“KETIKA KITA PERCAYA…!” Sahabat yg baik hati, selamat hari Minggu & salam dari Pearaja – Tarutung! Firman Tuhan pada Minggu IV Setelah Ephipanias hari ini (Matius 13: 53-58) adalah khabar baik tentang arti dan konsekwensi dari sikap percaya dan tidak percaya dalam hidup seseorang.
Lagu “When You Believe” yang dipopulerkan oleh Mariah Carey dan Whitney Houston banyak memengaruhi sikap dan perilaku penggemarnya dalam dua tiga dekade terakhir ini. Lagu ini menyingkapkan kekuatan dan kuasa besar yang dapat dialami ketika seseorang percaya. “Bermalam-malam kita berdoa, tanpa ada bukti yang dapat orang dengar, dalam hati, kita berharap akan seuntai nyanyian, yang sulit dipahami.”
“Sekarang kita tak takut lagi, sekalipun banyak yang harus dikhawatirkan. Kita memindahkan gunung-gunung, jauh sebelum kita tahu bahwa kita bisa melakukannya. Mujizat dapat terjadi, ketika kita percaya. Siapa yang tahu, mujizat yang dapat kamu gapai, ketika kamu percaya…!”
Ketika orang-orang di kampung halaman Tuhan Yesus di Nasaret – tempat Ia dibesarkan menyaksikan betapa hebat kemampuan Yesus menjelaskan tentang kerajaan Allah, tentang hikmat sorgawi yang dimiliki, mereka juga takjub dan terheran-heran. Tetapi apakah mereka percaya kepadaNya?
Hal yang paling hakiki dan menentukan bukanlah soal heran, kagum dan terpesona, tetapi soal percaya atau tidak percaya. DAN, percaya atau tidak percaya itu adalah hal yang sangat personal. Tidak ada pihak lain yang dapat memaksa seseorang untuk percaya.
Tetapi ketika seseorang percaya, tidak akan ada yang dapat menghentikan dia hidup dengan dan dari apa yang dipercayainya. Sekali pun dia harus mendekam di balik jeruji, tetapi tak seorang pun yang dapat mencuri dari dalam hatinya, apa yang diimaninya.
Apa yang terjadi di Nasaret ketika Yesus berbicara di sinagoge (rumah ibadah) itu adalah, setelah Yesus mengajar dengan hikmat dan kuasa sorgawi, hati mereka begitu degil dan membatu.
Bukannya mereka percaya akan apa yang dikatakan dan diperbuatNya, malah mereka mempertanyakan legitimasi kemampuan Yesus, dengan mencoba menelisik latar belakang keluarganya, bahkan keadaan saudara-saudaranya. “Bukankah Dia ini anak tukang kayu?…”
Karena ketidakpercayaan mereka, mereka tidak dapat melihat dengan jelas apa yang telah terjadi, apalagi yang belum terjadi. Mereka tidak mampu melihat apa yang sudah terjadi di depan mata mereka, yakni hal-hal yang menakjubkan melalui perkataan dan perbuatan Yesus. Ketidakpercayaan mereka telah mengaburkan penglihatan mereka, bahkan membutakan mata iman mereka.
Seandainya mereka percaya, maka hal-hal besar akan terjadi. Mujizat akan terjadi: kesembuhan akan mereka alami, bahkan hal yang lebih besar dan dahsyat lagi akan terjadi, yakni kelepasan dari belenggu dosa, bahkan keselamatan dan kehidupan yang kekal akan menjadi bagian mereka. Tetapi kenyataan, mereka tidak percaya, karena itu, tidak banyak mujizat dilakukan Yesus di kampung halamannya (ay. 58).
Saudaraku, soal percaya dan tidak percaya itu adalah hal yang sangat personal. Kita telah menyatakan, mungkin berulang kali bahwa kita percaya kepada Yesus. Namun hanya kita yang tahu, sebenarnya apa isi dalam lubuk terdalam hati kita, DAN, kita dapat menilai dan mengukur, kadar kepercayaan kita. Apakah kita benar-benar percaya, atau masih timbul keraguraguan.
Yesus menginginkan kita percaya sepenuh hati kepadaNya. Jika kita ragu, maka kita bisa saja mengalami seperti yang dialami Simon Petrus di tengah laut. Pertama dia percaya bahwa yang dilihatnya itu Yesus dan dia bergerak ke arah Yesus tanpa masalah. Tetapi tiba-tiba dia hampir tenggelam, karena dia ragu, apa benar itu Yesus. UNTUNG, Yesus segera menolong.
Iman dan kepercayaan kitalah yang paling menentukan dan yang diharapkan Yesus dari kita, Pengajaran dari Alkitab sudah begitu banyak. Contoh-contoh kuasa yang Yesus tunjukkan sudah lebih dari cukup. Pengalaman orang-orang yang benar-benar percaya, taat dan setia kepada Yesus sudah banyak diceritakan. Sekarang, terserah anda: percaya atau tidak?
Yesus berkata, “Hai anakKu, imanmu telah menyelamatkan engkau” (Mark. 5: 34). Jika kita percaya, maka dalam sisa hidup kita, kita akan menyaksikan hal-hal yang menakjubkan, kasih dan mujizat yang mengagumkan, kesembuhan, kelepasan, keselamatan dan hidup yang kekal akan menjadi bagian kita.
Karena itu, berbahagialah saudaraku! Nikmatilah kasih dan perbuatan besar Tuhan, yang ditunjukkanNya kepada orang-orang yang percaya kepadaNya.
Dear friends, God wants us to trust God in all ways of our life. Never, ever trust in any other god and source of salvation because there is no one. I wish you a wonderful fourth Sunday after Epiphany! Be happy & SMILE!
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