ISibhalo-Ndiya Kukunika Ukuphumla

Yizani kum nonke nina nibulalekayo, nisindwayo ngumthwalo;
ndoninika ukuphumla.
Thabathani idyokhwe yam niyithwale, nifunde kum;
kuba ndinobulali, ndithobekile ngentliziyo;
nozifumanela ukuphumla.
Kuba idyokhwe yam imnandi, nomthwalo wam ulula. (IVangeli yanamhlanje, Mateyu 11)

Abathembele kuYehova baya kuhlaziyeka emandleni;
baya kunyuka ngamaphiko okhozi;
Baya kugidima bangadinwa;
Hambani ningatyhafi. (Ukufundwa kweMisa kokuqala namhlanje, Isaya 40)

 

Yintoni ebangela ukuba intliziyo yomntu ingaphumli? Zininzi izinto, kodwa zonke zinokuncitshiswa koku: unqulo-zithixo ukubeka ezinye izinto, abantu, okanye iinkanuko phambi kothando lukaThixo. Njengoko iSt. Augustine yavakalisa kakuhle: 

Usenze sabakho, zaza iintliziyo zethu ziyazola zide zifumane ukuphumla kuwe. - uSt. Augustine waseHippo, Ukuvuma, 1,1.5

Ilizwi unqulo-zithixo sisenokusimangalisa kule nkulungwane yama-21, sisenza imifanekiso yamathole egolide nezithixo zasemzini, ngokungathi kunjalo. Kodwa izithixo namhlanje azikho ngokoqobo kwaye azikho yingozi kangako emphefumlweni, nokuba zithatha iindlela ezintsha. Njengoko uSt. James ecebisa:

Zivela phi na iimfazwe? Zivela phi na iimfazwe phakathi kwenu? Asizizo iinkanuko zenu na? Niyanqwenela, kodwa anizukuzuza nto. Niyabulala, nikhwelete, kodwa anizukufumana nto; niyalwa, nenze imfazwe. Aninakho nto, kuba ningaceli. Niyacela, ningamkeli noko, ngenxa enokuba nicela kakubi, ukuze oko nikuchithele iziyolo zenu. Abakrexezi! Anazi na ukuba ukuthanda ihlabathi kuthetha ubutshaba kuye? Ngoko ke, nabani na ofuna ukulithanda ihlabathi uzenza utshaba lukaThixo. Okanye ngaba nicinga ukuba isibhalo sithetha ngokungenantsingiselo xa sisithi, “Umoya awawuhlalisayo ngaphakathi kwethu utyekela ekhweleni”? Ke ubabala kakhulu ngakumbi; Ngoko ke ithi: “UThixo uyabachasa abanekratshi, abababale abazithobileyo.” (UJames 4: 1-6)

Igama elithi “umkrexezi” kunye “nomnquli-zithixo”, xa lisiza kuThixo, ayatshintshana. SinguMtshakazi wakhe, kwaye xa sinikela uthando kunye nokuzinikela kwizithixo zethu, siyakrexeza ngokuchasene neNtanda yethu. Isono asikho kuthi, kodwa koko siyalivumela ukuba lisidle ilifa. Asiyiyo yonke impahla esisithixo, kodwa zininzi izithixo ezizeyethu. Ngamanye amaxesha kwanele ukuba "siyiyeke", ukubamba ingaphakathi njengoko sibambelele kwizinto zethu "ngokukhululeka," ngoko kuthetha, ngakumbi ezo zinto ziyimfuneko kubomi bethu. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, kufuneka sizahlule, ngokoqobo, kuloo nto siqale ukuyinika yethu latria, okanye unqulo.[1]2 Korinte 6:17 : “Phumani kubo ngoko, nizahlule, itsho iNkosi, ningachukumisi nto iyinqambi; ke ndiya kunamkela.

Ukuba sinesixhaso nesambatho, masaneliswe zezo zinto. Abo bafuna ukuba zizityebi beyela ekuhendweni, nasesibatheni, nasezinkanukweni ezininzi ezibubudenge ezenzakalisayo, ezibaphosa ekonakaleni nasekonakaleni. wathi, Andiyi kukuyekela, andiyi kukushiya. ( 1 Tim 6:8-9; Heb 13:5 )

Iindaba ezimnandi zezo “UThixo uqondakalisa ukusithanda kwakhe ngokuthi, sakubon’ ukuba sisengaboni, uKristu asifele.” [2]KwabaseRoma 5: 8 Ngamanye amazwi, nangoku, uYesu uyandithanda nawe nangona singathembekanga. Kanti akwanelanga ukwazi nje oku nokumdumisa nokubulela uThixo ngenceba yakhe; endaweni yoko, uqhuba uJames, kufuneka kubekho ukuyekelwa kwenyani “indoda endala”- inguquko:

