GBI PRJ (CK7)

Sehari yang lalu, kita telah membahas soal memberi yang bukan sekadar barang, melainkan lebih pada suatu yang lainnya seperti kasih sayang, perhatian dan lain-lain.

Masih terkait memberi, kalau manusia saja, terutama orang-orang yang belum tentu mengenal kita secara pribadi, namun mereka dapat memberikan yang terbaik bagi kita serta mengetahui apa yang menjadi kesukaan kita, maka bukankah terlebih lagi Tuhan terhadap kita yang mengasihi Dia?

Ia akan memberikan yang kita perlukan, bukan sekadar yang kita inginkan.

Lukas 11 : 13, "Jadi jika kamu yang jahat tahu memberi pemberian yang baik kepada anak-anakmu, apalagi Bapamu yang di sorga! Ia akan memberikan Roh Kudus kepada mereka yang meminta kepada-Nya."

If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts [gifts that are to their advantage] to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask {and} continue to ask Him! (AMP)

{You are like all other people}—you are evil. But you know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father knows how to give the Holy Spirit to those people that ask him. (EVD)

Saat belum mengenal-Nya maupun memiliki hubungan pribadi dengan-Nya saja Ia telah mengasihi kita, apalagi setelah mengenal-Nya serta kita mau terus-menerus mengenal Dia lebih dalam lagi.

Matius 7 : 11 (BSD), "Tentu saja tidak! Meskipun kalian jahat, kalian tahu memberikan yang baik kepada anak-anakmu. Apalagi Bapamu di surga yang sangat baik itu! Pasti Ia akan memberikan yang baik kepada orang yang meminta kepada-Nya!"

Dan jika kalian yang keras hati dan berdosa tahu bagaimana memberikan yang baik kepada anak-anak kalian, apalagi Bapa yang di surga. Ia akan memberikan yang baik kepada mereka yang meminta kepada-Nya. (FAYH)

{You are not like God}—you are evil. But you know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those people that ask him. (EVD)

Kita adalah anak-anak-Nya!

Ia mengasihi lebih daripada seorang ayah di dunia yang mengasihi anaknya, dan Ia menginginkan agar kita memohon segala kebutuhan kita kepada-Nya.

Matius 6 : 30 – 33, "Jadi jika demikian Allah mendandani rumput di ladang, yang hari ini ada dan besok dibuang ke dalam api, tidakkah Ia akan terlebih lagi mendandani kamu, hai orang yang kurang percaya? Sebab itu janganlah kamu kuatir dan berkata: Apakah yang akan kami makan? Apakah yang akan kami minum? Apakah yang akan kami pakai? Semua itu dicari bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengenal Allah. Akan tetapi Bapamu yang di sorga tahu, bahwa kamu memerlukan semuanya itu. Tetapi carilah dahulu Kerajaan Allah dan kebenarannya, maka semuanya itu akan ditambahkan kepadamu."

If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers--most of which are never even seen--don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. (MSG)

God makes the wild plants very beautiful, but they grow in the field for only a short time. One day they grow, and the next day they are thrown into an oven {someone cuts them and throws them into an oven} to be burned to make heat for baking bread. But you are more important to God than wild plants are, and you live much longer. So …God will certainly provide clothes for you wholive a long time but trust him so little!/won't God surely very adequately clothe you, who live a long time but trust him so little? Because of God's caring for you, do not worry and say, 'Will we have anything to eat?' or 'Will we have anything to drink?' or 'Will we have clothes to wear?' Those who do not know God are always worrying about things like that. But God, your Father who is in heaven, knows that you need all those things, so you shouldn't worry about them. Instead, the most important thing you should be concerned about is to let God completely direct your life, and to strive to live righteously. If you do that, all the things that you need will be given to you {God will give you all the things that you need}. (DEIBLER)

~ FG