(Yes 65:17-21; Mzm 30:2.4.5-6.11-12a.13b; Yoh 4:43-54)
Bersama teladan pegawai istana, kitapun diajak memiliki iman an kebenaran dengan 3 langkah nyata, antara lain:
1."MenjumpaiNya":
Ia pergi mencari Yesus. Ia berjuang untuk bisa menemui Yesus, menempuh perjalanan yang panjang karena ia yakin dimana ada kemauan disitu ada jalan.
2."MengimaniNya":
Ketika bertemu dengan Yesus, pegawai istana itu percaya sepenuh hati akan semua perkataan Yesus. Ia secara total mendengarkan dan sekaligus melaksanakan apa yang dikatakan Yesus.
3."MengalamiNya":
Ketika ia masih di tengah jalan, hamba-hambanya datang kepadanya dengan kabar bahwa anaknya hidup. Ia bertanya kepada mereka pukul berapa anak itu mulai sembuh. Jawab mereka, "Kemarin siang pukul satu demamnya hilang." Maka, ia teringat bahwa pada saat itulah Yesus berkata kepadanya, "Anakmu hidup." Dengan kata lain: ia mengalami Allah secara pribadi sehingga ia dan seluruh keluarganya menjadi percaya.
"Dari Rawabuaya sampai Kintamani - Aku percaya dan selalu mengimani."
Salam HIKers,
Tuhan memberkati & Bunda merestui
Fiat Lux - Be the Light -
Jadilah Terang!
(Gen 1:3)
NB:
1.“Deus salutis mea - Allah keselamatanku.”
Yesus hadir sebagai “Sang Penyelamat”.Setelah membuat mukjizat dalam perjamuan nikah di Kana, Yesus membuat mukjizat kedua, yakni menyembuhkan anak perwira yang sakit.
Jelaslah bahwa kehadiran Yesus adalah untuk menyelamatkan: "menciptakan langit dan bumi baru" (Yes 65,17).
Adapun pada saat berada di Kapernaum, Yesus dikunjungi oleh seorang pegawai/perwira istana ("basilikos") yang anaknya sedang sakit parah.
Peristiwa penyembuhan anak pegawai istana ini sendiri menunjuk pada transisi iman.
Semula ia mencari Yesus karena butuh mukjizat. Ia tipikal kebanyakan orang Galilea yaitu percaya kalau ada tanda: datang karena apa yg dilakukan Allah bukan karena "Allah" adalah "Allah".
Lebih lanjut, teguran Yesus kepada pegawai istana bahwa “jika kamu tidak melihat tanda dan mukjizat, kamu tidak percaya” mempunyai makna pengujian , sama seperti Yesus menguji iman Maria (Yoh 2:4) dan iman Marta (Yoh 11:23).
Yesus ingin mengubah iman pegawai istana, dari iman yang berdasar hanya pada tanda kepada iman yang berdasar pada kata-kata Yesus. Dan inilah iman yang sejati, yaitu iman yang percaya penuh pada Yesus, dengan atau tanpa mukjizat.
Pegawai istana akhirnya menyaksikan mukjizat. Perkataan yang berkuasa itulah yang membuat ia dan seluruh keluarganya menjadi percaya. Disinilah iman juga berdimensi sosial: menyebar-pencar ke orang lain.
Di Kana, bukan hanya para pelayan saja yg percaya, tetapi iman itu juga menyebar ke semakin banyak orang dan di Kapernaum, bukan hanya pegawai istana saja tapi juga setiap anggota keluarganya menjadi percaya, bukan?
"Naik delman di tengah malam - Mari beriman dengan mendalam."
2."Jesus - the divine physician"
Gospel Reading: John 4:43-54
After the two days he departed to Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast. So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; and he himself believed, and all his household. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 65:17-21
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Meditation
Do you approach the Lord Jesus with expectant faith for healing, pardon, and transformation in Christ-like holiness? Isaiah prophesied that God would come not only to restore his people, he would also come to recreate new heavens and a new earth (Isaiah 65:17). Jesus' miracles are signs that manifest the presence of God and the coming of his kingdom of power and glory. When a high ranking official, who was very likely from King Herod's court, heard the reports of Jesus’ preaching and miracles, he decided to seek Jesus out for an extraordinary favor. If this story happened today the media headlines would probably say: "High ranking official leaves capital in search of miracle cure from a small town carpenter."
It took raw courage for a high ranking court official to travel twenty miles in search of Jesus, the Galilean carpenter. He had to swallow his pride and put up with some ridicule from his cronies. And when he found the healer carpenter, Jesus seemed to put him off with the blunt statement that people would not believe unless they saw some kind of miracle or sign from heaven. Jesus likely said this to test the man to see if his faith was in earnest. If he turned away in irritation or with discouragement, he would prove to be insincere. Jesus, perceiving his faith, sent him home with the assurance that his prayer had been heard.
It was probably not easy for this man to return to his family with only an assuring word from Jesus that his son would be healed. Couldn't Jesus have come to this man's house and laid his hands on the dying child? However, without a moment's hesitation the court official believed in Jesus and took him at his word. He began his journey back home with renewed faith and hope - ready to face whatever might await him - whether it be the anguish of his distraught family and or the scorn of unbelieving neighbors. Before he could even make it all the way back to his home town, news reached him that his son had recovered. What astonishment must have greeted his family and friends when they heard that his son was instantly restored to health at the very moment when Jesus had pronounced the words - your son will live!
Jesus' miraculous healings show his generous kindness and extravagant love - a love that bends down in response to our misery and wretched condition. Is there any area in your life where you need healing, pardon, change, and restoration? If you seek the Lord with trust and expectant faith, he will not disappoint you. He will meet you more than half way and give you what you need. The Lord Jesus never refused anyone who put their trust in him. Surrender your doubts and fears, your pride and guilt at his feet, and trust in his saving word and healing love.
"Lord Jesus, your love never fails and your mercy is unceasing. Give me the courage to surrender my stubborn pride, fear and doubts to your surpassing love, wisdom and knowledge. Make be strong in faith, persevering in hope, and constant in love."
Psalm 30:2-5,11-12
O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have
healed me.
O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol,
restored me to life from among those gone down
to the Pit.
Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and
give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor
is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the
night, but joy comes with the morning.
You have turned for me my mourning into
dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and
girded me with gladness,
that my soul may praise you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you for ever.
Daily Quote from the Early Church Fathers
"God sent the human race a physician, a savior, One Who healed without charging a fee. Christ also came to reward those who would be healed by Him. Christ heals the sick, and He makes a gift to those whom He heals. And the gift that He makes is Himself!" (Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D., excerpt from Sermon 102,2)
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