Belém - Fome na casa do Pão
Autor: Wagner Barros de Jesus | Publicado: 2015-08-05T17:40:00-07:00

Trecho original do Coment&#225;rio do Livro de Rute do escritor e Reverendo Hernandes Dias Lopes.
Houve&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; p&#227;o&#160; em&#160; Bel&#233;m,&#160; a&#160; Casa&#160; do&#160; P&#227;o.&#160;
Bel&#233;m &#233;&#160; um&#160; s&#237;mbolo&#160; da&#160; igreja.&#160; Muitas&#160; vezes,&#160; tamb&#233;m,&#160; falta&#160; p&#227;o na&#160; igreja,&#160; e&#160; as&#160; pessoas&#160; come&#231;am&#160; a&#160; passar&#160; fome.&#160; O&#160; p&#227;o&#160; que falta&#160; na&#160; igreja&#160; n&#227;o&#160; &#233;&#160; aquele&#160; feito&#160; de&#160; trigo,&#160; mas&#160; aquele&#160; que procede&#160; da&#160; boca de&#160; Deus.&#160; E&#160; a fome&#160; desse&#160; p&#227;o&#160; do&#160; c&#233;u&#160; que&#160; nos faz&#160; buscar&#160; a&#160; Deus&#160; com&#160; todas&#160; as&#160; for&#231;as&#160; da&#160; nossa&#160; alma. No&#160; dia&#160; em&#160; que&#160; a&#160; nossa&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; for&#160; maior&#160; do&#160; que&#160; a fome&#160; por comida,&#160; por dinheiro,&#160; por fama e reconhecimento, ent&#227;o&#160; poderemos&#160; experimentar&#160; as&#160; maravilhas&#160; de&#160; Deus. No&#160; entanto,&#160; precisamos&#160; tamb&#233;m&#160; tapar&#160; os&#160; ouvidos&#160; ao clamor&#160; pessimista&#160; daqueles&#160; que&#160; nos&#160; dizem&#160; que&#160; n&#227;o&#160; vamos conseguir,&#160; que&#160; a&#160; crise&#160; nos&#160; vencer&#225;&#160; e&#160; que&#160; jamais&#160; Deus&#160; nos dar&#225;&#160; p&#227;o&#160; com&#160; fartura. Quando falta&#160; p&#227;o&#160; na&#160; Casa&#160; do&#160; P&#227;o, as&#160; pessoas&#160; se desesperam O&#160; livro&#160; de&#160; Rute&#160; &#233;&#160; uma&#160; hist&#243;ria&#160; de&#160; amor&#160; que&#160; ensina ricas&#160; li&#231;&#245;es&#160; espirituais.
Tommy&#160; Tenney,&#160; em&#160; seu&#160; livro&#160; Os ca&#231;adores&#160; de&#160; Deus,&#160; faz&#160; uma&#160; profunda&#160; e&#160; pertinente&#160; exposi&#231;&#227;o do&#160; cap&#237;tulo&#160; primeiro&#160; de&#160; Rute.&#160; Ele&#160; escreve&#160; sobre&#160; a&#160; fome&#160; que castigou&#160; a&#160; cidade&#160; de&#160; Bel&#233;m&#160; e&#160; suas&#160; implica&#231;&#245;es&#160; para&#160; a&#160; igreja contempor&#226;nea.&#160; Houve&#160; um&#160; tempo&#160; em&#160; que&#160; o&#160; nome&#160; da cidade&#160; de&#160; Bel&#233;m&#160; era&#160; apenas&#160; uma&#160; propaganda&#160; enganosa,&#160; uma promessa&#160; vazia,&#160; uma&#160; nega&#231;&#227;o&#160; da&#160; sua&#160; realidade.
Houve&#160; um dia&#160; em&#160; que&#160; os&#160; fornos&#160; de&#160; Bel&#233;m&#160; ficaram&#160; frios&#160; e&#160; cobertos&#160; de cinza,&#160; e&#160; as&#160; prateleiras, vazias.&#160; A&#160; terra&#160; t&#243;rrida&#160; gemia&#160; sob&#160; o&#160; calor inclemente&#160; e&#160; escaldante&#160; do&#160; sol.&#160; A&#160; chuva dadivosa&#160; e&#160; benfazeja foi&#160; retida,&#160; e&#160; o&#160; c&#233;u&#160; fechou&#160; suas&#160; comportas.&#160; A&#160; semente&#160; perecia sem&#160; vida&#160; no&#160; ventre&#160; da&#160; terra.&#160; Nos&#160; pastos,&#160; o&#160; gado&#160; mugia desassossegado&#160; pela&#160; fome.&#160; Nos&#160; currais,&#160; n&#227;o&#160; havia&#160; ovelhas. Nos&#160; campos,&#160; outrora&#160; farturosos,&#160; n&#227;o&#160; havia&#160; frutos.&#160; Nas&#160; casas, n&#227;o&#160; havia&#160; p&#227;o,&#160; e&#160; o&#160; povo&#160; come&#231;ou&#160; a&#160; passar&#160; fome. 
