Theme kotbah diambil dari James 1:2-4
2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
I remember there are so many things that I need to be tekun and faithful in my life right now and I can't help drawing the parallel with some tokoh di Perjanjian lama ...
- I remember Abraham .. He waited so long for the promise son Isaac, stumbled along the way (married hagar his slave), but in the end God is the one that carry through His promise ...
- I remember Joseph and how he spent most of his life in hardship, waiting for God to deliver His promises through Joseph's dreams ..
- I remember Israel needs to wait 400 years before God delivered them from the land of Egypt ..
- I remember Moses who needed to wait another 40 years in the dessert before being called by God to save Israel from Egypt
- I remember David, who needs to wait until he was thirty before he was sworn as the king of Israel and was being chased hard by Saul and the Philistine, even though he was annointed by the prophet Nathan long before that ...
- I remember how Daniel need to wait for a number of years in Babel and live under the yoke of slavery and went through many trials that could cost him his life from young until OLD
- I remember Nabi Nuh, where he waited for several years to build the ark and he was faithful to the command of God
- Jesus himself needed to wait until he was 30 years old before he came up publicly and being baptized by John the baptist ..
The good part is God is the one who is faithful and will carry us with His loving hands until the end ... !
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