Waktu Terbaik untuk Mengasihi adalah Sekarang
03 Oktober 2023
Bacaan Hari ini: Amsal 3:27-28
✋ "Janganlah menahan kebaikan dari pada ==> orang-orang yang berhak menerimanya,
👉 padahal engkau ==> mampu melakukannya.
✋ Janganlah engkau berkata ==> kepada sesamamu:
🫵 "Pergilah dan kembalilah, ==> besok akan kuberi,"
✍️ sedangkan yang diminta ==> ada padamu."
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✍️ Waktu terbaik untuk mengasihi ialah ==> sekarang.
✋ Bukan ==> besok.
🤚 Bukan ==> nanti.
✋ Bukan ==> suatu hari nanti.
🤚 Bukan ==> ketika Anda sempat memberikannya.
👉 Bukan ==> secepatnya,
🫵 tetapi ==> sekarang!
🔖 Saya tak mengerti ==> orang-orang yang berkata,
💬 "Saya akan menyimpan uang saya, lalu saat saya tiada, ==> saya akan menyumbangkannya untuk amal."
⁉️ Mengapa harus melakukan itu?
❓ Mengapa tidak menikmati sukacita memberi ==> selagi Anda masih hidup?
🔖 Apa pun yang Anda rencanakan buat diri Anda sendiri ==> baik itu
📎 uang,
📎 waktu,
📎 tenaga,
🖇️ atau hal lainnya—
✍️ berbagilah ==> sekarang!
🔖 Bertahun-tahun lalu, kami menerima sebuah cek di Gereja Saddleback dari pasangan yang mengetahui bahwa
👉 kami perlu
📍 meningkatkan pelayanan ibadah kami ==> dari analog ke digital dan
📍 mengganti peralatan yang sudah berusia lebih dari 15 tahun.
🔖 Cek tersebut bernilai ==> setengah juta dolar,
📝 dan di dalamnya terdapat catatan yang berbunyi,
✏️ "Semoga ini bisa membantu
==> membeli karpet baru."
✍️ Pasangan ini mendapatkan lebih banyak sukacita ==> dengan memberi.
🔖 Itulah mengapa saya berkata,
💬 "Berbagilah ==> selagi Anda hidup.
💬 Anda akan tahu ==> ke mana perginya berkat Anda,
💬 dan itu akan memberi Anda
==> sukacita!"
✍️ Namun, bagi kebanyakan orang,
🔖 kasih itu ==> bukanlah menulis cek senilai $500.000.
✏️ Mungkin bagi Anda, ==> kasih adalah
📝 mengunjungi seseorang ==> di rumah sakit,
📝 menulis surat kepada ==> mereka yang kesepian,
📝 atau bersikap baik kepada
==> rekan kerja yang menjengkelkan.
💡 Alkitab mengajarkan,
✋ "Janganlah menahan kebaikan dari pada ==> orang-orang yang berhak menerimanya,
👉 padahal engkau ==> mampu melakukannya.
✋ Janganlah engkau berkata ==> kepada sesamamu:
🫵 "Pergilah dan kembalilah, ==> besok akan kuberi,"
✍️ sedangkan yang diminta ==> ada padamu."
📖 (Amsal 3:27-28).
⁉️ Tahukah Anda bahwa Tuhan secara spesifik telah menempatkan orang-orang di sekitar Anda supaya Anda dapat menunjukkan ==> kasih sayang Anda kepada mereka?
📝 Ada beberapa hal dalam hidup
==> yang boleh ditunda
✏️ menundanya ==> sampai waktu yang lebih baik.
🔖 Namun, jangan pernah menunda dalam ==> menunjukkan kasih Anda.
Renungkan hal ini:
- Apa yang harus Anda lakukan hari ini untuk menunjukkan kasih Anda kepada seseorang dalam hidup Anda?
- Gangguan atau alasan apa yang menghambat Anda untuk mengasihi dengan lebih baik saat ini?
- Apa yang Tuhan minta untuk Anda berikan sekarang setelah sekian lama Anda menundanya?
Bacaan Alkitab Setahun :
Yesaya 16-19; Efesus 6
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✍️ Apapun bentuk kasih Anda,
==> lakukanlah saat ini juga.
(Diterjemahkan dari Daily Devotional by Rick Warren)
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The Best Time to Love Is Now
By Rick Warren
"Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now." Proverbs 3:27-28 (GNT)
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The best time to love is now. Not tomorrow. Not later. Not someday. Not one of these days. Not when you get around to it. Not soon. Now.
I don't understand people who say, "I'm going to save all my money, and when I die, I'm going to give it away to charity."
Why do that? Why not enjoy giving regularly? Why not experience the joy of giving while you're still alive? Whatever you plan to give of yourself—whether it's your money, time, energy, or something else—give it now!
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The Best Time to Love Is Now
By Rick Warren
"Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now." Proverbs 3:27-28 (GNT)
The best time to love is now. Not tomorrow. Not later. Not someday. Not one of these days. Not when you get around to it. Not soon. Now.
I don't understand people who say, "I'm going to save all my money, and when I die, I'm going to give it away to charity."
Why do that? Why not enjoy giving regularly? Why not experience the joy of giving while you're still alive? Whatever you plan to give of yourself—whether it's your money, time, energy, or something else—give it now!
Years ago, we received a check at Saddleback Church from a couple who knew we needed to upgrade our worship center from analog to digital and replace equipment that was more than 15 years old. The check was for half a million dollars, and it had a note with it that said, "It'd be great to have some new carpet, too."
That couple got a whole lot more joy out of giving now rather than after they're dead. This is why I say, "Do your givin' while you're livin', then you're knowin' where it's goin'." And it will give you joy!
For most people, love isn't going to look like writing a $500,000 check. For you, love might look like visiting someone in the hospital, writing a letter to someone who's lonely, or being kind to your obnoxious coworker. Whatever love looks like for you, you should do it now.
The Bible says, "Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now" (Proverbs 3:27-28 GNT).
Did you know that God specifically puts people around you so you can show them love? There are some activities in life where it's okay to procrastinate—to delay until a better time. But you should never procrastinate in showing love.
Learning to love is the reason God put you on Earth—and it should always take priority over everything else.
Never procrastinate in showing love. Don't delay. Don't put it off. Do it now.
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