WHEN GOD TRUST YOU

by: Jose Carol /9 Maret 2014
 










Mengapa kita PERLU hidup ber-integritas, SEMENTARA kebanyakan orang tidak melakukannya, tapi hidup mereka baik-baik saja?

Sebenarnya simply karena: 

Tuhan pernah menyatakan orang yang bersih hidupnya, akan Ia pelihara

Ams 10:9
He who walks uprightly walks SECURELY, but he who takes a crooked way shall be FOUND OUT and PUNISHED. - AMP

Namun, percayakah kita atas perkataan Tuhan mengenai ini?
 

Character is the foundation of life. Karakter dibangun dengan perbuatan, bukan perkataan. Sementara itu, integritas adalah bahan baku membangun karakter.
 
Karena itu, seringkali kita mendengar ungkapan; "Can you WALK the TALK?"
 

Karenanya, seseorang dianggap berintegritas ketika

Perbuatan = Perkataan

Yak 1: 21-26
 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues DECEIVE themselves, and their religion is WORTHLESS. - NIV

Confidence ketika kita bisa mengatakan "I trust myself"....dan kita hanya bisa percaya kepada diri kita jika perbuatan  kita SUDAH sesuai dgn perkataan.

Mikha 6: 9-11
9 Dengarlah, Tuhan berseru kepada kota:
-- adalah bijaksana untuk takut kepada nama-Nya --:
“Dengarlah, hai suku bangsa dan orang kota!
10 Masakan Aku melupakan harta benda kefasikan di rumah orang fasik
dan takaran efa yang kurang dan terkutuk itu?
11 Masakan Aku membiarkan tidak dihukum
orang yang membawa neraca palsu atau pundi-pundi berisi batu timbangan tipu?

Kita mungkin seringkali bergumul untuk menjalani hidup berintegritas karena melihat mereka yang melakukan kefasikan hidupnya baik-baik saja.

Ada dua hal yang seringkali manusia gagal pahami bahwa:

1) Apa yang sekarang terlihat baik-baik saja hanya secuplik dari keseluruhan cerita. Sehingga apa yang terlihat baik-baik di awal, belum tentu berakhir baik-baik. Manusia terbatas oleh ruang dan waktu, sementara Tuhan tidak.
 
2) Reward and punishment Tuhan tidak langsung kelihatan.

Tuhan menginginkan manusia hidup kudus demi kebaikan manusia itu sendiri. Sesuatu yang murni pasti lebih bernilai dibanding yang tidak. Larangan Tuhan semata-mata untuk melindungi manusia, bukan untuk menghalangi.

Bagi Tuhan, melakukan kebenaran saja tidak cukup. Hati manusia senang ketika melakukan sesuatu yg benar.

Ams 21: 2-3
2  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs and tries the hearts. 3  To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. - MSG
Yer 17: 9
The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it? - NIV

Mzm 24: 1-6
1 The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.
3 Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not trust in an idol
or swear by a false god.
5 They will receive blessing from the LORD
and vindication from God their Savior.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, God of Jacob.
Mzm 15: 1-5
1 LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent?
Who may live on your holy mountain?
2 The one whose walk is blameless,
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart;
3 whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
4 who despises a vile person
but honors those who fear the LORD;
who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
and does not change their mind;
5 who lends money to the poor without interest;
who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
Whoever DOES these things
will NEVER BE shaken.

Confidence adalah ketika kita percaya pd diri sendiri. Kredibilitas adlh ketika org lain percaya pd kt. Integritas adlh ketika Tuhan percaya pdmu.
Can God trust you?

Jose Carol returned to Indonesia in 1999 after studying and working in Germany for 14 years. Currently Jose serves as the Senior Associate Pastor of Jakarta Praise Community Church. He is also the Head Director of True Worshippers Productions and Insight Unlimited — these companies seek to inspire and influence the gospel industry throughout the nations. Jose's passion is to see the people of God living excellent lives to influence the marketplace with the message of truth. Jose and his wife Hanna have two children.
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