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Tak Layak Berlaku Congkak!

Baca: Obaja 1:1-16

"Sekalipun engkau terbang tinggi seperti burung rajawali, bahkan, sekalipun sarangmu ditempatkan di antara bintang-bintang, dari sanapun Aku akan menurunkan engkau, --demikianlah firman TUHAN." (Obaja 1:4)

Punya materi, sukses dan berkedudukan tinggi (berpangkat) seringkali menjadi faktor pendorong bagi seseorang untuk berubah sikap, yang dulunya rendah hati kini mulai membangga-banggakan diri dan menjadi angkuh. Di zaman sekarang ini roh keangkuhan sedang melanda banyak orang. Angkuh adalah sifat suka meninggikan diri dan memandang rendah orang lain, tinggi hati, sombong atau congkak.

Tragisnya banyak anak Tuhan dan bahkan para pelayan Tuhan yang juga terbawa oleh arus dunia ini, yaitu bersikap angkuh. Terlebih-lebih mereka yang secara kasat mata pelayanannya tampak berhasil, pelayanannya semakin padat, mulai diundang sana-sini dan semakin dikenal banyak orang, cepat sekali berubah sikap, dada mulai dibusungkan, dan berlaku angkuh. Mereka berkata, "Kalau bukan aku yang mendoakan, sakitnya tak dapat sembuh. Kalau bukan aku yang mendanai, gereja itu pasti tidak akan berkembang. Orang itu bertobat karena aku yang melayani dia." Saudaraku, tidak semestinya kita berkata demikian! Berhati-hatilah! "Keangkuhan hatimu telah memperdayakan engkau," (ayat 3), dan "Jika malam-malam pencuri atau perampok datang kepadamu--betapa engkau dibinasakannya--bukankah mereka akan mencuri seberapa yang diperlukannya?" (ayat 5).

Belajarlah kepada Daud yang sadar betul bahwa semua pencapaian dalam hidupnya itu datangnya dari Tuhan, sebab: "...punya-Mulah kebesaran dan kejayaan, kehormatan, kemasyhuran dan keagungan, ya, segala-galanya yang ada di langit dan di bumi! Ya TUHAN, punya-Mulah kerajaan dan Engkau yang tertinggi itu melebihi segala-galanya sebagai kepala. Sebab kekayaan dan kemuliaan berasal dari pada-Mu dan Engkaulah yang berkuasa atas segala-galanya; dalam tangan-Mulah kekuatan dan kejayaan; dalam tangan-Mulah kuasa membesarkan dan mengokohkan segala-galanya." (1 Tawarikh 29:11-12).

"TUHAN menjaga orang-orang yang setiawan, tetapi orang-orang yang berbuat congkak diganjar-Nya dengan tidak tanggung-tanggung." (Mazmur 31:24)

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