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Adapun manusia, hari-harinya seperti rumput, seperti bunga di
padang demikianlah ia berbunga; apabila angin melintasinya,
maka tidak ada lagi ia, dan tempatnya tidak mengenalnya lagi.”
(Maz 103: 14-16). Saya diingatkan dengan teguran kepada Ayub,
“Mengapa engkau berbantah dengan Dia, bahwa Dia tidak
menjawab segala perkataanmu? (Ayub 33:13)

6. Harus menerima kenyataan bahwa Allah kadang dengan sengaja
“menyakiti” kita. Allah sering tidak menjawab doa kita. Allah
sering tidak memberikan apa yang kita inginkan.

God does not “keep” his people. He loves us, gives himself to us,
and eagerly awaits our free response. God wants us to choose to
love him freely, even when that choice involves pain, because we
are committed to him, not to our own good feelings and rewards.
He wants us to cleave to him, as Job did, even when we have every
reason to deny him hotly. That, I believe, is the central message
of Job. Satan has taunted God with the accusation that humans

are not truly free. Was Job being faithful simply because God has
allowed him to a prosperous life? Job’s fiery trials proved the
beyond doubt. Job clung to God’s justice when he was the best
example in history of God’s apparent injustice. He did not seek
the Giver because of his gifts; when all gifts were removed he still
sought the Giver. 42

7. Melalui perjuangan yang panjang dan tidak mudah sejak
November 2014, akhirnya tiba di “tempat” untuk tetap
mempercayai Allah dan Firman-Nya, tetap menyembah dan
mengasihi Allah; tetap melayani Dia SEKALIPUN Dia tidak
menjawab doaku, sekalipun Dia tidak menyembuhkanku,

sekalipun Dia tidak memberkatiku, sekalipun Dia melukaiku,
sekalipun Dia merampas sesuatu yang berharga bagiku. Dasar
saya melakukan semua itu bukan karena apa yang Tuhan lakukan

42 Phillip Yancey, Where Is God When It Hurts (Grand Rapids Michigan:
Zondervan, 1990), 90-91.
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