Saturday, June 11, 2011

Belajar dengan Hati



Pro 4:1 Dengarkanlah, hai anak-anak, didikan seorang ayah, dan perhatikanlah supaya engkau beroleh pengertian, Pro 4:2 karena aku memberikan ilmu yang baik kepadamu; janganlah meninggalkan petunjukku. Pro 4:3 Karena ketika aku masih tinggal di rumah ayahku sebagai anak, lemah dan sebagai anak tunggal bagi ibuku, Pro 4:4 aku diajariayahku, katanya kepadaku: “Biarlah hatimu memegang perkataanku; berpeganglah pada petunjuk-petunjukku, maka engkau akan hidup.

Didalam kita berjalan dengan Tuhan faktor ini tidak boleh diabaikan karena jika ini tidak ada dalam hidup kita maka semuanya sia-sia.
Untuk belajar Hal yang rohani itu kita perlu Roh Pengertian supaya membuat kita menjadi orang yang mengerti apa yang ingin Tuhan sampaikan.
Ilmu yang baik berasal dari Tuhan bukan dari manusia. semua yang baik lahirnya dari Allah.
Nasehat yang diberikan Daud kepada Salomo : “ Biarlah hatimu memegang perkataanku ”, didalam terjemahan lain dikatakan : “ Belajarlah dengan hati ”. Ada banyak orang belajar dengan PIKIRANnya tetapi Tuhan mau kita belajar dengan HATI.
Ilmu yang baik adalah Ilmu Raja-Raja.  Ilmu yang memungkinkan seseorang diberi kepercayaan yang besar oleh Tuhannya.
Mengapa disebut Ilmu Raja – Raja ?
  • Tuhan MENGUBAH HATI Saul sebelum ia menjadi Raja.

1Sa 10:6 Maka Roh TUHAN akan berkuasa atasmu; engkau akan kepenuhan bersama-sama dengan mereka dan berubah menjadi manusia lain.
1Sa 10:9 Sedang ia berpaling untuk pergi meninggalkan Samuel, maka Allah mengubah hatinya menjadi lain. Dan segala tanda-tanda yang tersebut itu terjadi pada hari itu juga.
  • Tuhan memilih Daud menjadi Raja karena melihat HATI nya.

Act 13:22 Setelah Saul disingkirkan, Allah mengangkat Daud menjadi raja mereka. Tentang Daud Allah telah menyatakan: Aku telah mendapat Daud bin Isai, seorang yang berkenan di hati-Ku dan yang melakukan segala kehendak-Ku.

1Sa 16:7 Tetapi berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Samuel: “Janganlah pandang parasnya atau perawakan yang tinggi, sebab Aku telah menolaknya. Bukan yang dilihat manusia yang dilihat Allah; manusia melihat apa yang di depan mata, tetapi TUHAN melihat hati .”

Daud mengajarkan Ilmu yang baik kepada anaknya Salomo yang kelak menjadi raja menggantikan dirinya agar BELAJAR DENGAN HATI.
Sebagian besar orang belajar melalui  INTELEKTUAL nya tetapi sedikit orang yang mau belajar dengan HATI.
Kita tidak dapat memahami Tuhan dengan PIKIRAN kita, karena Tuhan berkata :

Psa 34:8  (34-9) Kecaplah dan lihatlah, betapa baiknya TUHAN itu! Berbahagialah orang yang berlindung pada-Nya!
Bukan lihatlah dan kecaplah…….artinya : kita MENGALAMI dulu pengalaman dengan Tuhan barulah berjalannya waktu maka PEMAHAMAN dan PENGERTIAN kita akan semakin berkembang.
Hati adalah sumber dari segala sesuatu, kita boleh memiliki iman sebesar apapun tetapi jika hati kita tidak MURNI dihadapan Tuhan, tidak TERUJI dan tidak mau DIBERSIHKAN maka hati kita tidak mungkin BERKENAN dihadapan Tuhan.
Jika kita mau belajar ilmu Raja-Raja yang memungkin suatu hari kelak Tuhan memberikan KEPERCAYAAN seperti seorang Raja maka saudara dan saya harus BELAJAR DENGAN HATI tidak ada kemungkinan yang lain.
Mengapa kita perlu memperhatikan atau mengijinkan Roh Tuhan mengajar dan membongkar hati kita?