Onde&#160; h&#225;&#160; fome,&#160; h&#225;&#160; inquieta&#231;&#227;o.&#160; Onde&#160; a&#160; fome&#160; chega, reina&#160; o&#160; desespero.&#160; A&#160; fome&#160; &#233;&#160; implac&#225;vel.&#160; Ela&#160; abate&#160; sem piedade&#160; as&#160; suas&#160; v&#237;timas.&#160;
A&#160; Casa&#160; do&#160; P&#227;o&#160; ficou&#160; sem&#160; p&#227;o.&#160; 
As pessoas&#160; chegavam&#160; de&#160; todos&#160; os&#160; lados&#160; &#224;&#160; procura&#160; de&#160; p&#227;o,&#160; mas voltavam&#160; de&#160; m&#227;os&#160; vazias.&#160; Suas&#160; esperan&#231;as&#160; eram&#160; frustradas. Bel&#233;m&#160; tornou-se&#160; um&#160; lugar&#160; de&#160; inquieta&#231;&#227;o&#160; e&#160; ang&#250;stia,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o de&#160; satisfa&#231;&#227;o&#160; e&#160; plenitude. Bel&#233;m,&#160; um&#160; retrato da&#160; igreja a&#160; casa&#160; do&#160; P&#227;o,&#160; vazia&#160; de&#160; p&#227;o,&#160; &#233;&#160; um&#160; retrato&#160; da&#160; igreja contempor&#226;nea.&#160; 
A&#160; igreja&#160; tamb&#233;m&#160; &#233;&#160; a&#160; casa&#160; do&#160; p&#227;o.
As pessoas&#160; est&#227;o&#160; famintas.&#160; Elas&#160; t&#234;m&#160; necessidades&#160; n&#227;o&#160; do&#160; p&#227;o que&#160; perece,&#160; mas&#160; do&#160; p&#227;o&#160; da&#160; vida./&#160; O&#160; pr&#243;prio&#160; Deus&#160; &#233;&#160; quem coloca&#160; essa&#160; fome&#160; em&#160; n&#243;s:&#160; &#8220;Eis&#160; que&#160; v&#234;m&#160; dias,&#160; diz&#160; o&#160; Senhor Deus,&#160; em&#160; que&#160; enviarei&#160; fome&#160; sobre&#160; a&#160; terra,&#160; n&#227;o&#160; de&#160; p&#227;o,&#160; nem sede&#160; de&#160; &#225;gua,&#160; mas&#160; de&#160; ouvir&#160; as&#160; palavras&#160; do&#160; Senhor&#8221;&#160; (Am 8.11).&#160; Muitas&#160; pessoas&#160; buscam&#160; saciar&#160; sua&#160; fome&#160; espiritual na&#160; igreja,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; encontram&#160; nela&#160; o&#160; p&#227;o&#160; da&#160; vida.&#160; Muitas pessoas&#160; buscam&#160; Deus&#160; na&#160; igreja,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; O&#160; encontram&#160; na igreja.&#160; Encontram&#160; muito&#160; do&#160; homem&#160; e&#160; pouco&#160; de&#160; Deus. Encontram&#160; muito&#160; ritual e&#160; pouco&#160; p&#227;o&#160; espiritual.&#160; Encontram muito&#160; da&#160; terra&#160; e&#160; pouco&#160; do&#160; c&#233;u. A&#160; igreja&#160; hoje&#160; est&#225;&#160; tamb&#233;m&#160; substituindo&#160; o&#160; p&#227;o&#160; do&#160; c&#233;u por outro&#160; alimento.&#160; Est&#225;&#160; pregando&#160; o&#160; que&#160; o&#160; povo&#160; quer&#160; ouvir,&#160; e n&#227;o&#160; o&#160; que&#160; o&#160; povo&#160; precisa&#160; ouvir.
