Drummond wrote, "As memory scans the past, above and beyond all the transitory pleasures of life, there leap forward those supreme hours when you have been enabled to do unnoticed kindnesses to those round about you, things too trifling to speak about . . . . And these seem to be the things which alone of all one's life abide." Paul warned that impressive gifts and spectacular deeds may be little more than empty noise (1 Corinthians 13:1). Our best efforts—if bereft of love—ring hollow. "Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, . . . but have not love, it profits me nothing" (v.3). The smallest loving act can hold eternal significance. No matter our age or status in life, we all can strive to love others as God loves them. We may accomplish great things in our life—gain fame and fortune—but the greatest thing is to love. For of all that we have done, or ever will do, only love endures. We depart, but love abides. —David Roper We love
because He first loved us, Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13
Bacaan: 1 Korintus
13:1-13 Drummond menulis, “Apabila Anda merunut masa lampau, melebihi semua kesenangan hidup yang fana, Anda akan menemukan momen-momen penting ketika Anda dimampukan melakukan perbuatan-perbuatan baik yang tidak terlihat kepada orang-orang di sekeliling Anda, hal-hal yang terlalu remeh untuk dibicarakan …. Dan hal-hal ini tampaknya menjadi sesuatu, satu-satunya dari keseluruhan hidup seseorang, yang tetap tinggal.” Paulus mengingatkan bahwa berbagai karunia menakjubkan dan perbuatan besar mungkin tak lebih dari suara kosong (1 Korintus 13:1). Usaha-usaha terbaik kita—jika tanpa kasih—tak ada gunanya. “Sekalipun aku membagi-bagikan segala sesuatu yang ada padaku, … tetapi jika aku tidak mempunyai kasih, sedikit pun tidak ada faedahnya bagiku” (ayat 3). Justru sebuah tindakan kasih yang tampaknya kecil dapat berarti penting dalam kekekalan. Entah berapa umur kita atau bagaimana status kita, kita semua dapat berusaha mengasihi orang lain seperti Allah mengasihi mereka. Kita bisa meraih hal-hal yang besar—memperoleh ketenaran dan kekayaan—tetapi yang terbesar adalah mengasihi. Karena dari semua yang telah kita lakukan, atau akan kita lakukan, hanya kasih yang bertahan. Kita pergi, tetapi kasih tetap tinggal —DHR DEMIKIANLAH
TINGGAL KETIGA HAL INI, YAITU IMAN, PENGHARAPAN, DAN KASIH, 1 Korintus 13:1-13
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