Friday, July 30, 2010

I Just Need Him!

Life is inseparable with various obstacles and temptations, whether it comes from family, work, or relationships with others. God intentionally permit the exam in your life so you can learn through it and immediately going to the next level so that your character becomes more like him.

You might have just received troubling news, and it makes you think how to survive. You will find the answer on the strength of God's power. The tendency to think that you must finish everything with your own strength is not quite right. God wants you to be actively involved in every problem-solving process, and His passion is our awareness to life and relies only on God (Psalm 46:2-4).

How we find a way out in a chaotic world? Start with the Lord, take time to pray and seek Him, believe that only HIM can make us survive and come out as a winner in the difficult times, even deal with the days ahead.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Find Out Your Purpose!

If you want to find out what God’s will in your life, you first need to know why God created you. When you try to interpret the purpose of your life before understanding why you were created, then inevitably you will depend only on the fulfillment of basic necessities of life. Obviously this thing will only lead you to frustration and disappointment.

Fist and the foremost is, God created you so that you know Him and so you have an intimate relationship with Him. In fact, the Bible wrote, if one wants to brag about anything in his life, let him “brag of this and this only: That he understands and knows Me” (Jeremiah 9:24). Truly, the relationship between God and man has been missing since Adam and Eve fell into sin. Even so, the death of Jesus on the cross enables us to recapture an intimate relationship with God. The Apostle Paul understood the importance of an intimate relationship between men and God, “I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know the Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself.” (Philippians 3:10, The Message)

Build relationship with God is a very important point in understanding your purpose. If you do not have fellowship with Jesus, you’ll find your purpose just to satisfy your desires with the wrong motivation such as pride, money, etc. God wants you motivated to love Him and also want to praise Him in all your actions. When you build your relationship with God, He will begin to state His purpose on you. “Because I know all of My plans for you”, glorified the name of God!

Today, ask God to help you find out your purpose.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Telanjang di mata Tuhan

Kehidupan seorang kristen memiliki banyak warna dan tantangan. setiap hari seorang kristen akan berhadapan dengan berbagai hal-hal baru yang bisa dikategorikan sebagai tantangan atau cobaan atau bahkan siksaan batin, semuanya tergantung bagaimana masing-masing dari kita melihat hal-hal baru tersebut.

Berbohong kadang sudah dianggap biasa oleh masyarakat, bahkan ada istilah bohong putih atau berbohong untuk kebaikan. Walau Alkitab mengatakan bahwa berbohong itu adalah dosa (matius 19 : 18). Kebohongan kadang dilakukan karena beberapa alasan, mungkin untuk menutupi kejelekan diri / dosa, untuk menghindar dari masalah, atau sekedar untuk meyakinkan orang lain tentang sesuatu. Bentuknya pun bermacam-macam, tidak mengatakan kebenaran sepenuhnya (menutupi sebagian kebenaran), memanipulasi kebenaran, kelicikan, dll.

Sebenarnya merupakan suatu kebodohan bagi seorang kristen untuk berbohong, karena Tuhan selalu ada dekat dengan mereka dan Tuhan sangat mengetahui apa isi hati seseorang (mazmur 139 : 7-10). Kita semua telanjang di hadapan Tuhan, jadi apa gunanya menutupi diri dengan kebohongan? bukankah itu suatu tindakan yang sia-sia? itulah tipu muslihat si iblis, dia memanipulasi pikiran kita supaya kita percaya bahwa tidak akan ada yang tahu kebohongan kita.

Saat seorang kristen menyadari bahwa Tuhan selalu dekat dengannya, dan bahwa dia telanjang dan tidak bisa menutupi dirinya dari Tuhan, maka dia akan selalu berpikir sebelum melakukan suatu tindakan "bagaimana perasaan Tuhan dengan apa yang hendak kulakukan ini?". Sudah saatnya kita sadar akan ketelanjangan kita dimata Tuhan dan memulai setiap hari, setiap saat dalam kejujuran dan keterbukaan.

Amin