Pertanyaan: 378. Apakah Tuhan Akan Memberikan Apa Pun yang Kita Minta?
Dalam Yohanes 14:14 (yang harus dibaca dalam hubungannya dengan sekitarnya), Yesus berbicara (dalam percakapan di meja setelah Perjamuan) tentang jalan, kebenaran, dan hidup, dan tentang bagaimana murid-murid-Nya dapat memberikan pelayanan yang diterima untuk kemajuan Kerajaan Allah di bumi. Ia akan meninggalkan mereka dan memberi mereka jaminan bahwa mereka akan diberi kuasa, setelah kepergiannya, untuk melakukan pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang telah dilakukan-Nya. Ayat 14 memberi mereka jaminan akan perantaraan-Nya yang terus-menerus dan bahwa doa mereka akan didengar dan dijawab. Ia telah memberi tahu mereka bahwa mereka harus mencari dahulu Kerajaan dan segala sesuatu akan ditambahkan kepada mereka. Ayat ini juga menunjukkan kesetaraan ilahi-Nya, dalam kata-kata Aku akan melakukannya. Doa-doa kita sendiri harus, sejauh yang kita mampu, sejalan dengan kehendak Allah. Ada banyak di antara kita yang mungkin meminta hal-hal yang akan merugikan diri kita sendiri; tetapi jika kita mencari dahulu Kerajaan, maka kita memiliki jaminan bahwa Ia akan mengurus semua kebutuhan lain kita, memenuhi keinginan kita, menghibur kesedihan kita, meringankan kesulitan kita, dan membawa kita dengan selamat melalui tempat-tempat sulit dalam hidup. Kita berhak meminta ini, jika kita telah memperoleh hak ini melalui iman kepada Anak Allah dan dengan bertindak sesuai dengan kehendak ilahi. Lihat Yohanes 14:12.
Question: 378. Will God Give Us Anything We Ask?
In John 14:14 (which should be read in connection with its surroundings), Jesus was speaking (in the discourse at table after the Supper) of the way, the truth, and the life, and of how his disciples might render acceptable service for the advancement of God's kingdom on earth. He was about to leave them and he gave them the assurance that they would be endowed with power, after his departure, to do the works that he had done. Verse 14 gave them the assurance of his continuous intercession and that their prayers would be heard and answered. He had already told them that they should seek first the kingdom and all things would be added unto them. This verse also shows his divine equality, in the words "I will do it." Our own prayers should be, as far as we are able to make them so, in line with God's will. There are many of us who may ask for things that would be for our own harm; but if we "seek first the kingdom," we have then the assurance that he will care for all our other needs, supply our wants, comfort our sorrows, relieve our hardships and take us safely through the difficult places of life. We have a right to ask for these, if we have acquired this right by belief on the Son of God and by acting in accordance with the divine will. See John 14:12.
