Hari Ke-1 Khotbah di Bukit

3“Berbahagialah orang yang merasa tidak berdaya dan hanya bergantung pada Tuhan saja; mereka adalah anggota umat Allah!
Matius 5:3

Khotbah Yesus di bukit di mulai dengan standar keadaan rohani yang Tuhan inginkan dari kita. 

Di kehidupan duniawi ini, kita sering berpikir bahwa kehidupan ini adalah kita yang punya dan kitalah yang mengendalikannya. Tetapi saya yakin anda sering kali bertemu dengan situasi yang membuat anda merasa tidak berdaya. Apakah respon anda sewaktu anda berada di situasi semacam itu? Apakah anda mengeluh, menyalahkan Tuhan karena Dia tidak menarik anda dari kesulitan, menyalahkan orang di sekitar mu karena merekalah yang menempatkan anda di kesulitan ini? atau anda lari ke Tuhan dan memohon kepada Tuhan untuk mengambil alih masalah anda?

Ayat diatas bukanlah syarat untuk menjadi umat Allah. Ayat diatas adalah apa yang dilakukan oleh orang yang mengaku dia umat Allah. 

Kita sebagai umat Allah, pengikut Yesus, harus sadar bahwa kita tidak berdaya tanpa Tuhan. Tuhan ingin kita bersandar kepada-Nya. Tuhan sudah menyiapkan segala sesuatu yang kita perlukan untuk menjalankan hidup kita yang sementara ini. 

Apa yang bisa anda lakukan untuk menunjukkan bahwa anda ingin menyerahkan kendali kepada Tuhan?

1. Mulailah hari anda dengan baca Alkitab dan berdoa. 
2. Doa anda sebaiknya terdiri dari :
                - Ucapan syukur
                 (perlindungan Tuhan dari penyakit covid19, Berkat dari Tuhan seperti 
                  rumah, pakaian dan makanan, dll)
                - Pengakuan
                  mengakui bahwa kita tidak berdaya untuk menghadapi kesulitan kita.
                  Mengakui bahwa kita tau hanyalah kekuatan ilahi yang bisa menyelamatkan
                   kita. Mintalah pengampunan dari Tuhan karena selama
                  ini kita tidak memperdulikan Tuhan dan berpikir bahwa kita bisa
                  mengendalikan kehidupan kita dengan usaha sendiri.
            -  Permohonan
                Mintalah kepada Tuhan untuk membantu anda menyadari bahwa anda membutuhkan Tuhan. Mohon kepada Tuhan untuk mengajarkan anda langkah-langkah yang bisa anda lakukan untuk menyerahkan semua sisi kehidupan anda. 

Ketika anda mengakui kelemahan anda kepada Allah, anda akan menjadi kuat di dalam Kristus. 




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