Pro 4:23 Jagalah hatimu dengan segala kewaspadaan, karena dari situlah terpancar kehidupan.
Kata TERPANCAR pengertian hurufiah  adalah Geographical boundaries / Perbatasan secara geografis atau perbatasan secara fisik.
Hati kita menentukan sebesar apa nanti influence/pengaruh kita dan otoritas yang Tuhan berikan dan jatah yang Dia berikan tergantung dari SIKAP HATI kita. Maka alkitab berkata “ jagalah hatimu dengan segala kewaspadaan”, karena jika hati mulai bengkok maka kita tidak menyadari hati kita sudah melenceng dari rencana Tuhan dan ketika hati tidak lurus maka sering kali kita bergerak sangat tidak terduga.
Jagalah hatimu dengan kewaspadaan, Karena dari situ terpancar kehidupan , KEHIDUPAN TUHAN didalam kita akan melebar sejauh atau seluas apa , Geographical boundaries / Perbatasan secara geografis ditentukan oleh SIKAP HATI kita.
Kalau kita mau di DIDIK Tuhan tidak ada cara lain selain MENJAGA HATI kita dan MENGIZINKAN ROH KUDUS berulang-ulang , terus menerus MENGKOREKSI/MELURUSKAN hati kita supaya hati kita didapati BERKENAN dihadapan Tuhan.
“ BELAJAR DENGAN HATI !”


Blessed To Bless... 

Pengakuan IMAN


(untuk diperkatakan)
 
Di Dalam Nama Tuhan Yesus dan hanya oleh anugerahNya, saya ( Ezra Yedija Pandapotan ) percaya:

Tuhan Yesus membawa saya TERBANG ke Masa KEEMASAN dan saya berada di PUNCAK KEJAYAAN. Kami memasuki MASA PERCEPATAN dan menikmati MASA KELIMPAHAN seperti pada JAMAN SALOMO.

Tuhan Yesus membuat saya mengalami dan menikmati MASA PELIPATGANDAAN TANPA BATAS dan MASA LAWATAN TUAIAN, MASA KESELAMATAN yang memenuhi bumi, MASA KEMENANGAN, MASA KEAJAIBAN, MASA MEMBALIKKAN KEADAAN, MASA MUJIZAT DINYATAKAN. MASA dimana semua mimpi dan janji-janji Tuhan menjadi kenyataan. FIRMAN JADI DAGING!

Tuhan Yesus menjadikan saya GENERASI PENUNTAS, GENERASI PENGGENAP dari segala yang Tuhan janjikan.

PerkenananMu membawa saya mengerti dan mengenal hati Tuhan dan masuk dalam Kegerakan dan Percepatan Tuhan. Keintiman, Karakter Kristus, Hati Hamba, Belas Kasihan, Ketepatan, Gelora Cinta, dibangun kuat dalam kehidupan saya. Tuhan Yesus menjadikan saya ahli waris dan milik pusakaNya, umat kesayanganNya.

MANDAT, KUASA DAN OTORITAS telah diberikan Tuhan kepada saya untuk mengalahkan dan menaklukan semua musuh.
KARUNIA, BERKAT, SENJATA-SENJATA, JUBAH-JUBAH telah diberikan Tuhan kepada saya untuk memperlengkapi dan menyelesaikan pekerjaanNya dengan tuntas. Sehingga Tuhan membuat saya semakin kuat, semakin besar, semakin berkembang dan saya lakukan semuanya dengan hati HINENI (RELA KARENA CINTA)

Saya menerima jarahan besar dan pertobatan jiwa-jiwa yang belum pernah terjadi dan kekayaan bangsa-bangsa datang mengalir kepada dan melalui saya.
Anugerah Tuhan membawa saya duduk memerintah bersama RAJA dalam kekekalan dan JAMINAN MENCAPAI GARIS AKHIR dengan kuat.

Segala Pujian, Kemuliaan, Hormat, Kuasa, Kejayaan, Kekuatan, kekayaan dan Keagungan hanya bagi Yesus Kristus Tuhan dan Raja kami di tempat yang Maha Tinggi.  Sekarang dan selama-lamanya.
Amin. Amin. Amin. Jadi dalam nama TUHAN YESUS.

Monday, May 16, 2011

The Daily News


“But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.” 
- Mark 13:7-8 (NKJV)

One aspect of Christian television that I’ve found interesting (to say the least) is the number of people who attempt to accurately predict the end times, even to the day. I read recently that someone is predicting that May 21 of this year will be the day the world we know it ends (which is an amendment of their earlier prediction of a date in 1994). I’ve found these types of predictions to be odd for someone who claims to adhere to the Word of God, since Jesus Himself stated in Mark 13:32, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” I would ask someone how they would reconcile Jesus’ statement here with their own predictions that point to a certain date. What is this based on?

I will say though that I can’t remember a time when the daily news seemed so troubling. The conflicts and uprising in Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria are difficult to get a handle on. Recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand have left a trail of sorrow and unimaginable loss. Many Americans kept a watchful eye on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill last year (which now in light of recent events looks like a blip on the radar) and are now worrying about the effects of radiation from the disaster in Japan. On a much smaller scale, the recession here in the U.S., which many experts believed should have ended by now, still seems to lag on, with many folks struggling to find good jobs or out of work entirely. It’s hard to determine what really is ‘breaking news’ these days with events happening so quickly.

