Monday, May 5, 2014

Tuhan Pasti Menolong | The Lord Will Surely Help

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Pembacaan Alkitab: Mazmur 69

Dari cara Daud menggambarkan keadaannya ketika ia berdoa meminta pertolongan Tuhan, sepertinya ini bukan doa Daud yang pertama meminta tolong dalam hal yang sama. Terlihat juga sepertinya bahwa apapun yang di hadapi oleh Daud pada saat itu sudah membuat Daud hampir tidak sanggup lagi, sehingga ia meminta agar Tuhan dengan segera menolongnya. Seringkali kita mengalami hal yang sama, di mana kita meminta pertolongan Tuhan, tetapi sepertinya belum datang juga dan kita terus memintanya daripada Tuhan. Bahkan terkadang sampai kita sudah ada di ujung batas kita dan menyerah kepada Tuhan. Tetapi bila kita tetap taat, setia dan beriman kepada Tuhan, maka kita akan temukan bahwa Tuhan tidak pernah terlambat dan Ia akan selalu menolong kita. Jadi, biarlah kita jangan putus asa ketika belum ada jawaban, tetapi teruslah berharap kepada Tuhan, berseru kepadanya dan beriman bahwa Ia pasti menjawab. Dan lihatlah bahwa apa yang kita lalui akan mendidik kita untuk makin beriman kepada Tuhan dan makin berharap kepada-Nya.


English

Bible Reading: Psalms 69

From the way David illustrated his situation when he prayed for help from the Lord, it seems that it was not David's first prayer for the same problem. It also seems that whatever David faced at that time made David to be at the edge of his ability to handle it, such that he asked the Lord to quickly come and help. Many times we experience the same thing, where we ask for the help of God, but it seems that it has not yet arrived and we kept on asking it from the Lord. Sometimes we were already at the end of our limit and surrendered to the Lord. But if we kept on being faithful, obedient and having faith to the Lord, then we will find that the Lord is never late and He will always help us. So, let us not give up when there is no answer yet, but keep on having hope in the Lord, crying our to Him and having faith that He will answer. And see that through what we go through, we are disciplined to have more faith and hope in the Lord.

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