17 Juni 2023
Bacaan Hari ini: Yohanes 8:31-32
👉 "Maka kata-Nya kepada orang-orang Yahudi yang ==> percaya kepada-Nya:
🫵 "Jikalau kamu tetap dalam firman-Ku,
✅ kamu benar-benar adalah ==> murid-Ku
☑️ dan kamu ==> akan mengetahui kebenaran,
✔️ dan kebenaran itu akan
==> memerdekakan kamu."
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✏️ Anda tidak bisa memahami
==> potensi Anda yang sepenuhnya
📝 hanya Pencipta Anda yang ==> bisa.
👉 Hanya Tuhan,
🫵 pencipta Anda,
✍️ yang tahu ==> segala kemampuan Anda.
👌 Orang tua Anda,
👌 pasangan Anda,
👌 teman Anda,
👌 dan atasan Anda
✍🏻 hanya melihat sekilas dari
==> potensi Anda.
👉🏻 Kebanyakan orang menjalani kehidupan yang ==> haus akan persetujuan dari orang lain.
🫵🏻 Mereka menghabiskan seluruh waktu mereka dengan mengkhawatirkan ==> apa yang orang lain pikirkan tentang mereka.
🔖 Mereka mengisi hari mereka dengan memutar ulang memori di kepala mereka ==> tentang orang-orang yang telah membohongi mereka.
🔖 Mereka kerap mengingat-ingat kembali ==> apa yang dikatakan orang lain tentang mereka,
💭 bahwa mereka ==> tidak bisa melakukan apa-apa atau
💭 mengatakan bahwa mereka
==> tidak cukup baik.
✏️ Namun, apa yang mereka katakan itu ==> semuanya bohong!
📝 Orang-orang yang membuat pernyataan tentang Anda itu ==> tidak tahu tentang potensi Anda sepenuhnya.
👉 Untuk mengetahui ==> potensi Anda yang sebenarnya,
🫵 Anda harus berbicara dengan
==> Pencipta Anda.
✍️ Hanya Dia yang tahu ==> apa yang bisa Dia lakukan melalui hidup Anda.
🗝️ Dan hanya Dia yang dapat ==> membuka potensi itu.
🤔 Bagaimana cara Tuhan
==> melakukannya?
💡 Yesus berkata dalam ==> Yohanes 8:31-32,
🫵 "Jikalau Anda ==> tetap dalam firman-Ku,
👉 "Maka kata-Nya kepada orang-orang Yahudi yang ==> percaya kepada-Nya:
🫵 "Jikalau kamu tetap dalam firman-Ku,
✅ kamu benar-benar adalah ==> murid-Ku
☑️ dan kamu ==> akan mengetahui kebenaran,
✔️ dan kebenaran itu akan
==> memerdekakan kamu."
✍️ Firman Tuhan akan membuka kunci ==> tentang segala
👉 yang telah Anda lakukan dan
🫵 yang akan terjadi.
✏️ Lewat itu,
📝 Anda akan dapat ==> melakukan hal-hal yang Anda kira mustahil.
🙄 Bagaimana caranya?
1️⃣ Pertama, pelajari firman Tuhan.
✋ Tuhan tidak akan ==> membuka potensi Anda
👉 sampai Anda benar-benar
☝️ membuka Alkitab dan
✌️ mempelajarinya.
🫵 Anda dapat mulai melakukannya dengan ==> mempelajari apa yang Alkitab katakan.
2️⃣ Kedua, terima firman Tuhan.
📝 Alkitab harus menjadi otoritas
==> dalam kehidupan Anda.
✏️ Anda mungkin tidak menyukai
==> apa yang Anda baca,
👉 tetapi jika Anda menginginkan yang terbaik dari Tuhan ==> atas hidup Anda
🫵 maka, Anda perlu menerima apa yang dikatakan-Nya sebagai
==> satu-satunya otoritas kehidupan Anda.
3️⃣ Ketiga, taati firman Tuhan.
❎ Anda tak bisa ==> hanya
📍 mempelajari firman Tuhan dan
📍 menerima konsekuensinya.
✅ Anda harus melakukan
==> apa yang Alkitab ajarkan.