Since becoming a Christian I haven’t spent a great deal of time thinking about prophecy and end times. Reading Revelation actually gets harder each time I read it, not easier. I am wondering now though if we are really entering the latter stages of this world as we know it. I’m sure it’s possible that other generations may have thought this as well – the Civil War here in the U.S. 150 years ago could well have triggered the same kind of thinking, especially being so close to home.

So what are we clinging to and where are we placing our trust? When we look at our day-to-day activity and how we plan what we do, is the basis of our trust really here? “And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” (1 John 2:17). Through all of the sadness and trouble that seems to surround us these days, we would all do well to take a step back and evaluate what our foundation is. If it is not on the Lord Jesus, we are all in great danger and sadly deceived.

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
- Luke 6:46-49 (ESV)



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Why Are You Seeking Him?

(John 6:26 ESV)  Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

loavesampfish Why do you seek Jesus?  How do you encourage others to seek Jesus?  Is it through sharing the power of his saving Grace, His work completed on the Cross?  In our effort to bring people to Christ, do we fall into this category of followers by offering excitement, super programs, lavish dinners, etc…?  Are we causing the lost to seek Christ, not for the miracle of His forgiveness to a wretched sinner but for the shallow, self-serving, feel-good Gospel?  I am afraid too many times we forget the power of the Holy Spirit and think that without us and without our ‘programs’ and group efforts no one will be saved.  We think that if we can just have an event to wow the crowd and our pews are full then we are doing a good work.  But are we?
The people in John 6 had just witnessed Jesus feed 5000 people with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread.  He had just walked across the water to get to his disciples.  These people were not following him because they had seen these miracles and therefore knew he was the Messiah, they were following Him because he had filled their bellies.  They were more concerned about their physical needs than their dying and lost souls.
(John 6:27 ESV)  Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
(John 6:35 ESV)  Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
If we aren’t seeking Jesus because we hunger for Him.  If we aren’t following Him because we know without Him we are lost and we haven’t repented of our sin and turned away from all unrighteousness, then we must ask ourselves why are we following Him.  In our greatest evangelistic efforts to show people the love Christ has to offer, let us not be guilty of leading and teaching the lost to desire for their physical needs to be met by the Church or Christ, but to seek after the True Living Bread of Life.  To show them the Gospel so that they may repent and be saved.
Luke 13:5  No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
We must seek and desire more than food itself to know Jesus and become a new creation through Him.  Let us not be guilty of leading others to continue in their way by making sure they feel good or that their physical needs are met.  Although we are to help others with physical things, first and foremost we must lead them to the One who can save their soul.  After that, it will all fall into place because they will find their needs are not quite so important anymore.  We must be sure for ourselves as well that we are coming to Christ out of a pure heart and not for our own selfish needs or desires but out of true repentance and a desire to know Him more.
We must ask ourselves, “Why am I following Christ?”


BLESSED TO BLESS....

Who is Blind?



blind I’ve been studying the book of John over the past several months.  One story that sticks out to me is the account of the man who was born blind.  It is interesting to me how these Pharisees literally refused to accept this man’s testimony that he had been healed.

The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the man." So they said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight."
(John 9:8-11)

That is a pretty plain and simple, cut and dried explanation of how it happened and yet their pride would not allow them to accept this.  They asked him again and again.  Even going so far as to inquiring his parents about him.
The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" His parents answered, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself."
(John 9:18-21)

PRIDE once again. After questioning the man twice and hearing the account they could not accept they ended the whole conversation with this;
And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." The man answered, "Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.
(John 9:27-34)

Pride darkens our ability to see the truth.  We are in the way. They stood on their pride rather than what was clearly before them, a man born blind given site by Jesus, the Son of God.  In healing the blind man, Jesus clearly shows the blindness of the Pharisees.
The beautiful thing about all of this is that Jesus heard they had cast the man out so he found him.  Offering salvation and he believed.
Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you." He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him.
(John 9:35-38)

We need to realize our darkness, our blindness before Christ saved us.  He came to us, knowing we were cast out and away from the Father.  We had no way to get to the Father; we were blind in our sin.  Jesus found us, like the blind man, showed us our sin, opened our eyes to Him and we believed and were saved!  Oh, how we need to worship Him like that once-blind man must have worshipped him on that glorious day when he received his sight! 


BLESSED TO BLESS...

Love for God


“God is not honored by groundless love. In fact, there is no such thing. If we do not know anything about God, there is nothing in our mind to awaken love. If love does not come from knowing God, there is no point calling it love for God. There may be some vague attraction in our heart or some unfocused gratitude in our soul, but if they do not  arise from knowing God, they are not love for God.”

<< John Piper, from Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, p. 90 >>

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Psalm 100:3



“‘Man, know thyself,’ is a wise aphorism, yet to know our God is truer wisdom; and it is very questionable whether a man can know himself until he knows his God. Jehovah is God in the fullest, most absolute, and most exclusive sense, he is God alone; to know him in that character and prove our knowledge by obedience, trust, submission, zeal, and love is an attainment which only grace can bestow.”



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