Prega-se&#160; para&#160; agradar,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o para&#160; alimentar.&#160; D&#225;-se&#160; palha,&#160; em&#160; vez&#160; de&#160; trigo,&#160; ao&#160; povo&#160; (Jr 23.28). H&#225;&#160; igrejas,&#160; tamb&#233;m,&#160; que,&#160; al&#233;m&#160; de&#160; n&#227;o&#160; terem&#160; p&#227;o,&#160; est&#227;o vendendo&#160; farelo&#160; para&#160; o&#160; povo,&#160; e&#160; cobrando&#160; caro&#160; por&#160; ele.&#160; H&#225; l&#237;deres&#160; que,&#160; al&#233;m&#160; de&#160; adulterar&#160; o&#160; evangelho,&#160; ainda&#160; o&#160; t&#234;m comercializado&#160; e&#160; mercadejado.&#160; Na&#160; &#226;nsia&#160; do&#160; ter&#160; mais&#160; do que&#160; na&#160; busca&#160; do&#160; ser,&#160; muitas&#160; igrejas&#160; est&#227;o&#160; desengavetando&#160; as indulg&#234;ncias&#160; da&#160; Idade&#160; M&#233;dia,&#160; dando-lhes&#160; novas&#160; roupagens, mercadejando&#160; a&#160; gra&#231;a&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; e&#160; induzindo&#160; o&#160; povo&#160; incauto ao&#160; misticismo&#160; mais&#160; tosco. Contudo,&#160; tamb&#233;m,&#160; h&#225;&#160; igrejas&#160; que&#160; est&#227;o&#160; dando&#160; veneno, em&#160; vez&#160; de&#160; p&#227;o,&#160; ao&#160; povo.&#160; Est&#227;o&#160; pregando&#160; doutrinas&#160; de homens,&#160; e n&#227;o&#160; a&#160; Palavra&#160; de Deus.&#160; Conduzem&#160; o&#160; povo&#160; atrav&#233;s de&#160; sonhos,&#160; vis&#245;es&#160; e&#160; revela&#231;&#245;es,&#160; em&#160; vez&#160; de&#160; anunciar-lhe&#160; a santa&#160; Palavra&#160; de&#160; Deus.&#160; Est&#227;o&#160; dando&#160; um&#160; caldo&#160; venenoso&#160; ao povo&#160; de&#160; Deus,&#160; em&#160; vez&#160; de&#160; aliment&#225;-lo&#160; com&#160; o&#160; p&#227;o&#160; do&#160; c&#233;u.
H&#225;&#160; morte&#160; na&#160; panela,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; alimento&#160; saud&#225;vel.&#160; H&#225;&#160; muitas heresias&#160; entrando&#160; sorrateiramente&#160; no&#160; arraial&#160; evang&#233;lico, dissimuladas&#160; como&#160; doutrinas&#160; b&#237;blicas.&#160; As&#160; multid&#245;es&#160; s&#227;o atra&#237;das,&#160; o&#160; entusiasmo&#160; do&#160; povo&#160; cresce,&#160; mas&#160; o&#160; povo&#160; est&#225;&#160; se alimentando&#160; de&#160; palha,&#160; em&#160; vez&#160; de&#160; p&#227;o. Hoje,&#160; muitas&#160; pessoas&#160; est&#227;o&#160; famintas&#160; de&#160; outras&#160; coisas,&#160; e n&#227;o&#160; famintas&#160; de&#160; Deus.&#160; Est&#227;o&#160; atr&#225;s&#160; das&#160; b&#234;n&#231;&#227;os&#160; de&#160; Deus, e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; do&#160; Deus&#160; das&#160; b&#234;n&#231;&#227;os.&#160; Querem&#160; as&#160; b&#234;n&#231;&#227;os,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; o aben&#231;oador.&#160; Querem&#160; as&#160; d&#225;divas,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; o&#160; doador.&#160; Querem agradar&#160; a&#160; si&#160; mesmas,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; a&#160; Deus.&#160; Querem&#160; a&#160; promo&#231;&#227;o pessoal,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; a&#160; gl&#243;ria&#160; de&#160; Deus.
Buscam&#160; sa&#250;de&#160; e&#160; prosperidade,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; santidade.
Correm&#160; atr&#225;s&#160; de&#160; sucesso,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; de piedade.&#160; T&#234;m&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; Mamom,&#160; e&#160; n&#227;o&#160; de&#160; man&#225;. Outros&#160; buscam&#160; conhecer&#160; a&#160; respeito&#160; de&#160; Deus,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o conhecem&#160; a&#160; Deus.&#160; S&#227;o&#160; ortodoxos&#160; de&#160; cabe&#231;a,&#160; mas&#160; hereges&#160; de conduta.&#160; S&#227;o&#160; zelosos&#160; da&#160; doutrina,&#160; mas&#160; relaxados&#160; com&#160; a&#160; vida. S&#227;o&#160; defensores&#160; da&#160; verdade,&#160; mas&#160; est&#227;o&#160; secos&#160; como&#160; um&#160; deserto e&#160; duros&#160; como&#160; uma&#160; pedra.
