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Renungan Memiliki Hati Yang Mau Di Bentuk

Baca: Yeremia 18:1-17

"Apabila bejana, yang sedang dibuatnya dari tanah liat di tangannya itu, rusak, maka tukang periuk itu mengerjakannya kembali menjadi bejana lain menurut apa yang baik pada pemandangannya." (Yeremia 18:4)

Sering kita menganggap bahwa seorang yang bekerja sebagai pemulung adalah pekerja yang rendahan dan kita pun memandangnya dengan sebelah mata. Namun, tahukah anda bahwa pemulung mencari barang-barang yang masih bisa di daur ulang untuk menjadi barang yang dapat dipergunakan dan mempunyai nilai jual?

Begitupun juga dengan kita. Tuhan rela datang sebagai manusia untuk mengambil kita dari sampah dunia ini dan 'didaur ulang' menjadi sesuatu yang berharga. Dengan darahNya yang kudus tiada bernoda cela, Yesus rela mati untuk menebus kita dari kutuk dosa, sebab firmanNya berkata, "...Sekalipun dosamu merah seperti kirmizi, akan menjadi putih seperti salju; sekalipun berwarna merah seperti kain kesumba, akan menjadi putih seperti bulu domba" (Yesaya 1:18). Karya penebusan Tuhan tidak hanya datang melalui ucapanNya tapi melalui tindakan yang nyata, dan Dia sudah membayar harganya dengan begitu mahal, bahkan di batas akhir kekuatanNya. Tertulis: "...mulailah Ia merasa sedih dan gentar, Maka Ia maju sedikit, lalu sujud dan berdoa, kataNya: 'Ya, BapaKu, jikalau sekiranya mungkin, biarlah cawan ini lalu dari padaKu, tetapi janganlah seperti yang Kukehendaki, melainkan seperti yang Engkau kehendaki.' " (Matius 26:37b&39). Begitu berat pergumulan Yesus menjelang penyalibanNya, hingga "...peluhNya menjadi seperti titik-titik darah yang bertetesan ke tanah." (Lukas 22:44b)

Ibarat seorang pemulung, Yesus mengambil dan memilih sampah-sampah yang dapat didaur ulang. Dia pun mengambil kita untuk mengembalikan gambar BapaNya yang sudah rusak oleh karena dosa kita. Seperti bejana di tangan Sang Penjunan, Dia memproses kita dan itu mungkin menyakitkan bagi daging kita. Tetapi apabila bejana sudah jadi, maka sungguh akan berharga nilainya. Yesus hanya butuh hati yang mau taat dan rela dibentuk untuk menjadi bejana yang indah di mataNya. Memang tidak mudah untuk hidup taat melakukan kehendak Tuhan, karena semua itu berlawanan dengan keinginan daging kita!

Jika kita berjalan dalam pimpinan Roh Kudus, Dialah yang memberi kita kekuatan untuk melewati proses demi proses!

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