"Tetapi kata Rut: "Janganlah desak aku meninggalkan engkau dan pulang dengan tidak mengikuti engkau; sebab ke mana engkau pergi, ke situ jugalah aku pergi, dan di mana engkau bermalam, di situ jugalah aku bermalam: bangsamulah bangsaku dan Allahmulah Allahku; di mana engkau mati, aku pun mati di sana, dan di sanalah aku dikuburkan. Beginilah kiranya Tuhan menghukum aku, bahkan lebih lagi dari pada itu, jikalau sesuatu apa pun memisahkan aku dari engkau, selain dari pada maut!""
Rut 1:16-17 TB
Firman Tuhan ini menceritakan bagaimana kesetiaan Rut akan mertuanya Naomi shg Rut bersedia utk berjanji setia sampai maut memisahkan mereka berdua.
Tuhan memperhitungkan kesetiaan Rut dan kebaikannya shg seluruh masa depan Rut Tuhan yg mengatur dan membuatnya indah (baca kelanjutan dari kitab Rut)
Ini adalah contoh dari bentuk kesetiaan yg sejati dimana kepentingan diri sendiri tdk menjadi prioritas utama. Tuhan sedang mencari umat Nya yg memiliki kesetiaan yg sejati yg tdk mudah digoncangkan oleh berbagai masalah dalam kehidupannya. Terkadang sebagai manusia kita sulit utk setia jgnkan kpd Tuhan yg tdk terlihat, kepada sesama manusia yg terlihatpun terkadang kita tdk setia.
Yang luar biasanya sekalipun kita tdk setia tapi Tuhan senantiasa setia kpd kita, Tuhan mau mengajarkan kpd kita utk terus setia sampai pada akhirnya dan kita akan melihat bagaimana perlindungan dan pertolongan Tuhan luar biasa bagi kita yg setia serta Mahkota Kehidupan menjadi bagian kita.
"Jangan takut terhadap apa yang harus engkau derita! Sesungguhnya Iblis akan melemparkan beberapa orang dari antaramu ke dalam penjara supaya kamu dicobai dan kamu akan beroleh kesusahan selama sepuluh hari. Hendaklah engkau setia sampai mati, dan Aku akan mengaruniakan kepadamu mahkota kehidupan."
Wahyu 2:10 TB
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Now more than ever before we need to press into hearing what the Spirit of the Lord is saying today. We need to know Him. This manual will help you in your journey of intimacy with the Lord and bring you to greater understanding of the commands in Scripture to encourage one another. I often will say as I instruct ones in the prophetic that all of the gifts of the Spirit flow through the prophetic. Being a prophetic person is one who is able to hear from God. We all hear from God to a certain extent. The sons of Issachar had understanding of the times and they knew what to do. Having understanding of the times is equal to having words of wisdom, words of knowledge, and discernment flowing through you. If we can hear God's voice then we can hear words of wisdom. If we can hear God's voice then we can hear words of knowledge. If we can hear God's voice we can have discernment. If we can hear God's voice we can have faith to declare those things that are not as though they are. If we can hear God's voice then all of the Gifts of the Spirit will flow through us. More than ever before we need to understand that in the last days, as prophesied by Joel and repeated by Peter, there will be widespread revelations from God. We will not receive revelations from God if we do not hear His voice. God speaks in a variety of ways. The most basic avenues God speaks to us are through the Bible, prayer, people, nature, dreams, and an inner sense of knowing something. Certainly and most definitely we have entered such an occasion. God is speaking today. It behooves all believers to embark on this most exciting journey of learning to hear God?s voice in as many possible ways as God is speaking.