Buscam&#160; conhecimento,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o buscam&#160; piedade.
T&#234;m&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; livro,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; Deus. T&#234;m&#160; luz&#160; na&#160; mente,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; fogo&#160; no&#160; cora&#231;&#227;o. T&#234;m&#160; a&#160; cabe&#231;a cheia&#160; de&#160; conhecimento,&#160; mas&#160; o&#160; cora&#231;&#227;o&#160; vazio&#160; de&#160; devo&#231;&#227;o.&#160; O resultado&#160; &#233;&#160; que&#160; temos&#160; igrejas&#160; cheias&#160; de&#160; pessoas&#160; vazias&#160; de&#160; Deus, e&#160; igrejas&#160; vazias&#160; de&#160; pessoas&#160; cheias&#160; de&#160; Deus.&#160; Essas&#160; pessoas&#160; t&#234;m fome&#160; de&#160; muita&#160; coisa,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; do&#160; Deus&#160; vivo. Sim,&#160; estamos&#160; precisando&#160; de&#160; uma&#160; gera&#231;&#227;o&#160; que&#160; tenha fome&#160; de&#160; Deus.&#160; Pior&#160; do&#160; que&#160; a&#160; fome&#160; &#233;&#160; a&#160; inapet&#234;ncia,&#160; a&#160; falta de&#160; apetite.&#160; Falta&#160; de&#160; apetite&#160; &#233;&#160; doen&#231;a,&#160; e&#160; a&#160; doen&#231;a&#160; mata&#160; mais r&#225;pido&#160; do&#160; que&#160; a fome.&#160; O&#160; salmista&#160; disse:&#160; &#8220;A&#160; minha&#160; alma&#160; tem sede&#160; de&#160; Deus,&#160; do&#160; Deus&#160; vivo&#8221;&#160; (SI&#160; 42.2).&#160; Os&#160; filhos&#160; de&#160; Cor&#233; diziam:&#160; &#8220;[...]&#160; o&#160; meu&#160; cora&#231;&#227;o&#160; e&#160; a&#160; minha&#160; carne&#160; exultam&#160; pelo Deus&#160; vivo&#8221;&#160; (SI&#160; 84.2).&#160; O&#160; povo&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; anda&#160; sem&#160; apetite espiritual. As&#160; coisas&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; parecem&#160; n&#227;o&#160; empolgar&#160; mais&#160; os filhos&#160; de&#160; Deus.&#160; Eles&#160; olham&#160; para&#160; as&#160; coisas&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; e&#160; dizem: que&#160; canseira&#160; (Ml&#160; 1.13)!&#160; Eles&#160; n&#227;o&#160; t&#234;m&#160; deleite&#160; na&#160; Palavra.
Eles&#160; n&#227;o&#160; tremem&#160; diante&#160; da&#160; Palavra.&#160; Eles&#160; n&#227;o&#160; t&#234;m&#160; pressa para&#160; orar.
As&#160; reuni&#245;es&#160; de&#160; ora&#231;&#227;o&#160; est&#227;o&#160; morrendo&#160; nas&#160; igrejas. O&#160; povo&#160; tem&#160; tempo&#160; para&#160; reuni&#245;es&#160; de&#160; planejamento,&#160; mas n&#227;o&#160; tem&#160; tempo&#160; para&#160; orar.&#160; O&#160; povo&#160; acha&#160; tempo&#160; para&#160; o&#160; lazer, mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; para&#160; buscar&#160; a&#160; face&#160; do&#160; Senhor.&#160; E&#160; que&#160; falta&#160; fome&#160; de Deus.&#160; E&#160; que&#160; a&#160; nossa&#160; alma&#160; n&#227;o&#160; est&#225;&#160; impregnada&#160; de&#160; Deus nem apegada&#160; a Ele.&#160; Cantamos&#160; que&#160; Deus&#160; &#233;&#160; o amado&#160; da&#160; nossa alma,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; conversamos&#160; com&#160; Ele,&#160; n&#227;o&#160; ouvimos&#160; a&#160; Sua voz&#160; nem&#160; nos&#160; deleitamos&#160; nEle.&#160; Cantamos&#160; porque&#160; gostamos de&#160; cantar.&#160; Celebramos&#160; porque&#160; isso&#160; faz&#160; bem&#160; a&#160; n&#243;s&#160; mesmos, mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; o&#160; fazemos&#160; para&#160; alegrar&#160; o&#160; cora&#231;&#227;o&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; nem para&#160; nos&#160; deleitarmos&#160; nEle.&#160; Cultuamos&#160; a&#160; n&#243;s&#160; mesmos,&#160; em vez&#160; de&#160; cultuar&#160; a&#160; Deus. 