Mthobeleni ngoko uThixo. Mchaseni ke uMtyholi, wonibaleka. Sondelani kuye uThixo, wosondela kuni. Hlambululani izandla, boni, nenze nyulu iintliziyo, nina bamphefumlo umbaxa. Qalisani ukulila, ukulila, ukulila. Ukuhleka kwenu makujike kube kukukhedama, novuyo lwenu lube kukudakumba. Zithobeni phambi koYehova, woniphakamisa. (UJames 4: 7-10)

Akukho mntu unako ukukhonza nkosi mbini. Uya kuyithiya enye, ayithande leya, okanye abambelele kule, ayidele leya. Aninako ukukhonza uThixo nobutyebi.
Ukuxhomekeka kuThixo. (UMateyu 6: 24)

Uyabona ke, kufuneka sikhethe. Kufuneka sikhethe nokuba yintsikelelo kaThixo engenakulinganiswa nezalisekisayo (eza nomnqamlezo wokukhanyela inyama yethu) okanye singakhetha obudlulayo, obufutshane, ubukhazikhazi bobubi.

Ngoko ke, ukusondela kuThixo akuthethi nje ukubiza iGama Lakhe;[3]Mateyu 7:21 : “Asingabo bonke abathi kum, ‘Nkosi, Nkosi,’ abaya kungena ebukumkanini bamazulu, kuphela ngulowo wenza ukuthanda kukaBawo osemazulwini.” yona, iza kuye “ngoMoya nangenyaniso.”[4]John 4: 24 Kuthetha ukuvuma unqulo lwethu lwezithixo— aze ke aziqhekeze ezo zithixo, bebashiya ngasemva ukuze uthuli lwabo nomngxuma wabo zihlanjwe ngokwenene ngeGazi leMvana, kube kanye. Kuthetha ukuzila, ukuzila, kunye nokulila ngenxa yoko sikwenzileyo… kodwa kuphela ukuze iNkosi yosule iinyembezi zethu, ibeke idyokhwe yaYo emagxeni ethu, isinike ukuphumla kwaYo, kwaye ihlaziye amandla ethu—oko kukuthi “kuphakamise wena.” Ukuba abaNgcwele bebenokuvela kuphela kuwe ngoku apho ukhoyo, bebeya kuthi Utshintshiselwano oluNgcwele lwesithixo esinye esincinane ebomini bethu siya kufumana imbuyekezo novuyo ngonaphakade; ukuba into esibambelele kuyo ngoku bubuxoki obunjalo, kangangokuba asinakubuthelekelela uzuko esiphulukana nalo ngenxa yale ntwana yobulongwe okanye “inkunkuma”, utsho uPawulos ongcwele.[5]cf. Fil 3: 8

KuThixo wethu, nomoni omkhulu akanakoyika;[6]cf.Indawo yokubaleka enkulu kunye neZiko eliKhuselekileyo kwaye Kwabo Bakwisono Sokufa ukuba nje ebuyela kuBawo, ezisola ngokunyanisekileyo. Ekuphela kwento ekufuneka siyoyike, ngokwenene, siziqu zethu: ukuthambekela kwethu ekubambeleleni kwizithixo zethu, ukuvala iindlebe zethu ekugxothweni koMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuvala amehlo ethu ekuKhanyeni kwenyaniso, kunye nokungakhathali kwethu, ukuba phezu koMoya oyiNgcwele. esona sihendo sincinci, sibuyela esonweni njengoko siphinda siziphosa ebumnyameni kunothando olungagungqiyo lukaYesu.

Mhlawumbi namhlanje, uva ubunzima benyama yakho kunye nokudinwa kokuthwala izithixo zakho. Ukuba kunjalo, ke nanamhlanje kunokubakho isiqalo sobomi bakho bonke. Iqala ngokuzithoba phambi kweNkosi kwaye uqonde ukuba, ngaphandle kwaKhe, thina “awunakwenza nto.” [7]cf. Yohane 15:5

Ewe, Nkosi yam, ndihlangule kum....

 

 

-UMark Mallett ngumbhali we ILizwi Ngoku, Imbonakalo yokuGqibela, kunye nomseki we-Countdown to the Kingdom

 

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1 2 Korinte 6:17 : “Phumani kubo ngoko, nizahlule, itsho iNkosi, ningachukumisi nto iyinqambi; ke ndiya kunamkela.
2 KwabaseRoma 5: 8
3 Mateyu 7:21 : “Asingabo bonke abathi kum, ‘Nkosi, Nkosi,’ abaya kungena ebukumkanini bamazulu, kuphela ngulowo wenza ukuthanda kukaBawo osemazulwini.”
4 John 4: 24
5 cf. Fil 3: 8
6 cf.Indawo yokubaleka enkulu kunye neZiko eliKhuselekileyo kwaye Kwabo Bakwisono Sokufa
7 cf. Yohane 15:5
exhonyiweyo Abaxhasi bethu, imiyalezo, Isibhalo, ILizwi ngoku.