Helloooo guys..
This holiday, I decided to read a different renungan harian.. yg judulnya "Teens for Christ." (so far so good hehe..) After coming across the earliest post about serving other people (by "me"), I remember having read something similar on my daily bread. Here it is:
Markus 10:43 - Barangsiapa ingin menjadi besar diantara kamu, hendaklah ia menjadi pelayanmu.
Sebenarnya, apa sih yang ada di benak kita ketika bicara tentang pemimpin? The images we get from our world's leaders actually ga jauh2 dari pride, greed, selfishness and ignorance towards others' sufferings. However, none of these agrees with God's portrayal of leaders. The path to true leadership is different, because it requires us to take the path of pengorbanan (sacrifice), penderitaan (sufferings) dan pelayanan (ministry). Jalan ini mengikuti jejak kaki Kristus yg datang bukan untuk dilayani, melainkan utk melayani and mengorbankan diriNya bagi banyak org. Karena itu, pemimpin kristiani adalah pemimpin yg melayani, pemimpin yg menghamba.
Emang pastinya ini gak gampang.. kaya "me" bilang, apalagi kalo Tuhan suruh kita melayani org yg kt ga suka, pasti rasanya perlu banget kan korbanin perasaan kita. Tapi in the end, percaya deh pasti Tuhan memperhitungkan every bits of our sacrifice and turn it into something beautiful :) Siapatau pelayanan kt bisa change that person into someone better... kan bisa menyenangkan kt juga kalo gt..
It's easy to say "Me! Me!" waktu ditanya siapa yg mau menjadi pemimpin. Tp siapa yg mau menjadi pemimpin yg menghamba? Padahal justru karena Tuhan kita menghamba, maka Ia dpt menyelamatkan kt. Jadi we have no reason to refuse being leaders who serve, since God serves us first. What we should do is to really try and understand His ministry and learn to serve others according to His ways.
Since all of us are born to be leaders, just as God's image (Kejadian 1:26), let us be pemimpin2 yg layak di mata Tuhan. Amen??
Happy holidays! ^_^
reference: YKB-GKI Teens for Christ #31; www.ykb-wasiat.org
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