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Tidak Ada yang Seperti Allah

 
1 Samuel 5:1-12

Sesungguhnya, orang Filistin sudah mendengar tentang perbuatan besar Allah terhadap bangsa Mesir dan sempat membuat mereka gentar (4:8). Kini, melalui tabut perjanjian yang mereka rampas, mereka menyaksikan sendiri kuasa Allah Israel yang dahsyat itu.

Bangsa Filistin mengira bahwa tabut perjanjian yang mereka rampas dapat disejajarkan dengan berhala biasa yang mereka anggap hebat. Mereka meletakkan tabut Allah itu di dalam kuil Dagon, allah orang Asdod (2). Allah tidak tinggal diam. Allah menunjukkan kuasa-Nya dengan membuat patung Dagon jatuh hancur di hadapan tabut Allah (4). Tidak hanya itu, Allah juga menyatakan kuasa-Nya dengan mengirimkan borok-borok ke Asdod dan sekitarnya (6-7). Lalu mereka memindahkan tabut Allah ke Gat karena mengira itu dapat menyelesaikan masalah. Kenyataannya, borok yang sama terjadi di Gat. Lalu tabut Allah dipindahkan lagi dari Gat ke Ekron, tetapi orang-orang Ekron sudah mendengar apa yang telah terjadi dan mereka ketakutan (10). Mereka menyadari dan dapat merasakan kemarahan Allah Israel. Pada akhirnya, mereka memutuskan untuk mengembalikan tabut perjanjian ke tempat yang seharusnya, yakni kepada bangsa Israel (11).

Allah tidak bisa disejajarkan dengan berhala apa pun. Allah adalah satu-satunya yang berkuasa dan berdaulat atas seluruh semesta. Demikian pula, di dalam kehidupan orang percaya saat ini, Allah adalah satu-satunya yang berkuasa dan berdaulat. Dialah yang tertinggi dari segala yang ada. Tidak ada yang sama seperti Dia.

Kuasa dan kedaulatan Allah terus dinyatakan di dalam dan melalui hidup kita. Melawan kuasa dan kedaulatan Allah hanya akan mendatangkan hukuman bagi kita. Marilah kita belajar tunduk di bawah kuasa dan kedaulatan Allah. Sampai akhirnya, semua suku bangsa dan bahasa tidak hanya mendengar, tetapi juga menyaksikan dan mengalami kuasa Allah yang besar itu. Marilah nyatakan kuasa-Nya!

Doa: Ya Tuhan, mampukan kami hidup tunduk di bawah kuasa dan kedaulatan-Mu. [MAR]

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