JNM * Renungan Pagi, 4 April 2005

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From: Yollie Wauran 

Renungan Pagi, 4 April 2005

Musa dan Harun pergi menghadap Firaun, lalu mereka berbuat seperti yang 
diperintahkan TUHAN; Harun melemparkan tongkatnya di depan Firaun dan para 
pegawainya, maka tongkat itu menjadi ular. Kemudian Firaunpun memanggil 
orang-orang berilmu dan ahli-ahli sihir dan merekapun, ahli-ahli Mesir itu, 
membuat yang demikian juga dengan ilmu mantera mereka. ( Keluaran 7 : 10-11 )

Kadang dalam hidup ini . Kuasa lain terlihat sama seperti kuasa Tuhan .
Bahkan begitu miripnya . Sampai-sampai banyak anak-anak Tuhan .
Banyak orang percaya . Salah mengambil keputusan .. Semua perlu diuji 
..

Siapa yang dimuliakan .. ? Tuhan kah . ? Atau si empunya kuasa lain 
itu ..
Janji Tuhan itu cukup .perlindungan Tuhan itu cukup .
Kasih Tuhan itu pun cukup .kuasa Tuhan lebih dari cukup .

Hanya saja .kita sering tidak merasa cukup . Atau .
Tidak cukup percaya pada-Nya . Tidak cukup sabar menanti-Nya .
Tidak cukup rela mempercayakan pada-Nya . Mari kita renungkan .
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Renungan Pagi, 

Sekali peristiwa pada waktu petang, ketika Daud bangun dari tempat 
pembaringannya,
lalu berjalan-jalan di atas sotoh istana, tampak kepadanya dari atas sotoh itu 
seorang perempuan sedang mandi; perempuan itu sangat elok rupanya.
Lalu Daud menyuruh orang bertanya tentang perempuan itu dan orang berkata:
Itu adalah Batsyeba binti Eliam, isteri Uria orang Het itu. ( 2 Samuel 11 : 
2-3 )

Saat ini . Mungkin tanpa sengaja .
Seperti Daud . Kita masuk dalam satu godaan ..
Apa yang kita lakukan . ? Segera meninggalkannya . ?
Atau . Perlahan . Tapi pasti . Melangkah semakin jauh .
Masuk dalam godaan itu . ?

Daud pernah melakukannya .dan dia jatuh .
Kita pun .mungkin akan mengalami hal yang sama .
Bila melakukan langkah yang sama ..
Akankah kita mengulang kejatuhan Daud . ?
Inilah saatnya . Kita ambil keputusan itu .
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Renungan Pagi, 

Yesus berkata kepada mereka: Apakah yang kamu percakapkan sementara kamu 
berjalan?
Maka berhentilah mereka dengan muka muram. Seorang dari mereka, namanya 
Kleopas, menjawab-Nya: Adakah Engkau satu-satunya orang asing di Yerusalem, 
yang tidak tahu apa yang terjadi di situ pada hari-hari belakangan ini?
Kata-Nya kepada mereka: Apakah itu?
Jawab mereka: Apa yang terjadi dengan Yesus orang Nazaret.
Dia adalah seorang nabi, yang berkuasa dalam pekerjaan dan perkataan di hadapan 
Allah 
dan di depan seluruh bangsa kami. Tetapi imam-imam kepala dan pemimpin-pemimpin 
kami telah menyerahkan Dia untuk dihukum mati dan mereka telah menyalibkan-Nya.
Padahal kami dahulu mengharapkan, bahwa Dialah yang datang untuk membebaskan 
bangsa Israel. Tetapi sementara itu telah lewat tiga hari, sejak semuanya itu 
terjadi.
( Lukas 24:17-21 )

Jalan Tuhan .. Bukan jalan kita . Cara Tuhan  Bukan cara kita .
Dan . Bila kita tidak memahami jalan-Nya .
Bila kita tidak mengenal-Nya  Kadang kita mulai menyalahkan Dia .
Apakah Engkau tidak tahu Tuhan .. ?
Ya .
Apakah Engkau tidak tahu . ?

Harapan yang salah . Di mana Tuhan .
Seakan harus melakukan sesuai jalan kita . Di mana Tuhan .
Seakan harus melakukan sesuai cara kita . Sering menjadi penghalang 
pandangan kita .
Untuk mengenal-Nya . Untuk mengerti jalan-Nya .

Bahkan . Kadang membuat kita muram . Kehilangan sukacita ..
Kehilangan pengharapan . Dan . Lupa akan apa yang sudah dikatakan-Nya 
.
Pagi ini . Akankah kita muram . ?
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Renungan Pagi, 

Ketika mereka sedang bercakap-cakap dan bertukar pikiran, datanglah Yesus 
sendiri mendekati mereka, lalu berjalan bersama-sama dengan mereka. Tetapi ada 
sesuatu yang menghalangi mata mereka, sehingga mereka tidak dapat mengenal Dia. 
( Lukas 24:15-16 )

Yesus datang . Bukan tiba-tiba datang secara supranatural .
Dia datang seperti manusia .. Berjalan bersama mereka .
Alami . biasa . Dan  mereka tidak mengenal Dia .
Ada sesuatu yang menghalangi mata mereka .

