Refleksi : Our Role Is Not Our Reward
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“Our role is not
our reward, Jesus is. Roles will begin and they will end. The only way for us
to end well is to have our hearts recalibrated, Jesus must increase and we must
decrease.
What rises in your
heart at the thought of Jesus giving another person a more prominent role in
His Wedding? How much do you long to have a more prominent role? How well are
you prepared to let go of the role He has given you? What if He gives another
your role?
In our individual
and temporary earthly roles, the Wedding is not about us. It’s about Jesus and
His bride. And we should never compete with the Bridegroom for the bride’s
attention and affection.”
(Jon Bloom, in
“Things Not Seen”:
A Fresh Look At
Old Stories Of Trusting God’s Promises, 2015: Desiring God,
Chapter 2 Page 31,
“He Must Increase But I Must Decrease”—
John Baptist And
Humility)
p.s.
:
(Personal
Reflection)
We don’t need to
compare ourselves and our works to others. Believe, that God has already given
each of us, the beatiful part, the unique roles, to prepare the Wedding. You
may see your part differently from God: you think it is easy, small,
unsignificant—but you are absolutely wrong. Every part or role, if we do in His
calling & in His will (in “yes” to Him), is always be important to Him. The
thought of comparison, or the feeling that we do the unsignificant part or
roles for His Wedding and Kingdom, may become the signs, that we are struggling
with our inner conflict. Our pride, our selfish ambition. But again, we must
remind, “He must increase but i must
decrease.”
It’s not about our
part or role, that is important—
Our role is not
our reward—
Jesus is.
(Cikarang, June 25th,
2016)
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