❎ Anda tidak diberkati untuk bagian-bagian Alkitab yang ==> Anda ketahui.
✅ Anda diberkati untuk bagian-bagian Alkitab yang ==> Anda lakukan.
✍️ Anda diciptakan lebih dari yang
==> bisa Anda bayangkan.
💡 Alkitab berkata dalam ==> 1 Korintus 2:9,
🖊️ "Apa yang tidak pernah dilihat ==> oleh mata,
🖊️ dan tidak pernah didengar ==> oleh telinga,
🖊️ dan yang tidak pernah timbul ==> di dalam hati manusia:
✍️ semua yang disediakan Allah
==> untuk mereka yang mengasihi Dia."
Renungkan hal ini:
- Apakah Anda tidak konsisten dalam membuka firman Tuhan? Apa yang akan Anda lakukan hari ini untuk memperbaikinya?
- Apa area dalam kehidupan Anda di mana Anda berdoa memohon berkat Tuhan? Apakah itu merupakan area di mana Anda setia kepada-Nya?
- Bagaimana Tuhan menyatakan diri-Nya kepada Anda ketika Anda secara konsisten membaca Alkitab?
Bacaan Alkitab Setahun :
Nehemia 4-6; Kisah Para Rasul 2:22-47
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✍️ Hanya Tuhan yang tahu ==> apa yang benar-benar mampu Anda lakukan.
(Diterjemahkan dari Daily Devotional by Rick Warren)
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God's Word Will Unlock Your Potential
By Rick Warren
"You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32 (NLT)
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You cannot fathom your full potential—only your Creator can. Only God, the one who made you, knows all you are capable of being. Your parents, your spouse, your friends, and your boss only get a glimpse of your potential.
Only God knows what you're truly capable of.
Most people live for the approval of others. They spend all of their time worrying about what others think of them. Your life has been limited by replaying tapes in your head of people who have lied to you—even if they didn't mean to. They've told you that you can't do something or that you're not good enough.
You've played these tapes over and over in your mind. But they're lies! The people who made those statements about you have no idea about your potential.
To know your real potential, you have to talk to your Creator. Only he knows what he can do through your life. And only he can unlock that potential. How does he do it?
Jesus says in John 8:31-32, "You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (NLT).
God's Word will unlock all you've been made to do and be. Through it, you'll be able to do things you never thought possible.
How do you do that?
First, learn God's Word. God won't unlock your potential until you actually open the Bible and learn it. You won't unlock potential by osmosis. You'll start to do it by learning what the Bible says.
"You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32 (NLT)
You cannot fathom your full potential—only your Creator can. Only God, the one who made you, knows all you are capable of being. Your parents, your spouse, your friends, and your boss only get a glimpse of your potential.
Only God knows what you're truly capable of.
Most people live for the approval of others. They spend all of their time worrying about what others think of them. Your life has been limited by replaying tapes in your head of people who have lied to you—even if they didn't mean to. They've told you that you can't do something or that you're not good enough.
You've played these tapes over and over in your mind. But they're lies! The people who made those statements about you have no idea about your potential.
To know your real potential, you have to talk to your Creator. Only he knows what he can do through your life. And only he can unlock that potential. How does he do it?
Jesus says in John 8:31-32, "You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (NLT).
God's Word will unlock all you've been made to do and be. Through it, you'll be able to do things you never thought possible.
How do you do that?
First, learn God's Word. God won't unlock your potential until you actually open the Bible and learn it. You won't unlock potential by osmosis. You'll start to do it by learning what the Bible says.
Second, accept God's Word. The Bible has to be the authority in your life. You may not like what you're reading, but—if you want God's best for your life—you need to accept what it says as the final authority for how you live.
Third, obey God's Word. You can't just learn God's Word and accept God's Word. You have to do what the Bible teaches. You don't get blessed for the parts of the Bible you know. You get blessed for the parts of the Bible you do.
You were made for much more than you ever imagined. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 2:9, "What God has planned for people who love him is more than eyes have seen or ears have heard. It has never even entered our minds!" (CEV)
Open up God's Word, and get ready to do what only God can imagine.
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