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Kamu akan Menjadi Berkat

Zakharia 8:1-19

Tujuh puluh tahun masa pembuangan telah membuat hidup bangsa Yehuda dan Israel terpuruk. Di tanah pembuangan Babelonia, mereka tidak diperhitungkan sebagai warga negara. Ketika dipanggil pulang, hanya segelintir dari mereka yang merespons.

Tuhan memulangkan mereka ke tanah perjanjian sebagai tindakan penyelamatan (7-8). Tuhan menggerakkan hati Raja Koresy agar mengizinkan mereka pulang. Hal itu merupakan tindakan Allah yang nyata dalam sejarah.

Setelah mereka menetap, Tuhan masih berbicara kepada sisa-sisa orang Yehuda. Pertama, mereka harus menguatkan hati. Tuhanlah yang mengerjakan semua kebaikan itu, sehingga mereka bisa pulang ke tanah perjanjian. Tuhan berjanji akan mengubah hidup mereka menjadi berkat (9-13).

Kedua, jika mereka melaksanakan hukum yang benar, mendatangkan damai di pintu-pintu gerbang, merancang kebaikan, mengucapkan kata-kata dengan benar, dan ibadah yang benar, mereka akan mengalami kepenuhan kebaikan Tuhan (14-19).

Dengan melakukan semua itu, mereka akan mengalami sukacita dan kegirangan. Ibadah kepada Tuhan menjadi suatu kegairahan oleh karena pembebasan dan komitmen baru yang telah mereka perbuat.

Yehuda tetaplah umat Tuhan. Mereka adalah biji mata-Nya. Tuhan sangat mengasihi bangsa ini, sehingga selalu memberi kesempatan baru kepada mereka. Oleh karena itu, seharusnya mereka mesti serius melakukan firman Tuhan. Dengan begitulah, mereka akan menjadi berkat bagi dunia.

Umat Kristen, menurut Petrus, adalah milik kepunyaan Allah dan imamat rajani (1Ptr 2:9). Oleh karena itu, kita harus memberitakan perbuatan-perbuatan besar dari Allah. Imamat rajani harus berperilaku yang patut dijadikan teladan oleh sesama, misalnya, menjadi pendoa dan panutan di dalam persekutuan, sehingga orang lain bisa mendapat berkat. Kesaksian hidup apa yang telah Anda tunjukkan kepada orang lain hari ini?

Doa: Tolong kami, ya Allah, untuk menjadi saluran berkat-Mu. [RP]

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