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Mana Yang Kau Pilih : Berkat Atau Kutuk

Baca: Ulangan 11:8-32

"...aku memperhadapkan kepadamu pada hai ini berkat dan kutuk: berkat, apabila kamu mendengarkan perintah Tuhan, Allahmu, yang kusampaikan kepadamu pada hari ini; dan kutuk, jika kamu tidak mendengarkan perintah Tuhan, Allahmu,..." (Ulangan 11:26-28)

Semua manusia di dunia ini, tanpa terkecuali, pasti ingin memiliki kehidupan yang diberkati, sehat dan penuh sukacita. Semua perkara yang mengacu pada hal-hal yang baik, itulah yang disebut berkat. Sebaliknya, tak seorang pun juga yang ingin hidup menderita, miskin, sakit-sakitan dan sebagainya. Semua perkara yang mengacu pada hal-hal yang buruk, itulah yang disebut kutuk. Berkat adalah lawan dari kutuk. Jarak antara berkat dan kutuk hanya dibatasi oleh satu kata, yaitu ketaatan. Mana yang kaupilih? Berkat atau kutuk? Pasti dengan serempak dan spontan kita akan menjawab, "Berkat!"

Bila kita renungkan ayat demi ayat, sebenarnya Tuhan memberi kebebasan kepada kita seluas-luasnya untuk membuat pilihan hidup. Mana yang akan kita jalani? Apakah kita memilih untuk menaati semua perintah Tuhan dan melakukannya dengan setia, atau kita menolak untuk hidup taat kepada Tuhan, lebih memilih hidup menurut keinginan sendiri dan menyenangkan daging, tetapi pada akhirnya kita akan menerima kutuk sebagai konsekuensi dari ketidaktaatan kita sendiri? Mungkin kita berkata, "Mustahil kita bisa hidup taat kepada Tuhan selama kita masih hidup di dunia ini."

Tuhan sangat tahu kelemahan dan kekuarangan kita, dan karena itulah Dia menasihatkan, "Berjaga-jagalah dan bedoalah, supaya kamu jangan jatuh ke dalam pencobaan: roh memang penurut, tetapi daging lemah." (Matius 26:41). Kita diingatkan bahwa roh memang penurut tetapi daging lemah; ini adalah kenyataan hidup manusia yang sudah Tuhan ketahui. Namun, itu bukanlah alasan bagi kita untuk hidup dalam ketidaktaatan.

KematianNya di atas kayu salib adalah bukti kasih dan kepedulian Tuhan kepada kita. OlehNya segala kutuk dosa (sakit-penyakit, kemiskinan, kelemahan dan sebagainya) telah ditanggungNya. Tuhan juga telah mengutus Roh Kudus untuk menolong kita sehingga kita dimampukan untuk melakukan apa yang menjadi kehendak Tuhan. Jika kita ingin menikmati berkat-berkat dari Tuhan, hanya ada satu pilihan yaitu taat! 

Keputusan sepenuhnya ada di tangan kita. Mana yang kita pilih?

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