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October 5, 2006 Doing What We CanLISTEN TO ODB RADIO: Real | MP3 | WMA READ: 1 Corinthians 3:5-15 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward. —1 Corinthians 3:8 Sometimes we may get discouraged because what we're doing for the Lord seems unsuccessful. The children in the Sunday school class we teach are restless and inattentive. The neighbors we're trying to reach with the gospel are politely indifferent. The members of our own family are far from the Lord. The world we lift up to God in fervent intercession grows increasingly violent and anti-Christian. All of this can add up to deep soul-discouragement. Listen to the words of a Salvadoran clergyman who was murdered for his fearless denunciation of violence and injustice. He wrote: "We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. . . . We cannot do everything, and there's a sense of liberation in realizing that." This attitude helps us to do small things and to leave "an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest." That agrees with the apostle Paul's encouragement to be faithful in our tasks and to wait on God who "gives the increase" (1 Cor. 3:6-7). Don't allow discouragement to cause you to quit. In God's own time our work will bear fruit. Go, labor
on, spend, and be spent, You are a success in God's kingdom if you are faithful where He has placed you.
Bacaan: 1 Korintus
3:5-15 Perhatikanlah perkataan seorang rohaniwan asal Salvador yang dibunuh karena kritiknya yang berani atas kekerasan dan ketidakadilan. Ia menulis demikian, “Kita menanam benih yang kelak akan tumbuh. Kita menyirami benih yang telah ditanam, karena kita tahu bahwa benih itu menawarkan janji yang akan terwujud di masa yang akan datang. Kita meletakkan dasar yang kelak membutuhkan pertumbuhan lebih lanjut .... Kita tidak dapat melakukan semuanya, dan itu artinya harus ada kerelaan untuk melepaskan.” Sikap seperti ini akan membantu kita untuk mengerjakan perkara-perkara kecil, dan membuka “kesempatan yang akan dimasuki dan dikerjakan selebihnya oleh anugerah Tuhan”. Sama seperti di atas, Rasul Paulus juga mendorong kita untuk setia pada tugas kita dan menantikan Allah yang “memberi pertumbuhan” (1 Korintus 3:6,7). Jangan biarkan keputusasaan menghentikan langkah Anda. Sesuai dengan waktu yang ditetapkan oleh Allah, pekerjaan kita akan menghasilkan buah —VCG Anda adalah orang yang sukses dalam Kerajaan Allah 1 Korintus 3:5-15
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