temptation island on tv
- Visiting various porn websites
- Reading adults kind stories
- Forcing girlfriend or boyfriend to stay a night
- By asking dad to send more money by saying a lie the living cost is too high or the school's fee is increasing, and so on.....
- Or in contrast, working too hard, skipping many classes, and postpone to graduate just to stay longer in a country and earn money.....becoming money oriented.
- By using the image of rich parents to get more respect, even worse to intimidate others
