UMariya omncinci - Uthando luyangena

UYesu ku UMariya omncinci ngoFebruwari 21, 2024:

“Ukuba Ngumqondiso KaThixo” (Ufundo lweMisa: Yona 3:1-10, INdumiso 50, Luka 11:29-32)

UMariya wam omncinane, kwisifundo sokuqala kuvakala isikhalo kwisixeko esikhulu saseNineve. UYona ulumkisa ngelithi: “Guqukani, okanye siya kutshatyalaliswa isixeko kwiintsuku ezimashumi mane.” Abemi baphulaphule kwaye balwamkele ubizo lwakhe, kwaye ukumkani nabemi, abakhulu nabancinci, abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, bayaguquka, banxibe ezirhwexayo kwaye bazile ukutya, kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke bayasilungisa isono sabo, beyijika intliziyo yabo ebubini. Eli lidini elikholekileyo kuThixo – ingekuko ukuba umntu akrazule isambatho sakhe aze enze imibingelelo, kodwa kukuba aguquke, ayiguqule intliziyo yakhe ekubeni ngendawo ibe yelungileyo. Xa intliziyo yomntu itshintshile, yonke indlela yokuziphatha kunye nobomi bakhe buyatshintsha, bujoliswe kokulungileyo. Ejongene nenguquko yeNineve, uThixo uyasirhoxisa isandla Sakhe ebesilungele ukuyibetha aze abuyise nayiphi na injongo yokuyitshabalalisa.

Nanamhlanje, zingaphi izigidimi ezinikelweyo, zingaphi na iziprofeto eziyinyaniso ezinikela isaziso egameni likaThixo lamaxesha esibhengeza ukuhlanjululwa okukhulu okusele kusenzeka. Ukuba abantu baya kuguquka, ukuba banokujika bajonge kuBawo oseZulwini, izohlwayo ezibhengeziweyo ziya kurhoxiswa. Ukuba abaninzi bebenokwenza izilungiso, uninzi lwezi zilumkiso beziya kulinganiselwa kwaye zincitshiswe. Ukuba akukho tshintsho lwenzekayo, ezi ziprofeto ziya kuzaliseka ngokupheleleyo. Isiprofeto, nokuba siyinyaniso, sisoloko sisalatha yaye silawulwa yihambo nentsabelo yomntu.

AsingoThixo ofuna ukohlwaywa, kodwa kuyimfuneko ukuze umntu asindiswe. Oyena Bawo Ungcwele usoloko engenelela aze asebenze eqhutywa luthando kuyo yonke into ayenzayo, kwanobulungisa Bakhe bufumaneka kuthando Lwakhe ukuze ancede abantu bangabi sachithachitheka, ukuze bangalahleki. Isikhundla sakhe sihlala sinikela ukubandezeleka kunye nokuxolelwa ngenjongo yosindiso. Kuyafana naxa umntwana eza kuwela eweni; ukuze ingawi ize ife, kanye njengokuba umzali kufuneka abambelele ngokuqinileyo ukuze ayithintele ukuba ingawi, wenjenjalo uBawo nezidalwa Zakhe.

Kutheni abantu bengaguquki? Ngenxa yokuba bengakholwa, abanalukholo. Bathi bafuna imiqondiso kwiinkolelo zabo, bengaqondi ukuba uThixo sele enike umqondiso ophakamileyo kuNyana wakhe, wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni waza wavuka. Ngoku uyanicela ukuba niphile umnqamlezo wenu novuko, nimiliselwe kuKristu, nibe yimiqondiso kubamelwane benu, ukuze bakholwe. Umntu ngamnye kuni uguqukayo uba ngoyimfuneko kuye wonke ubani, ebe luphawu lokukhanya okuphuma kokukhanya okukhanyisela ubumnyama obujikelezileyo.

Camngca ngendlela, kunabantu abalishumi elinesibini kuphela ngokwemigaqo [yabapostile], okwathi kwaqaliswa ngayo ugqabhuko-dubulo lwehlabathi lobuhedeni ngokupheleleyo, liphethukela kwizinto zokwenene zobuthixo kuThixo okuphela kwakhe neNkosi.

Kunini apho umntu atshintsha intliziyo yakhe aze alungise izinto ezimbi zangaphambili? Xa befunda ukuthanda, xa uthando lungena, xa kukho ukudibana neNkosi yabo kwaye, beyazi Yena, umntu uyamthanda ngothando olubeka kuqala entliziyweni kwaye akulahle ukunye okungekokwakhe, kugqithisile, akunto yanto, kuchasene naYe.

Eluthandweni lukaThixo ufumanisa ubutyebi obuxabisekileyo obunika ixabiso lokwenyani koko kufuneka kukhangelwe kwaye ube namava, kwaye ufumana amandla okugxotha nokoyisa bonke ububi, sonke isihendo nesono ebesikubambe njengebanjwa ngaphambili. Kuphela ke apho kukho uphawu. Uchongwe kunye noKristu ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni waza wavuswa, uthatha isibhengezo sakhe kwaye ubize abazalwana noodade bakho, ucace gca namandla okubabizela enguqukweni, kungekuphela nje ngenxa yamaxesha axelwe kwangaphambili ngeziprofeto zezohlwayo ezahlukeneyo ezavakaliswayo, kodwa sele zilungiselelwe bona. ukugweba kwakhe, kubomi bomntu ngamnye odinga ukufumana usindiso ngonaphakade.

Ndiyakusikelela.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
exhonyiweyo UMariya omncinci, imiyalezo.