Begitu pula hari ini . Dia pun bisa datang pada kita . Alami . 
biasa .
Melalui apa yang kita temui hari ini .. Sanggupkah kita mengenal 
kedatangan-Nya . ?

Sanggupkah kita mengenal . Bahwa . Dia datang .. dalam bangun pagi 
kita .. ?
Dia datang .. selama perjalanan kita . ? Dia datang . saat ini 
. ?
Atau . Ada sesuatu yang menghalangi mata kita . ?
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Renungan Pagi, 

Maka kata murid-murid yang lain itu kepadanya: Kami telah melihat Tuhan!
Tetapi Tomas berkata kepada mereka: Sebelum aku melihat bekas paku pada 
tangan-Nya
dan sebelum aku mencucukkan jariku ke dalam bekas paku itu dan 

JNM * daily devotional

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Daily devotions for 04-02-2005:
Devotion: Morning and Evening
Morning Title: The Kiss of Jesus
Evening Title: Seek the Lord
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Morning: The Kiss of Jesus
Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth.  --Song of Solomon 1:2

For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some 
little time to
come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same 
desires after our
Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps 
at once to Him; there are no prefatory words; she does not even mention His 
name; she is in the heart of her theme at once, for she speaks of Him who was 
the only Him in the world to her. How bold is her love! it was much 
condescension which permitted the weeping penitent to anoint His feet with 
spikenard--it was rich love which allowed the gentle Mary to sit at His feet 
and learn of Him--but here, love, strong, fervent love, aspires to higher 
tokens of regard, and closer
signs of fellowship. Esther trembled in the presence of Ahasuerus, but the 
spouse in joyful
liberty of perfect love knows no fear. If we have received the same free 
spirit, we also may ask
the like. By kisses we suppose to be intended those varied manifestations of 
affection by which the believer is made to enjoy the love of Jesus.
The kiss of reconciliation we enjoyed at our conversion, and it was sweet as 
honey dropping from the comb.

The kiss of acceptance is still warm on our brow, as we know that He hath 
accepted our persons and our works through rich grace. The kiss of daily, 
present communion, is that which we pant after to be repeated day after day, 
till it is changed into the kiss of reception, which removes the soul from 
earth, and the kiss of consummation which fills it with the joy of heaven. 
Faith is our walk, but fellowship sensibly felt is our rest. Faith is the road, 
but communion with Jesus is the well from which the pilgrim drinks. O lover of 
our souls, be not strange to us; let the lips of Thy blessing meet the lips of 
our asking; let the lips of Thy fulness touch the lips of our need, and 
straightway the kiss will be effected.

Evening: Seek the Lord
He shall see His seed; He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord 
shall prosper
in His hand. --Isaiah 53:10

Plead for the speedy fulfillment of this promise, all ye who love the Lord. It 
is easy work to pray when we are grounded and bottomed, as to our desires, upon 
God's own promise. How can He that gave the word refuse to keep it? Immutable 
veracity cannot demean itself by a lie, and eternal faithfulness cannot degrade 
itself by neglect. God must bless His Son, His covenant binds Him to it. That 
which the Spirit prompts us to ask for Jesus, is that which God decrees to give 
Him. Whenever you are praying for the kingdom of Christ, let your eyes behold 
the dawning of the blessed day which draweth near, when the Crucified shall 
receive His coronation in the place where men rejected Him. Courage, you that 
prayerfully work and toil for Christ with success of the very smallest kind, it 
shall not be so always; better times are before you. Your eyes cannot see the 
blissful future: borrow the telescope of faith; wipe the misty breath of your 
doubts from the glass; look through it and behold the coming glory.

Reader, let us ask, do you make this your constant prayer? Remember that the 
same Christ
who tells us to say, Give us this day our daily bread, had first given us 
this petition,
Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth as it is in 
heaven. Let not your prayers be all concerning your own sins, your own wants, 
your own imperfections, your own trials, but let them climb the starry ladder, 
and get up to Christ Himself, and then, as you draw nigh to the blood-sprinkled 
mercy-seat, offer this prayer continually, Lord, extend the kingdom of Thy 
dear Son. 
Such a petition, fervently presented, will elevate the spirit of all your 
devotions. Mind that you prove the sincerity of your prayer by labouring to 
promote the Lord's glory.
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Spurgeon's Morning  Evening Devotions
Morning, April 3
Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 
- Matthew 27:51

No mean miracle was wrought in the rending of so strong and thick a veil; but 
it was not intended merely as a display of power-many lessons were herein 
taught us. The old law of ordinances was put away, and like a worn-out vesture, 
rent and laid aside. When Jesus died, the sacrifices were all finished, because 
all fulfilled in him, and therefore the place of their presentation was marked 
with an evident token of decay.

That rent also revealed all the hidden things of the old dispensation: the 
mercy-seat could now be seen, and the glory of God gleamed