Showing posts with label Worship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worship. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Menyembah Dalam Roh dan Kebenaran

Yohanes 4:23-24, "Tetapi saatnya akan datang dan sudah tiba sekarang, bahwa penyembah-penyembah benar akan menyembah Bapa dalam roh dan kebenaran; sebab Bapa menghendaki penyembah-penyembah demikian. Allah itu Roh dan barangsiapa menyembah Dia, harus menyembah-Nya dalam roh dan kebenaran."

Dalam melayani Tuhan, telah di bahas pada bahasan sebelumnya, salah satunya ialah dengan cara menjadi penyembah-penyembah benar yang menyembah Bapa dalam roh dan kebenaran. Dan apakah kita telah menjadi penyembah-penyembah yang Bapa kita di surga itu sedang cari?? Untuk itu kita harus mengerti benar arti dari "Menyembah dalam roh dan kebenaran."

Menyembah, bukan berarti tentang menyanyikan lagu penyembahan, “I worship You, Almighty God …“, bukan juga tentang berdoa 10 jam dengan tidak putus-putusnya di dalam kamar sendirian. Upz! Maaf, itu salah besar. Bukan itu yang Tuhan cari, guyz! Kalau itu yang Tuhan cari, mungkin kita sudah ga dipandang lagi oleh Bapa. Suara malaikat di surga kan jauh lebih bagus daripada suara kita. Buat apa lagi kita ada disini kalau cuma untuk bernyanyi??


MENYEMBAH, jika kita telusuri dalam bahasa aslinya, sesungguhnya berhubungan erat dengan diri kita sendiri sebagai worshiper atau seorang penyembah. Dalam Alkitab “The Message” dikatakan, "when what you're called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. It's who you are and the way you live that count before God.” Yang dapat disimpulkan bahwa dalam menyembah, sebenarnya Tuhan tidak peduli seperti apa, bagaimana cara kita, dan di mana kita menyembah, karena yang Tuhan mau, bahwa penyembahan itu adalah kita sendiri dan bagaimana cara kita menjalani hidup kita sebagai seorang penyembah. Penyembahan itu berbicara tentang gaya hidup. Tentang hal-hal yang kita lakukan dalam kehidupan kita sehari-hari.
Ketika kita melakukan kebiasaan buruk kita, apakah itu termasuk menyembah? Tidak. Itu justru memungkiri penyembahan kita. Lalu ketika kita melakukan pekerjaan-pekerjaan baik, apakah itu dapat disebut menyembah? Belum tentu. Karena apa yang kita pandang baik, belum tentu baik untuk Tuhan, sebab hal itu “baik” dilihat dari sudut pandang kita sendiri, yang artinya baik untuk kita, dilakukan untuk kepentingan kita, bukan untuk Tuhan kan?! Jadi apa arti menyembah? Segala aktifitas, apapun itu, asal kita lakukan hal itu untuk Tuhan, itulah yang disebut menyembah.

Lalu MENYEMBAH DALAM ROH yang dimaksud di sini engga selalu tentang dunia roh, bahasa roh, salah-salah tanpa kita sadari kaki kita sudah tidak menginjak bumi (waduh!). Hei, kita semua tahu bahwa kita ini terdiri dari tubuh, jiwa, dan roh. Ketika kita melakukan sesuatu hal hanya ada tubuh dan jiwa nya saja, sedangkan roh kita melayang-layang ke negeri antah berantah, sadari lah bahwa kita sedang menjadi aktor dan aktris yang sedang berakting atau bermain sandiwara. Jadi ketika kita menyembah, menyembah lah dengan segenap hati (dalam artian segenap tubuh, jiwa, dan roh mu). Karena ketika kita melakukan hal apa pun itu, asal untuk Tuhan, dan dengan segenap hati, itulah yang disebut menyembah dalam roh.
Sedangkan yang dimaksud MENYEMBAH DALAM KEBENARAN adalah hal-hal apa pun yang kita lakukan untuk Tuhan itu tetap memegang kebenaran yang akurat, yaitu Alkitab. Jadi intinya, ketika kita melakukan hal apa pun (baik nyapu, nge-pel, mencuci mobil, apa pun) asal kita lakukan untuk Tuhan, dengan segenap hati, dan tetap berpegang teguh pada kebenaran, itulah yang disebut MENYEMBAH DALAM ROH DAN KEBENARAN. Amen.*

