Shalom 😇 to all.
Firman Allah hari ini:
“JANGAN biarkan kegembiraan masa muda membuatmu MELUPAKAN SANG PENCIPTA.
HORMATILAH DIA di masa mudamu sebelum kau menjadi tua dan berkata, “Hidup ini tidak menyenangkan lagi.”
INGATLAH DIA sebelum cahaya matahari, bulan, dan bintang meredup di matamu yang tua, dan awan hujan terus-menerus menggelapkan langitmu.
INGATLAH DIA sebelum kakimu—para penjaga rumahmu—mulai gemetar; dan sebelum bahumu—para lelaki kuat—merunduk.
INGATLAH DIA sebelum gigimu—para pelayanmu yang tersisa—berhenti menggertakkan gigi; dan sebelum matamu—para wanita yang melihat melalui jendela—melihat dengan samar.
INGATLAH DIA sebelum pintu menuju kesempatan hidup ditutup dan suara pekerjaan memudar. Sekarang kau bangun saat kicauan burung pertama, tetapi kemudian semua suara mereka akan memudar.
INGATLAH DIA sebelum kau menjadi takut jatuh dan khawatir tentang bahaya di jalan-jalan; sebelum rambutmu memutih seperti pohon almond yang sedang berbunga, dan kau berjalan tanpa tenaga seperti belalang yang sekarat, dan caperberry (jenis buah berry di tanah Israel) tidak lagi mengilhami hasrat seksual.
INGATLAH DIA di hadapanmu di dekat kuburan, rumahmu yang kekal, saat para pelayat akan menangis di pemakamanmu.
Ya, INGATLAH PENCIPTAmu sekarang saat kamu masih muda, sebelum tali perak kehidupan putus dan mangkuk emas pecah. Jangan menunggu sampai kendi air pecah di mata air dan katrol rusak di sumur. Karena kemudian debu akan kembali ke tanah, dan roh akan kembali kepada Allah yang mengaruniakannya.”
(Pengkhotbah 12:1-7 NLT)
(Bacalah teliti sekali lagi)
Ayat di atas di ambil dari terjemahan the New Living Translation (NLT), memberitahukan kita bahwa, suatu hari akan tiba orang-orang muda dan orang yang tadinya kuat, akan menjadi lemah fisiknya: kaki akan gemetar bahkan jalanpun bisa sulit, pandangan mata memudar, gigi gemertak, bahu lelaki yang kuat akan merunduk jadi lemah, kegairahan seksualitas dan makanpun akan memudar.
Karenanya firman Allah di kitab Pengkotbah memberi perintah: “INGATLAH PENCIPTAmu SEKARANG” – sekarang saat kamu masih muda, sekarang saat masih kuat, sehat, bergairah, mampu dan semangat. Sebab akan tiba suatu hari “tali perak kehidupan putus dan mangkuk emas pecah…debu akan kembali ke tanah, dan roh akan kembali kepada Allah.”
Ya Tuhan, hari ini dan selamanya saya ingat akan Engkau, Allah Penciptaku, dan saya sadari suatu hari rohku akan kembali kepada-Mu. Karenanya saya mau menjalani hidup ini dengan mengandalkan Tuhan, bukan dengan kekuatanku. Amin.
Bless you
ps caleblusi
—————————
😇 Shalom to all
God’s word today:
“DON’T let the excitement of youth cause you to FORGET YOUR CREATOR.
HONOR HIM in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.
REMEMBER HIM before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.
REMEMBER HIM before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop.
REMEMBER HIM before your teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly.
REMEMBER HIM before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.
REMEMBER HIM before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire.
REMEMBER HIM before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
Yes, REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.”
Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 NLT
(Read it again thoroughly)
The paragraph above from the book of Ecclesiastes is telling us that, there will come the days when young people and those who were strong, will become physically weak: legs will tremble and even walking can be difficult, eyesight will fade, teeth will chatter or weak to grind, strong shoulders will droop and become weak, sexual desire and appetite will fade.
Therefore the word of God in the book of Ecclesiastes commands: “REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR NOW” – now while you are still young, now while you are still strong, healthy, passionate, able and enthusiastic. Because there will come a day when “the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken…and the spirit will return to God.”
Dear God, now and forever I remember You, the living God my Creator, and I realize that one day my spirit will return to You. Therefore I want to live this life by trusting in God, not on my own strength. Amen.
Bless you
ps caleblusi
Leave a Reply