Hab 3:3-16 | Pdt. Paulus Surya
3 God came from Teman,
and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His splendor covered the heavens,
and the earth was full of his praise.
4 His brightness was like the light;
rays flashed from his hand;
and there he veiled his power.
5 Before him went pestilence,
and plague followed at his heels.
6 He stood and measured the earth;
he looked and shook the nations;
then the eternal mountains were scattered;
the everlasting hills sank low.
His were the everlasting ways.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 Was your wrath against the rivers, O LORD?
Was your anger against the rivers,
or your indignation against the sea,
when you rode on your horses,
on your chariot of salvation?
9 You stripped the sheath from your bow,
calling for many arrows. Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw you and writhed;
the raging waters swept on;
the deep gave forth its voice;
it lifted its hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still in their place
at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
12 You marched through the earth in fury;
you threshed the nations in anger.
13 You went out for the salvation of your people,
for the salvation of your anointed.
You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.
15 You trampled the sea with your horses,
the surging of mighty waters.
16 I hear, and my body trembles;
my lips quiver at the sound;
rottenness enters into my bones;
my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
to come upon people who invade us.
Pada saat kita fokus pada kebesaran Tuhan, maka kita akan tenang menghadapi permasalahan hidup. Habakuk mengalami kebenaran ini. Saat dia berfokus pada kebesaran Tuhan, maka dia dapat berkata, “Dengan tenang akan kunantikan hari kesusahan.” (ayat 16). Mengapa demikian?
Kita akan melihat Allah yang Mahakuasa
Dari ayat 3-9b kita dapat melihat bahwa Habakuk saat itu fokus pada kebesaran Tuhan yang menyelamatkan bangsa Israel dari perbudakan di Mesir, menuntun mereka dalam perjalanan di padang gurun, sebelumnya mengirim tulahtulah untuk menghukum orang Mesir, juga kebesaran Allah dalam membelah laut Merah dan sungai Yordan. Allah yang
besar seperti ini menyertai umatNya (lihat Matius 1:23).
Kita akan melihat kesetiaan Allah yang menyelamatkan
Ayat 9c-13 mencatat murka Allah terhadap bangsa-bangsa yang hidup dalam dosa, namun Ia menunjukkan kasih setiaNya dengan menyelamatkan umatNya. Di tengah bangsa Israel saat itu dibuang di Babel, Tuhan yang Mahabesar tetap akan menyelamatkan mereka. Dalam Kristus, kebesaran Allah nyata melalui menghancurkan kuasa jahat dan menyelamatkan orang percaya.
Kita akan melihat hidup dengan perspektif yang benar
Ayat 14-16 mencatat tentang Habakuk yang tidak lagi gemetar dengan masalah hidupnya, namun ia gemetar terhadap kebesaran Allah. Ia terkagum-kagum dengan kebesaran Allah sehingga ia memiliki damai dan ketenangan dalam menghadapi dan menjalani masalah hidupnya. Setiap kita orang percaya, apapun masalah hidup kita, tatkala kita mau belajar fokus pada kebesaran Tuhan, maka kita akan memiliki perspektif yang benar dalam memandang hidup ini.
Ringkasan kotbah Pdt. Paulus Surya, 28 Agustus 2022