Beberapa minggu ke belakang jadi mendengar banyak jeritan kesedihan dan penderitaan dari banyak orang. Entah sok tau, entah sok ngerti, entah gimana, yang pasti penolakan jawaban dari Tuhan itu sakit. Sedikit terhibur karena tetap ada yang tetap memercayai hati Tuhan meskipun dibuat sedemikian rupa menyakitkan bagi dia. Tapi, ada juga yang akhirnya marah kepada Tuhan. Dan, ternyata ga sedikit yang marah ke Tuhan.
Well, I was there, facing your own wall. Even I don't really know how painful they are, I just can sit down and see them wondering why while trying to keep the faith on God..
Maybe I am too confident or what, but is it Your will, God, to serve the broken-hearted man after all you've done for me? The power of self-driving is so powerful for me. I have to admit that. However, do they have similiar struggles with me? Listening to their brokenness really drives me looking behind.
God is so enermous! We can not always understand His way. "Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not." said Timothy Keller on his Facebook
Tapi yah sampai sejauh mana kita memilih untuk bersikeras terhadap keinginan pribadi kita padahal jawaban doa kita sudah jelas berbeda dengan kehendak Allah?
Di sini lah seni dari kesetiaan kita kepada Allah diuji. Di sini lah hati kita dipersiapkan. Tapi, satu hal yang pasti, akhirnya manis. Firman mengatakannya demikian dan aku pun telah merasakannya juga.
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Mirror Reflects Light
Be refreshed again by 'our daily bread'.
As you see, we have to guard (carefully) our heart, otherwise we are one step closer to sin. I pointed out that the heart inside is basically the source of our attitude outside. It may be showed up when we are dealing with something.
However, am I really have a pure heart now?
When I read today devotional scripture from Ezekiel 36: 22-31, I just feel like that I have a rotten heart as they had.
Additionally, In Matthew 15:18-19, Jesus explained what pollutes person. "The things that come out from a person's mouth come from the heart, and this defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts - murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander" (NIV). Ouch! That is the condition from a heart separated from God - the situation ancient Israelites found themselves in when their sins forced them into exile (Ezek 36: 23).
Sometimes, I describe myself as a Pharisee. I have a good knowledge about this issue, but actually my heart is separated from God. That idol came to the surface again.
Last week, I discussed about 'New Life' in my cell group. We were all dead in our transsgresions and sins (Ephesians 2:1). We should have been perished! However, only by the grace of God, we are all saved (Ephesians 2:5).
Today devotional and my discussion last week in the cell group are related, right? In brief, I would like to say that having a new life is having a new heart.
Intent of God for me to make me understand this? Maybe.
Okay, I thought that that was enough until I read today prayer
"Father in heaven, thank You that when we confess to You, You give us a new heart and a new life. I pray that the life I live reflects the goodness of Your gift and that others may see the difference a new heart has made in me."
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Mirror Reflects Light
As you see, we have to guard (carefully) our heart, otherwise we are one step closer to sin. I pointed out that the heart inside is basically the source of our attitude outside. It may be showed up when we are dealing with something.
However, am I really have a pure heart now?
When I read today devotional scripture from Ezekiel 36: 22-31, I just feel like that I have a rotten heart as they had.
Additionally, In Matthew 15:18-19, Jesus explained what pollutes person. "The things that come out from a person's mouth come from the heart, and this defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts - murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander" (NIV). Ouch! That is the condition from a heart separated from God - the situation ancient Israelites found themselves in when their sins forced them into exile (Ezek 36: 23).
Sometimes, I describe myself as a Pharisee. I have a good knowledge about this issue, but actually my heart is separated from God. That idol came to the surface again.
Last week, I discussed about 'New Life' in my cell group. We were all dead in our transsgresions and sins (Ephesians 2:1). We should have been perished! However, only by the grace of God, we are all saved (Ephesians 2:5).
Today devotional and my discussion last week in the cell group are related, right? In brief, I would like to say that having a new life is having a new heart.
Intent of God for me to make me understand this? Maybe.
Okay, I thought that that was enough until I read today prayer
"Father in heaven, thank You that when we confess to You, You give us a new heart and a new life. I pray that the life I live reflects the goodness of Your gift and that others may see the difference a new heart has made in me."
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