9 JUNE
Daily Bible Reading: Mark 7:23-37, 2Chronicles 32-33

EPHPHATHA: BE OPENED

There is nothing too difficult for Jesus to open. When people brought to Jesus someone who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, Jesus did something miraculously. The Bible told us: “Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, ‘Ephphatha,’ that is, ‘Be opened.’ Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly Mrk.7:34-35.”

People were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak Mrk.7:37.” What is your problem right now? Jesus is more than able to solve that problem for you. Jesus is more than able to make all things well. Back to the days of creation, at the end of everything the Bible said: “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good Gen.1:31.” Jesus came to this world and restore again the goodness of God toward His creation.

Just like how people brought to Him that sick person and they begged Him to put His hand on him Mrk.7:32, so do we also need to bring our problem to Him and beg Him to put His hand on our problem. The word ‘beg’ also means to call to one’s side, let someone to be in our side. We must come to Jesus with humbleness and allow Jesus to be always with us because now we understand and believe that Jesus is the only one that able to do the power of ‘Ephphatha’ upon our situation and condition.

EFATA: TERBUKALAH

Tidak ada hal yang terlalu sulit bagi Yesus untuk dibuka. Ketika orang-orang membawa pada Yesus seorang yang tuli dan gagap, Yesus melakukan sesuatu yang ajaib. Alkitab mengatakan, ”Kemudian sambil menengadah ke langit Yesus menarik nafas dan berkata kepadanya: ‘Efata!’, artinya: Terbukalah! Maka terbukalah telinga orang itu dan seketika itu terlepas pulalah pengikat lidahnya, lalu ia berkata-kata dengan baik Mrk.7:34-35.”

Mereka takjub dan tercengang dan berkata: “Ia menjadikan segala-galanya baik, yang tuli dijadikan-Nya mendengar, yang bisu dijadikan-Nya berkata-kata Mrk.7:37.” Apakah masalah Anda saat ini? Yesus terlebih mampu untuk menyelesaikan masalah Saudara. Yesus terlebih mampu untuk menjadikan segalanya baik. Kembali pada hari penciptaan, di akhir segalanya Alkitab mencatat, “Maka Allah melihat segala yang dijadikan-Nya itu, sungguh amat baik Kej.1:31.” Yesus datang ke dunia ini dan memulihkan kembali kebaikan Allah terhadap ciptaan-Nya.

Sama seperti bagaimana orang membawa pada Yesus orang sakit itu dan memohon kepada-Nya supaya Dia meletakkan tangan-Nya atas orang itu Mrk.7:32, demikian juga kita perlu membawa masalah kita pada-Nya dan memohon agar Dia meletakkan tangan-Nya atas masalah kita. Kata ‘memohon’ juga berarti memanggil ke sisi seseorang, membiarkan seseorang berada di sisi kita. Kita harus datang pada Yesus dengan kerendahan hati dan mengizinkan Yesus untuk selalu bersama dengan kita karena sekarang kita memahami dan percaya bahwa Yesus adalah satu-satunya yang dapat melakukan kuasa ‘Efata’ pada situasi dan kondisi kita.