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Bersukacitalah Senantiasa!

Baca: Filipi 4:4-9

"Bersukacitalah senantiasa dalam Tuhan! Sekali lagi kukatakan: Bersukacitalah!" (Filipi 4:4)

Sukacita seharusnya menjadi bagian penting dalam hidup orang percaya. Sukacita yang dimaksud bukanlah seperti yang dunia berikan, yang sifatnya semu dan bergantung kepada hal-hal lahiriah semata, melainkan yang bersifat kekal, yang diberikan oleh Roh Kudus, yang keluar dari dalam hati kita dan mengalir secara berlimpah meski berada di tengah badai sekalipun. Sukacita berbicara tentang kedamaian dan kesukaan di dalam hati oleh karena Tuhan, sumber sukacita itu sendiri, "...di hadapan-Mu ada sukacita berlimpah-limpah, di tangan kanan-Mu ada nikmat senantiasa." (Mazmur 16:11).

Mengapa harus selalu bersukacita? Karena kita beroleh keselamatan dari Allah di dalam Kristus. "Terpujilah Allah dan Bapa Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus, yang karena rahmat-Nya yang besar telah melahirkan kita kembali oleh kebangkitan Yesus Kristus dari antara orang mati, kepada suatu hidup yang penuh pengharapan, untuk menerima suatu bagian yang tidak dapat binasa, yang tidak dapat cemar dan yang tidak dapat layu, yang tersimpan di sorga bagi kamu. Yaitu kamu, yang dipelihara dalam kekuatan Allah karena imanmu sementara kamu menantikan keselamatan yang telah tersedia untuk dinyatakan pada zaman akhir. Bergembiralah akan hal itu," (1 Petrus 1:3-6).

Sukacita adalah salah satu dari sembilan buah Roh (baca Galatia 5:22-23). Tanda dari kehidupan orang yang dewasa rohani adalah dihasilkannya buah Roh dalam keseharian hidupnya. "Jadi hasilkanlah buah yang sesuai dengan pertobatan." (Matius 3:8). Alkitab menegaskan bahwa kita dapat menghasilkan buah apabila kita memiliki persekutuan yang karib dengan Tuhan. "Sama seperti ranting tidak dapat berbuah dari dirinya sendiri, kalau ia tidak tinggal pada pokok anggur, demikian juga kamu tidak berbuah, jikalau kamu tidak tinggal di dalam Aku." (Yohanes 15:4). Yesus berkata, "Jikalau kamu menuruti perintah-Ku, kamu akan tinggal di dalam kasih-Ku, seperti Aku menuruti perintah Bapa-Ku dan tinggal di dalam kasih-Nya." (Yohanes 15:10), artinya kunci untuk mengalami sukacita sejati adalah taat melakukan firman dan hidup di dalam kasih.

Tak ada alasan bagi orang percaya untuk tidak bersukacita!

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