Learning to Feed Ourselves
Renungan Harian / 15 June 2015
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Yenny Kartika Official Writer
1798Hebrews
5:12
By this time you ought
to be teachers.
Bible
Reading for a Year
[bible]prove16[/bible]; [bible]galat5[/bible]; [bible]iichr4-5[/bible]
The eaglets were hungry,
and Mom and Dad seemed to be ignoring them. The oldest of the three decided to
solve his hunger problem by gnawing on a twig. Apparently it wasn’t too tasty,
because he soon abandoned it.
What intrigued me about
this little drama, which was being broadcast by webcam from Norfolk Botanical
Garden, was that a big fish lay just behind the eaglets. But they had not yet
learned to feed themselves. They still relied on their parents to tear their
food in tiny pieces and feed it to them. Within a few weeks, however, the
parents will teach the eaglets how to feed themselves—one of their first
survival lessons. If the eaglets don’t learn this skill, they will never be
able to survive on their own.
The author of Hebrews
spoke of a similar problem in the spiritual realm. Certain people in the church
were not growing in spiritual maturity. They had not learned to distinguish
between good and bad (Heb. 5:14). Like the eaglet, they hadn’t learned the
difference between a twig and a fish. They still needed to be fed by someone
else when they should have been feeding not only themselves but others as well
(v.12).
While receiving
spiritual food from preachers and teachers is good, spiritual growth and
survival also depend on knowing how to feed ourselves. — (JAL/RBCIndonesia.org)
Without learning to feed ourselves spiritual
food, we cannot grow to be a mature and healthy spiritual man and woman.
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Apakah Anda rindu menerima Yesus sebagai Tuhan dan Juruslamat pribadi dalam hidup Anda?
Ikuti doa ini sekarang:
“Tuhan, saya mengakui bahwa saya orang berdosa. Saya membutuhkan Engkau. Saya percaya bahwa darahMu sanggup menghapuskan segala dosa dan kesalahanku. Saat ini, saya mengundang Engkau, Yesus Kristus, masuk dalam hati dan hidupku menjadi Tuhan dan Juruslamatku. Saya menyerahkan hidupku bagiMu dan melayaniMu.
Dalam nama Yesus aku berdoa. Amin”
