Heart and Soul Night : Limitation and Opportunity

Greetings everyone.. How are you? Everything's good? Before I start writing, I wanna wish you all : HAPPY SWEET NOVEMBER 2012!! Sudah bulan November ni guys, waktu benar-benar cepat sekali ya.. Use it wisely,ok! Nih saya baru saja pulang dari acaranya Hillsong yang bernama Heart & Soul Night.. Acara ini diadakan setahun sekali dan sekali lagi jatuh di bulan November, sama seperti tahun lalu.. I wanna share with you all what I got from this event ya.. Yang berbicara tadi adalah Senior Pastor dari Hillsong sendiri yang bernama Ps. Brian Houston.. I hope it becomes a blessing for all of you ya :)

Kotbah yang disampaikan adalah tentang LIMITATION & OPPORTUNITY.. Dia berkata bahwa semua manusia mempunyai limit akan segala sesuatu.. Tidak perlu melihat jauh-jauh, tapi lihatlah dirimu sendiri, sadarkah kalian bahwa banyak sekali batasan yang kita punya sebagai manusia? Batasan kemampuan, batas kesabaran untuk menunggu sesuatu, untuk menahan amarah, batasan pengendalian diri, etc.. 

Lalu beliau meminta kita membuka 1 Samuel : 17:24-27.. Dia menjelaskan disaat prajurit lain ketakutan dengan goliat, ada seorang muda yang justru memiliki keberanian untuk melihat suatu kesempatan emas untuk melakukan sesuatu yang luar biasa.. 'IN THIS WORLD THAT GIVES YOU FULL LIMITATION, PEOPLE MUST HAVE THE EYES OF OPPORTUNITY'.. Lanjutnya, 'DON'T LOOK AT THE BARRIERS FIRST, BUT LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE DAVID'.

I wrote what Ps. Brian said in my memopad and I will share it here with you :

1.  "DON'T PUT YOUR LIMITATION IN THE 1ST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT YOU MUST PUT THE OPPORTUNITY FIRST. BE A MAN/WOMAN THAT FULL OF POSSIBILITY. YOU CAN SEE GOD'S GIVEN OPPORTUNITY EVERYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE RIGHT WAY OF SEEING THINGS. YOUR WORLD IS A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH HIM. YOU CAN THINK OF LIMITATION, BUT YOU CAN ALSO THINK ABOUT MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE LIMITATION, RIGHT? IT'S UP TO YOU. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT GOD GIVES YOU A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS LIFE. WHEN YOU FIX YOUR EYES TO GOD'S GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES, NO LIMITATION CAN LIMITS YOU. HAVE THE RIGHT MOTIVATION TOWARDS THOSE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES WHICH GOD GIVES TO YOU. WHAT OPPORTUNITY IS IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW? HAVE A VISION THAT FULL OF FAITH. THIS IS OUR TIME TO GO BEYOND, GO HIGHER!"

2. " PEOPLE MAYBE CAN QUESTIONED YOUR EXPERIENCE OR SKILL TOWARDS SOMETHING. PERHAPS THEY CAN UNDERESTIMATE YOU TOO. SOMETIMES, WORLD WILL NOT UNDERSTAND. BUT STILL, HAVE A BIG HEART MY FRIEND, SINCE THAT'S THE KEY. FROM YOUR BIG HEART, YOU CAN SEE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN YOUR LIFE. YOU CAN SEE YOUR DREAM AND ACHIEVE IT. GOD WILL CROWN THE YEAR WITH HIS GOODNESS"

3. " DO NOT PUT LIMITATION IN YOUR WORLD, IN YOURSELF, EVEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE LIMIT IN CERTAIN THINGS. REMEMBER THAT OUR GOD IS ABLE AND CAN WORKS BEYOND. USE YOUR OPPORTUNITY WELL. ONCE AGAIN, HAVE A BIG HEART THAT FULL OF FAITH ALWAYS. DON'T GIVE UP. INSIDE THOSE LIMITATIONS THAT YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, YOU WILL SEE GOD'S GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU, GOD'S AWESOME VISION IN YOU. THINK OF YOUR OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF YOUR LIMITATION"

4. " I KNOW THERE ARE SEASONS OF LIFE. SO, NOW IS THE SEASON OF OPPORTUNITIES. HE SAID CLEARLY IN DEUTERONOMY 28:13A = THE LORD WILL MAKE YOU THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL... LASTLY, DO NOT BOW DOWN TO LIMITATION. YOU MUST ADMIT AND ACCEPT IT, THEN MOVE FORWARD. IT'S NORMAL TO HAVE LIMITATION IN SEVERAL THINGS, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. THOSE LIMITATIONS GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITY TO DEPEND ON HIM MORE AND MORE. HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND KEEP STEPPING FORWARD TO CHASE GOD'S GIVEN OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR LIFE."

 
Saudara-saudara sekalian, kata-kata yang beliau ucapkan tersebut semakin menguatkan saya dalam segala hal. Membuat saya jauh lebih bersyukur berada dimanapun saya berada sekarang, memiliki apapun yang saya miliki sekarang. Saya mengakui bahwa saya sama sekali tidak sempurna dalam segala hal. My body is weak and small, my heart is fragile because of so many things. I have limits in certain area in my life. I feel tired sometimes in my waiting season. I AM 100% IMPERFECT HUMAN BEING.. Saya yang dulu sama sekali merasa bahwa kehidupan saya hanya kehidupan yang seperti itu saja.. Bangun, makan, mandi, sekolah, les, kerja PR, pulang, menonton TV dan bermain. Hanya diisi oleh rutinitas biasa yang saya lakukan berulang-ulang..

