03 Juli 2025
Bacaan Hari ini:
Mazmur 23:3 "Ia menyegarkan jiwaku. Ia menuntun aku di jalan yang benar oleh karena nama-Nya."
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Terkadang Anda takut salah mengambil keputusan. Dan itu membuat Anda stres. Tetapi Tuhan punya penawar atas keraguan Anda. Mazmur 23:3 mengatakan, "Ia menyegarkan jiwaku. Ia menuntun aku di jalan yang benar oleh karena nama-Nya."
Anda mungkin berpikir, "Tapi saya sudah mencoba ini!" Anda sudah meminta Tuhan untuk menuntun langkah Anda, tetapi kemudian Anda malah semakin bingung dari sebelumnya. Anda masih belum bisa memahaminya, dan Anda bertanya-tanya mengapa begitu sulit mengenali kehendak Tuhan.
Apakah Tuhan sedang bermain-main dengan Anda? Tentu saja tidak! Tuhan ingin menuntun Anda. Dia ingin Anda tahu kehendak-Nya lebih dari yang Anda inginkan. Namun terkadang Anda malah mencoba mencari "hal yang salah" ketika mencoba mencari kehendak Tuhan. Kita semua pernah melakukan kesalahan ini.
Beberapa dari kita mencoba menemukan sebuah perasaan atau firasat. Beberapa orang mencoba menemukan suatu rumus atau kiat untuk bisa mereka ikuti. Yang lainnya berusaha mengambil pendekatan magis dan datang kepada Tuhan untuk meminta sebuah pertanda yang ajaib.
Namun, cara-cara ini hanya akan menimbulkan rasa frustrasi dan malah akan membuat Anda melewatkan kehendak Tuhan.
Tuhan tidak ingin Anda menjadi bingung, dan Dia tidak ingin Anda tertekan ketika mengambil keputusan. Dia ada di sana, menuntun setiap langkah Anda.
Berpeganglah pada janji-Nya ini: "Ia menuntun aku di jalan yang benar oleh karena nama-Nya."
Renungkan hal ini:
- "Hal salah" apa yang cenderung Anda cari ketika mencoba mencari kehendak Allah—perasaan, formula, pertanda ajaib, atau sesuatu yang lain?
- Mengapa penting bagi Anda untuk membiarkan Tuhan menuntun Anda?
- Keputusan penting apa yang harus Anda buat bulan ini? Bagaimana dengan mengetahui bahwa Tuhan sedang membimbing Anda dapat mengurangi tingkat stres Anda?
Bacaan Alkitab Setahun :
Ayub 22-24; Kisah Para Rasul 11
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Cara mengatasi tekanan dalam pengambilan keputusan yaitu dengan membiarkan Tuhan membimbing Anda.
(Diterjemahkan dari Daily Devotional by Rick Warren)
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God's Answer to the Stress of Indecision
By Rick Warren
"He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake." Psalm 23:3 (NIV)
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When you're afraid of making the wrong decision, it creates stress in your life.
But God has an antidote to indecision. Psalm 23:3 says, "He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake" (NIV). The way to handle the stress of decision-making—whether it's a financial decision, relational decision, or vocational decision—is to let God guide you.
You may be thinking, "But I've tried this!" You asked God to guide you, but then you became more confused than ever before. You still couldn't figure it out, and you wondered why knowing God's will is so difficult.
Is God playing games with you? Of course not! God wants to guide you. He wants you to know his will more than you want to know it. But sometimes you look for the wrong thing when you're trying to find God's will. We all do this.
Some of us look for a feeling. Some want a formula or recipe to follow. Others treat it like magic—waiting for God to give them a big, fantastic sign.
But these ways only lead to frustration and can cause you to miss God's will.
God doesn't want you confused, and he doesn't want you stressed over making a decision. He wants you to ask him for guidance before you make a decision and then trust him and his goodness once the decision is made.
When you do, he sets you free from second-guessing yourself.
James 1:6-8 says, "When you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do" (NLT).
And so here's the good news: Even if the future looks uncertain, you don't have to feel unsettled or stressed or afraid. God is stable, and you can trust his guidance.
When you unequivocally trust God in uncertain times—in all times—he will give you everything you need to make wise decisions.
God will be there guiding you every step of the way. This is his promise, and you can believe it to be true: "He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake."
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