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Doa Berkuasa Melepaskan

Baca: Kisah Para Rasul 12:1-19

"Pada keesokan harinya gemparlah prajurit-prajurit itu. Mereka bertanya-tanya apakah yang telah terjadi dengan Petrus." (Kisah 12:18)

Raja Herodes sangat dikenal sebagai raja yang lalim. Dengan kekuasaan yang dimiliki ia bertindak semena-mena terhadap rakyatnya, bahkan melakukan penganiayaan dan pembunuhan secara kejam terhadap orang-orang percaya. Tercatalah demikian "Ia menyuruh membunuh Yakobus, saudara Yohanes, dengan pedang." (ayat 2).

Petrus tidak luput dari penahanan dan dipenjarakan. Sudah bisa dipastikan nasibnya juga tidak akan jauh berbeda dari Yakobus. Saat berada di penjara, Petrus "...di bawah penjagaan empat regu, masing-masing terdiri dari empat prajurit." (ayat 4a) Habislah sudah harapan Petrus untuk melihat 'dunia luar' sebab ia dijaga ketat oleh prajurit-prajurit Herodes, lagi pula kaki tangannya dibelenggu dengan rantai yang sangat kuat. Petrus tahu bahwa hidupnya tidak akan lama lagi. Ia hanya bisa pasrah sepenuhnya kepada kehendak Tuhan.

Dalam kondisi letih dan tak berdaya, Petrus tertidur pulas di antara para prajurit yang menjaganya. Tapi "Tiba-tiba berdirilah seorang malaikat Tuhan dekat Petrus dan cahaya bersinar dalam ruang itu. Malaikat itu menepuk Petrus untuk membangunkannya, katanya: "Bangunlah segera!" Maka gugurlah rantai itu dari tangan Petrus." (ayat 7). Dengan caraNya yang ajaib Tuhan sanggup melepaskan Petrus dari penjara. "Pintu itu terbuka dengan sendirinya bagi mereka. Sesudah tiba di luar, mereka berjalan sampai ke ujung jalan, dan tiba-tiba malaikat itu meninggalkan dia." (ayat 10b).

Bagaimana Petrus dapat terlepas dari penjara? Oleh karena kekuatan doa! "Tetapi jemaat dengan tekun mendoakannya kepada Allah." (ayat 5b). Bukan sembarang doa, tetapi doa yang dilakukan dengan tekun. Karena doa tekun itu tergeraklah sorga dan kuasa Tuhan bekerja sehingga Ia menurunkan malaikatNya untuk melepaskan semua rantai yang membelenggu Petrus hingga ia luput dari kematian.

Mungkin saat ini kita sedang terbelenggu oleh permasalahan hidup yang ada dan sepertinya kita sudah tidak punya harapan lagi, semua pintu serasa sudah tertutup. Jangan menyerah dan putus asa, datanglah kepada Tuhan dan berseru-serulah kepadaNya dengan sungguh!

Kalau Tuhan turun tangan, tidak ada perkara yang sukar bagi Dia!

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