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Renungan Jangan Terbelenggu Masa Lalu

Baca: Lukas 9:57-62

"Setiap orang yang siap untuk membajak tetapi menoleh ke belakang, tidak layak untuk Kerajaan Allah." (Lukas 9:62)

Di bawah kepemimpinan Musa bangsa Israel keluar dari perbudakannya di Mesir. Pada suatu ketika Tuhan membawa mereka melewati Laut Teberau. Dengan kuasaNya yang ajaib Tuhan membelah laut itu menjadi tanah kering sehingga seluruh orang Israel "...berjalan dari tengah-tengah laut di tempat kering; sedang di kiri dan di kanan mereka air itu sebagai tembok bagi mereka." (Keluaran 14:22). Dan setelah mereka berhasil melewatinya dan sampai ke seberang, laut itu pun menutup kembali, "Dan orang Israel melihat orang Mesir mati terhantar di pantai laut." (Keluaran 14:30b).Dengan demikian bangsa Israel tidak pernah memiliki jalan untuk kembali lagi ke Mesir.

Melalui peristiwa ini ada makna rohani terkandung: Tuhan ingin seluruh umat Israel menutup lembaran hidup mereka di Mesir serta melupakannya. Sayang, bayangan dan kenangan Mesir tetap melekat dalam hati dan pikiran mereka. Memang secara fisik (kasat mata) mereka tidak dapat kembali lagi ke Mesir; namun dalam hal roh dan pikiran, mreka tidak bersedia menutup pintu kehidupan masa lalu mereka di Mesir. Mereka tidak melepaskan bayangan masa lalu dan tetap bermental seorang budak.

Akhirnya mereka tidak pernah mencapai garis akhir, dan hampir semua orang yang keluar dari Mesir akhirnya mati di padang gurun sebelum mencapai Kanaan. Untuk dapat menikmati Kanaan mereka harus bersedia melepaskan jubah seorang budak dan mau mengenakan jubah seorang anak-anak Allah, mengubah pola pikir kita dari status sebagai 'budak' menjadi seorang 'anak'. "Dan karena kamu adalah anak, maka Allah telah menyuruh Roh AnakNya ke dalam hati kita, yang berseru: 'ya Abba, ya Bapa!' Jadi kamu bukan lagi hamba, melainkan anak; jikalau kamu anak, maka kamu juga adalah ahli-ahli waris, oleh Allah." (Galatia 4:6-7).

Oleh karena itu Tuhan Yesus berkata,"Setiap orang yang siap untuk membajak tetapi menoleh ke belakang tidak layak untuk Kerajaan Allah." Sampai saat ini masih banyak orang Kristen yang hidup dengan bayang-bayang masa lalu. Mereka tidak mau menutup lembaran masa lalunya sehingga masa lalu itu terus mengejar dan menghantuinya setiap saat.

Kita harus mengarahkan pandangan ke depan dan jangan pernah menoleh ke belakang.

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