Prophet of YirmeYAHU

DALAM PENYERTAAN-NYA
Bacaan: Yeremia 20:7-18

Sering kita dipersalahkan atas sesuatu yang tidak kita lakukan. Banyak orang dengan sengaja mencari-cari kesalahan orang lain demi membenarkan sesuatu yang salah. Saling menjelekkan, memfitnah, menjatuhkan, menebar kebencian sudah dianggap biasa. Orang tidak malu mempertontonkan kedegilan hatinya, bahkan merasa sebagai pahlawan yang sedang membela hak orang tertindas. Alasan demi kemanusiaan dihembuskan hanya untuk menyembunyikan kebusukan hati.

Yeremia juga putus asa ketika dipenjara. Ia dipasung, disiksa, dan dicemooh. Ia merasa Tuhan sedang menyuruhnya melakukan pelayanan yang pelik. Umat Israel yang hidup dalam pemberontakan dan penyembahan berhala sangat sulit diperingatkan. Seruan Yeremia kepada bangsa Israel untuk bertobat tidak dihiraukan. Sebagai penyambung lidah Tuhan, ia hampir putus asa. Ia merasa tidak sanggup menerima tanggung jawab itu, tetapi Tuhan menguatkannya.

Barangkali kita pernah menjadi korban ketidakadilan, atau malah sebagai pelaku ketidakadilan. Baiklah kita mencontoh Yeremia yang tetap berjalan pada koridor kebenaran yang ditetapkan Tuhan. Tantangan ketidakadilan dan hinaan mungkin akan kita alami, tetapi tetaplah percaya bahwa Tuhan senantiasa menyertai kita seperti pahlawan yang gagah. Orang-orang yang dengan sengaja mencelakakan kita akan tersandung dan mereka akan dipermalukan. Tak perlu membalas kejahatan dengan kejahatan sebab tangan Tuhan senantiasa menaungi kita di tengah dunia yang penuh masalah. --JB/www.renunganharian.net

KETIDAKADILAN MUNGKIN AKAN KITA ALAMI, NAMUN TETAPLAH PERCAYA
BAHWA TUHAN SENANTIASA MENYERTAI KITA SEPERTI PAHLAWAN YANG GAGAH.
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Genesis 40
40 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:

19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.