02 December 2024
“Put out into the deep”, “Go deeper into your inner spiritual life”
Are we made to go for deeper or just the surface?
(Mat 26:41) Berjaga-jagalah dan berdoalah, supaya kamu jangan jatuh kedalam pencobaan: roh memang penurut, tetapi daging lemah.
The human body is not made to go down the mariana trench or to withstand the pressure. We need to build a deep sea challenger. Same goes with our human body, how can our body go deeper in our spiritual life? We need God’s Grace.
Reflecting from Lukas 5:1-11:
- God chose Peter’s boat
-> not everyone else’s tp kita dipilih Tuhan, Tuhan mau masuk ke dalam boat / hidup kita. - God’s invading Peter’s life with His grace
-> waktu Yesus invaded Peter’s life with Grace, Peter was obedient. He has not yet had faith in Jesus, tp dia bs blng at your word – karna Engkau menyuruhnya, kalau Tuhan suruh – Yes I will do it! - God’s commanding Peter
-> put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch, despite:
⁃ Dia anak tukang kayu
⁃ Saat itu siang bolong (menangkap ikan di malam hari)
⁃ Menangkap ikan dekat pantai/daratan dgn jala (kalau ikan di laut dalam biasa dilakukan dgn peralatan canggih).
What do we need to do to go deeper?
- Obedience (taat): To listen and to submit freely to the word of God.
“By the other virtues, we offer God what we possess; but by obedience, we offer ourselves to Him. They who obey are conquerors, because by submitting themselves to obedience they triumph over the Angels, who fell through disobedience.” -Pope Saint Gregory the Great
“Obedience is mission: I have come into this world to do the will of my Father, who has sent me. Where there is no obedience, there is no virtue; where there is no virtue there is no good; where good is wanting, there is no love, there is no God; where God is not, there is no Heaven” -St. Padre Pio
- Taat berarti menjadi pelaku firman Tuhan – perintah Tuhan, bukan hanya mendengar saja (Yak 1:22, Luk 11:28)
- Obedience goes a long way. Pada saat taat, kita akan bertemu dengan suatu kesempatan dan orang yang tepat dalam waktu-Nya Tuhan (Kairos). Contoh: Maria, Abraham.
- Conversion
- Breakthrough of Grace leads to the acknowledgement of sin
- The grace of the Holy Spirit has the power to justify us, that is, to cleanse us from our sins and to communicate to us “the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ” and through Baptism
- The first work of the grace of the Holy Spirit is conversion
- All the Saints are invaded by God’s Grace – have a (not good) history but now a testimony.
Pergaulan buruk merusak kebiasaan baik (1Kor 15:33-34). Atomic habit -> kebiasaan buruk kita yg terlihat kecil, tapi jika dikembangkan lama2 akan membuat kita jauh dari Tuhan. Contoh: bolong doa, bolong baca firman, berbohong dsb.
Jaga perkataan kita agar selalu kudus – “Tuhan Allah telah memberikan kepadaku lidah seorang murid, supaya dengan perkataan aku dapat memberi semangat baru kepada orang yang letih lesu. Setiap pagi Ia mempertajam pendengaranku untuk mendengar seperti seorang murid” (Yesaya 50:4)
- Mission
(Mark 16:15)
- No one has encountered Christ and not sent on a mission. Kita diajak untuk be in a mission -> through melayani sesama, even to non-believers. Mungkin mereka sama sekali ga mengenal Tuhan tp kita bs show them misal dgn berbuat baik.
“Preach the good news by the way you live.” - Invaded by such Grace are called to mission.
When we are honest about God, it’s called Worship.
When we are honest to believers about God, it’s called Testimony.
When we are honest to unbelievers about God, it’s called Witness.
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There is life when you go deep in your spiritual life.
We can only see the unknown if we go to the unknown -> Saat kita tenggelam dalam hadirat Tuhan, kita akan dapat menyelami hati Tuhan dan melihat hal-hal yang luar biasa terjadi dalam hidup kita (1Kor 2:9).
The will of God will not take us (me) where the grace of God will not sustain us (me).
Kita diajak to put out into the deep water, menebar jala kita sekali lagi, and to say with faith “Terjadilah kepadaku menurut kehendakMu.”
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