04 Desember 2025
Bacaan Hari ini:
Amsal 3:5 "Percayalah kepada TUHAN dengan segenap hatimu, dan jangan bersandar pada pengertianmu sendiri."
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Banyak orang meminta Allah memberi jaminan keberhasilan sebelum melakukan apa yang Ia minta—tetapi itu bukan iman. Iman selalu membutuhkan risiko.
Iman berarti taat meski Anda tidak mengerti.
Contohnya, mengampuni tidak pernah terasa seperti ide yang baik sebelum kita melakukannya. Ketika seseorang menyakiti Anda, rasanya tidak adil untuk memaafkan. Tetapi pengampunan selalu merupakan pilihan yang benar—meskipun Anda tidak memahaminya.
Ingat saat Anda masih kecil dan orang tua menyuruh Anda melakukan sesuatu yang tidak masuk akal? Bertahun-tahun kemudian, Anda baru mengerti mengapa mereka mengatakan itu.
Beginilah cara kerja iman.
Iman berarti melakukan yang benar meski terlihat absurd.
Amsal 3:5 berkata: "Percayalah kepada TUHAN dengan segenap hatimu, dan jangan bersandar pada pengertianmu sendiri."
Contoh besarnya ada dalam kisah Gideon di Hakim-Hakim 7. Gideon memimpin 300 orang Israel melawan 135.000 musuh. Perbandingannya? 450 lawan 1.
Lalu Allah menyuruh mereka membawa obor, trompet, dan kendi tanah liat—perintah yang pasti terasa konyol bagi Gideon.
Tuhan meminta mereka menutupi obor dengan kendi agar cahayanya tersembunyi pada malam hari. Lalu Dia menyuruh mereka mengelilingi perkemahan musuh. Perintah-Nya:
"Ketika Aku memberi aba-aba, tiup trompetnya, pecahkan kendinya, dan biarkan cahaya obor menyala. Musuh akan panik, bingung, dan saling menyerang."
Dan benar—Gideon taat meski tidak mengerti. Mereka meniup trompet, memecahkan kendi, dan menyalakan obor.
Para musuh terbangun, panik, dan akhirnya saling bertempur hingga Israel menang.
Kadang Tuhan meminta Anda melakukan hal yang tampak bodoh. Masuk ke situasi sulit. Menghadapi tantangan besar. Melangkah meski tidak melihat jalan. Tetapi iman berarti Anda taat meski tidak paham.
Seperti Gideon, Anda tidak dapat hidup dalam iman tanpa mengambil risiko. Tetapi Allah melihat seluruh gambaran dengan visiNya yang besar. Anda dapat mempercayai apa yang Tuhan minta Anda lakukan.
Renungkan :
- Hal paling mengejutkan apa yang pernah Tuhan minta Anda lakukan? Bagaimana hasilnya?
- Dalam hal apa Anda paling mudah mengandalkan logika sendiri daripada mengikuti ide Allah? Mengapa?
- Ketakutan terbesar apa yang Anda rasakan ketika diminta untuk taat pada sesuatu yang tidak Anda pahami?
Bacaan Alkitab Setahun :
Nahum 2; Yakobus 3-5
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Anda tidak pernah melihat seluruh gambaran—tetapi Allah melihatnya.
(Diterjemahkan dari Daily Devotional by Rick Warren)
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Trust God Even When You Don't Understand - Daily Hope with Rick Warren - Desember 04, 2025
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5 (HCSB)
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Many people ask God to guarantee their success before trying what he's asked them to do—but that's not faith. Faith always requires risk.
Faith means obeying even when you don't understand. For example, forgiveness never seems like a good idea before you do it, but it's one of the greatest tests of your faith. When someone hurts you, it may not feel right to forgive that person; it may not appear just. But forgiveness is always the right choice, regardless of whether you understand it.
Remember when you were a kid and your parents told you to do something that didn't make sense to you? Later you looked back with 20/20 hindsight and understood your parents' perspective.
That's how it works with God too.
Faith is doing what's right even when it seems absurd. Proverbs 3:5 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding" (HCSB). You never know the whole picture, but God does.
The Bible gives a great example of this in the story of Gideon in Judges 7. Gideon led 300 Israelites to battle 135,000 enemy soldiers. The odds were 450 to 1. God had the soldiers take torches, trumpets, and clay pots—a command I'm sure Gideon thought was ridiculous.
But then God told Gideon to put the clay pots over the torches so the light would be hidden at night. Next he told them to go surround the enemy's camp. God's instructions were something like this: When I tell you, blow the trumpets, smash the jars, and let the torchlight blaze out in the darkness. It will look like a vast army is surrounding the camp. The enemy will panic, fall into confusion, and turn their swords against each other.
Gideon obeyed, even though it didn't make any sense. The Israelites blew their trumpets, broke their pots, and revealed the light from their torches. The enemy soldiers woke up in shock and started fighting each other instead of the Israelites. Because Gideon did what God told him to do—even when he didn't understand it—the Israelites won the battle.
Sometimes God asks you to do something that seems foolish—like stepping into a difficult situation against overwhelming odds. But when you have faith, you obey him even when you don't fully understand what he's asking.
Like Gideon and his soldiers, you can't live by faith without risk. But God sees the big picture with 20/20 vision. You can trust what he's asking you to do.
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