Sampai di suatu waktu dimana saya diubahkan.. DULU, saya melihat tidak ada 1 pun kesempatan dalam hidup ini untuk menjadi orang yang lebih baik, menjadi orang yang berguna.. Yang saya lihat hanyalah semua keterbatasan yang ada di dalam diri ini. But when He came into my heart, I closed my eyes and opened it again, then I saw hope and future.....

I said so many times toward myself, 'I am beyond grateful in this life'. Saya mungkin masih belum memiliki segalanya yang dunia katakan sebagai kekuatan atau SYARAT untuk menjadi 'seseorang', tapi saya memiliki 1 KEPASTIAN YANG AKAN MEMBUAT SAYA MENJADI 'SESEORANG' dalam hidup ini. 

Bukankah yang diinginkan setiap orang adalah kepastian di tengah hidup yang sangat tidak pasti ini? Ijinkan saya mengatakan kepada kalian SEBUAH KEPASTIAN yang selalu berhasil membuat saya tenang kembali di kehidupan yang tidak menentu ini.

# MY HOPE & CERTAINTY IN THIS LIFE ARE IN HIS WORDS THAT SAID : 'THERE IS SURELY A FUTURE HOPE FOR YOU, AND YOUR HOPE WILL NOT BE CUT OFF" - PROVERBS 23:18

WHAT A GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR THAT I HAVE! WHAT A GREAT RESCUER THAT YOU HAVE! IN ALL THOSE LIMITATION THAT I HAVE, I HAVE SOMEONE THAT LIMITLESS.. I HAVE AN ABSOLUTE GENTLEMAN THAT CAN DO SOMETHING BEYOND FOR ME.. I HAVE A FLAWLESS FATHER THAT COVERS MY FLAWS AND WILL FIGHT FOR ME..

Semua dalam hidup saya mungkin akan tetap berjalan seperti biasa.. Kekhawatiran dan ketakutan tetap selalu datang menghampiri.. Perasaan marah dan kecewa karena beberapa orang dan akan beberapa hal tetap ada.. Bahkan perasaan patah semangat karena sudah capek menjalani hidup ini terkadang masih menghampiri saya dengan tiba-tiba entah dari mana asalnya.. 

* BUT, ONCE AGAIN, WHEN I PRAYED AND CLOSED MY EYES FOR A MOMENT THEN OPEN IT AGAIN, I STILL SEE THE SAME HOPE AND FUTURE THAT ERASE ALL THOSE UNCERTAINTY IN MY LIFE.. WHICH MEANS I STILL HAVE GOD'S GIVEN OPPORTUNITY.. I STILL HAVE HIS FAVOR TO BECOME 'SOMEONE' IN THIS LIFE.. 

How about you my friend? Can't you see that you too, have so many amazing opportunities in this life? Don't look at other people too much.. Look at you, you are wonderfully made.. Bersyukurlah dengan segala sesuatu yang kalian punya sampai detik ini, dimanapun kalian ditempatkan saat ini.. Sadarilah bahwa masih banyak orang lain yang jauh lebih kekurangan dibanding dengan anda.. Salah 1 prinsip yang saya miliki dalam hidup ini adalah : Sekurang-kurangnya saya, saya masih berkelebihan juga dibanding beberapa orang lain di dunia ini.. Sesusah-susahnya saya, masih ada orang lain yang memiliki kesusahan hidup lebih parah dari saya..  Dengan mengingat prinsip tersebut, saya diajarkan untuk menjadi pribadi yang terlebih lagi bersyukur akan segala hal yang terjadi, baik negatif maupun positif.. Saya berharap kalian dapat melihat dan menyadari betapa beruntungnya kalian ini, REGARDLESS what happened, happens, or will happen in your life.. There is always AT LEAST 1 reason to be grateful right?

* I AM GRATEFUL TO BECOME ME IN THIS LIFE, REGARDLESS........ SO DO YOU MY FRIEND.. WHAT A SUPER AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BECOME YOU...DO YOU KNOW THAT? :)

One of my friend asked me before, what is the difference between possibility and opportunity? I still can't find the exact word to describe the difference, but I can explain 1 thing : WHEN YOU SEE OPPORTUNITY, IT MEANS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR YOU. SAME LIKE WHEN YOU SEE POSSIBILITY, IT MEANS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.. TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAM, TO BECOME SOMEONE THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS LIFE, TO BECOME A LIGHT, AND TO BECOME A BETTER YOU..

** EVERYDAY IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT SUPPORTED BY MANY POSSIBILITIES.. THEN TAKE IT.. MAKE THE MOST OF IT.. 

## "DON'T LET YOUR LIMIT, OR THE LIMITATION THAT THIS WORLD GIVES, LIMIT YOU.. REMEMBER, YOU HAVE A LIMITLESS GOD THAT CAN GOES BEYOND WHAT HUMAN CAN THINK OF. WHEN YOU HAVE GOD ON YOUR SIDE, IT MEANS YOU HAVE A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME AND ACHIEVE ALL THINGS." - Brian Houston.

- In addition, he also mentioned before, opportunity means favorable situation in dictionary. Then if it's favorable, it also means : POSSIBLE..

THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES INSIDE THOSE LIMITATIONS :)


# Luke 1:37 = " FOR NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD"

Regards, Cindy