Why God is so concerned about Heart?

"Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Sam 16:7)

See? Tuhan lebih melihat sesuatu yg tidak dilihat manusia.

Ibarat rumah/ bangunan, org lebih liat desain luarnya... tapi sedikit sekali org yg memperhatikan fondasi yg tidak terlihat. Desain boleh bagus, tapi klo fondasinya lemah? ya cepet roboh tuh bangunan. Kena angin sdkit lgs tinggal kenangan. Atau mungkin baru dimasukin beban2 sperti kasur, TV, sofa, dsb, lgs roboh. Hehehe.

Sama kyak hati kita, jika hati kita lemah.. akan cepet skali 'roboh' ketika kena angin, atau ketika mulai diisi dengan barang2 yg berat. Angin itu bisa berupa perkataan2 teman2 tentang diri kita, kritik2 yg menjatuhkan, atau apapun itu yg masuk lewat panca indra kita. Klo beban itu ya salib kita masing2.

So, as long as we have a content, secure and whole heart, whatever happened in our live, we'd still have faith in Him.

Apa sich content, secure and whole? Berikut penjelasannya oleh Jerry Gunawan (dikutip dari discussion board DATE Gading 5):

"Content => feeling good for who you are (nothing more and nothing less) because you know you are precious and irreplaceable in HIS eyes .......
AND ........feeling grateful for what you have because you know whatever you have and do is actually part of something big and important, which is HIS master plan for your life.

Secure => having assurance that you are being loved by HIM unconditionally without exception and the source of your self-worth is coming from HIM and HIM only, defined by HIM and HIM only .... not by what people say / do.

Berkaitan dengan 2 kata di atas, biasanya ada one more word tuch, yang in the past, I struggle a lot to understand, yaitu "whole" ... sering banget kan kita denger. Dulu gua pikir "whole" itu adalah orang yang SELALU merasa content dan SELALU merasa secure ... TIDAK PERNAH merasa down akan dirinya sendiri, ...TIDAK PERNAH merasa ketakutan dalam hidup ....

Tapi pengertian yang seperti itu malah membuat gua merasa tidak "whole" in HIM karena ... yes, in life, ada kalanya gua masi merasa tidak content dengan diri gua .....ada kalanya gua masi merasa tidak secure dengan diri gua ..... ada kalanya gua masi merasa takut dan ragu-ragu tentang hidup gua ......Apakah itu membuat gua tidak "whole" in HIM ? Itu pertanyaan yang senantiasa menghantui gua dulu .....

Tapi then HE revealed something to me :
"A whole person is NOT one who springs out of bed every morning w/ a perfect story - no fears, no tragedies, no insecurities,no self-doubt, BUT the one who has courage to overcome his fear,faith to answer his doubts & love to get him beyond his loss"

Hope it helps, guys ... content, secure, and whole :)"