A&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; &#233;&#160; o&#160; primeiro&#160; passo&#160; para&#160; um&#160; reavivamento&#160; espiritual.
As&#160; pessoas&#160; v&#227;o&#160; &#224;&#160; igreja,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; h&#225;&#160; nelas expectativas&#160; de&#160; encontrar&#160; a&#160; Deus.&#160; Elas&#160; se&#160; acostumam&#160; com o&#160; sagrado.&#160; Elas&#160; lidam&#160; tanto&#160; com&#160; as&#160; coisas&#160; espirituais&#160; que perdem&#160; a&#160; sensibilidade&#160; com&#160; o&#160; sublime.&#160; Elas&#160; gostam&#160; de&#160; estar na&#160; Casa&#160; de&#160; Deus,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; encontram&#160; Deus&#160; l&#225;.&#160; Elas&#160; amam a&#160; Casa&#160; de&#160; Deus,&#160; mas&#160; n&#227;o&#160; conhecem&#160; na&#160; intimidade&#160; o&#160; Deus da&#160; Casa&#160; de&#160; Deus. Ter&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; &#233;&#160; considerar&#160; as&#160; vantagens&#160; do&#160; mundo como&#160; lixo&#160; por&#160; causa&#160; da&#160; sublimidade&#160; do&#160; conhecimento&#160; de Cristo.&#160; Ter&#160; fome&#160; de&#160; Deus&#160; &#233;&#160; n&#227;o&#160; se&#160; contentar&#160; com&#160; o&#160; farelo, com&#160; a palha seca,&#160; com&#160; o&#160; p&#227;o&#160; embolorado.&#160;
Voc&#234; tem&#160; fome&#160; de Deus?&#160;
Voc&#234;&#160; tem&#160; ansiado&#160; por&#160; Deus&#160; mais&#160; do&#160; que&#160; os&#160; guardas pelo&#160; romper&#160; da&#160; manh&#227;?&#160;
Voc&#234;&#160; tem&#160; clamado&#160; como&#160; Mois&#233;s: Oh,&#160; Senhor,&#160; eu&#160; quero&#160; ver&#160; a tua&#160; gl&#243;ria&#160; (&#202;x&#160; 33.18)?&#160;
Voc&#234;&#160; tem clamado&#160; como&#160; Eliseu:&#160; &#8220;Pe&#231;o&#160; que&#160; me&#160; toque&#160; por&#160; heran&#231;a por&#231;&#227;o&#160; dobrada&#160; do&#160; teu&#160; esp&#237;rito&#8221;&#160; (2Rs&#160; 2.9)?&#160; Ou&#160; ser&#225;&#160; que estamos&#160; satisfeitos&#160; com&#160; a&#160; nossa&#160; vida&#160; como&#160; estava&#160; a&#160; igreja&#160; de Laodic&#233;ia&#160; (Ap&#160; 3.17)?
Sim,&#160; a&#160; maior&#160; necessidade&#160; da&#160; igreja&#160; n&#227;o&#160; &#233;&#160; de&#160; coisas;&#160; &#233;&#160; de Deus.&#160; N&#227;o&#160; &#233; dos dons&#160; de Deus;&#160; &#233; de Deus.&#160; N&#227;o&#160; &#233; das&#160; b&#234;n&#231;&#227;os de&#160; Deus;&#160; &#233;&#160; de&#160; Deus.&#160; A&#160; nossa&#160; mais&#160; urgente&#160; necessidade&#160; &#233;&#160; da gl&#243;ria&#160; de&#160; Deus,&#160; da&#160; manifesta&#231;&#227;o&#160; do&#160; Senhor&#160; Todo poderoso em&#160; nosso&#160; meio.&#160; Precisamos&#160; desesperadamente&#160; do&#160; P&#227;o&#160; do C&#233;u!
Reverendo Hernandes Dias Lopes.
Coment&#225;rio do Livro de Rute, Fome de p&#227;o na casa do p&#227;o, p&#225;g, 55 a 61.