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Worship is Life Style

By Darlene Zschech

We often hear the phrase "Worship is a lifestyle". What does this really mean? It simply means to live a life of love. To love extravagantly. The first commandment, to LOVE the Lord your God with ALL your heart, with ALL your soul, and with your entire mind, means exactly that. You make a heart and mind decision to continually seek first the Kingdom of God, and to OBEY the Spirit of God in your life, as He calls you on to a greater and deeper knowledge of Himself.

Worship requires something of you, and that is OBEDIENCE.
Why do people cringe away from obedience? I believe it is because it requires a response. John 14:12 says, "Whoever has my commands and OBEYS them, he is the one who LOVES me. My Father will love him who LOVES me, and I too will LOVE him and show myself to him."

And verse 23 says, "If anyone LOVES me, he will OBEY my teaching. My Father will LOVE him and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not LOVE me will not OBEY me. These words you hear are not my own, they belong to my Father who sent me." LOVE and OBEDIENCE are tied together.

Every time you open up your heart in obedience to God and worship Him with all your heart, all your mind, and all your soul, our beautiful Lord responds with His magnificent presence. You need to continually be in the presence of God. Not only on Sundays, in a corporate place of worship, but in that secret place that maybe only you and the Lord will ever know about.

It's in this place of worship that you find yourself needing to respond to the Lord, to whatever He is asking, as WORSHIP PULLS BACK THE LAYERS OF YOUR HEART – TO EXPOSE WHAT'S REALLY THERE.

CONFESS
In Isaiah 6… when Isaiah caught sight of God he was moved to confess his sin.
When your humanness is confronted by the magnificence and holiness of God, you are made SO aware of your need for God’s grace and his cleansing power in your life. If you have unforgiveness, anger, jealousy, bitterness… ask God to forgive you. Romans 12:1 teaches us how to live this life of worship and love.

TRANSPARENCY
Psalm 51 says it so well, that when you are in the presence of the Lord, you become totally transparent and honest and your heart and soul cry out to pray "create in me a clean heart, oh God, and renew a right spirit within me". Read the Message Bible translation – it will inspire you to greater heights.

CLARITY
As you simply and wholeheartedly LOVE and ADORE your God, you receive revelation and understanding of your kingdom purpose. Romans 8:28 reveals that "… in all things God works for the good of those who LOVE Him, who have been called according to His purpose". Many Christians spend their lifetime frustrated at never knowing their Kingdom purpose. I challenge you to get in the presence of God, have an open heart to hear His voice, for He desires ALL He has planned for you even more than you do!

HUNGER
Another heart response is that your hunger for the things of God, your hunger for His Word and His truth increases. John 7:37! If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the scriptures have said, streams of living water will flow from within him. Say YES to the Lord calling you to know Him more through his Word. It is LIFE to your soul.

REST COMES
Psalm 91:1 "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty."

Joy and strength are found in His dwelling place, in His presence. If you feel like you are continually running on empty, then again, you need to respond and obey the Spirit of God and GET IN HIS PRESENCE. If I have learned one thing, it is that we were never meant to live this supernatural call, with purely natural ability. You will not make it… BUT if you take God at His Word, live in His presence, life a life of love, and respond to His voice, you WILL live your entire lifetime growing in the knowledge of Christ, always fresh and strong in the Word, and living a life that people will want to follow.
... And you thought worship was all about songs!


Love,
Darlene

* This article was originally published in the Hillsong Magazine.
 

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