Jonga phezulu! II -UMichael D. O'Brien
Ukucamngca kupapashwe okokuqala nge-4 kaNovemba ka-2005. INkosi ihlala yenza amagama afana nala angxamisekileyo kwaye abonakale esondele, hayi ngenxa yokuba kungekho xesha, kodwa ukuze asinike ixesha! Eli gama ngoku libuyela kum kule yure ngokungxamiseka okukhulu nangakumbi. Ligama lemiphefumlo emininzi kwihlabathi liphela eliva (ke sukuziva ngathi uwedwa!) Ilula, kodwa inamandla: Lungiselela!
—UPETROS WOKUQALA—
THE amagqabi ewile, ingca ijikile, kwaye nomoya wotshintsho uvuthuza.
Ngaba uyayiva?
Kubonakala ngathi "into" isesondweni, hayi eCanada kuphela, kodwa kubo bonke abantu.
Njengokuba uninzi lwenu lusazi, uFr. UKyle Dave waseLouisiana wayekunye nam kangangeeveki ezintathu esiya kunceda ekufumaneni imali yamaxhoba eNkanyamba uKatrina. Kodwa, emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa, saqonda ukuba uThixo wayecebe kakhulu ngathi. Sasichitha iiyure suku ngalunye sithandaza kwibhasi yotyelelo, sifuna iNkosi, ngamanye amaxesha ebusweni bethu njengoko uMoya wayehamba phakathi kwethu njengakwipentekoste entsha. Sifumene ukuphiliswa okunzulu, uxolo, ubuninzi belizwi likaThixo, nothando olukhulu. Kwakukho amaxesha apho uThixo wayethetha ngokucacileyo, ngokungathandabuzekiyo njengoko sasiqinisekisana omnye nomnye oko siziva ukuba uthetha. Kwakukho namaxesha apho ububi babubonakala ngendlela endingazange ndibubone ngaphambili. Kwakucacile kuthi ukuba oko uThixo wayezama ukunxibelelana nako kwakuphikisana kakhulu notshaba.
Wayebonakala ukuba uthini uThixo?
“Lungisani!”
Lilula ke igama… ukhulelwe kangaka. Ingxamisekile kakhulu. Njengokuba iintsuku ziye zatyhileka, linjalo ke nelizwi, ngokungathi kukuqhuma kwegqabi kukugcwala kwentyatyambo. Ndifuna ukuyityhila le ntyatyambo kangangoko ndinako kwezi veki zizayo. Ke… nantsi ipetali yokuqala:
"Phuma! Phuma!"
Ndiva uYesu ephakamisa ilizwi lakhe eluntwini! "UVukani! Vuka! Phuma!”Usibiza ukuba siphume ehlabathini. Usibiza ukuba siphume kwisivumelwano esiye sahlala kunye nemali yethu, isini sethu, ukuthanda kwethu, ubudlelwane bethu. Ulungiselela uMtshakazi wakhe, kwaye asinakuchukunyiswa zizinto ezinjalo!
Xelela abazizityebi kweli xesha langoku ukuba bangazingci kwaye bangathembeli kwinto engaqinisekanga njengobutyebi kodwa bathembele kuThixo, osinika zonke izinto ngokonwaba. (1 Tim 6:17)
La ngamazwi eCawe eye yawa isiqaqa esoyikeka. Siye satshintshisa ngeSakramente ngokokuzonwabisa… ubutyebi bomthandazo, iiyure zomabonakude… iintsikelelo nentuthuzelo kaThixo, ngezinto ezingenanto… imisebenzi yenceba kwabo bahluphekileyo, nokuzenzela.
Akukho mntu unako ukukhonza nkosi mbini. Uya kuyithiya le ayithande leya, athi mhlawumbi abambelele kule ayidele leya. Awunako ukukhonza uThixo kunye nezidumbu. (Mat 6: 24)
Imiphefumlo yethu yayingadalelwanga ukuba yohluleke. Isiqhamo solwahlulo kukufa, ngokomoya nangokwasemzimbeni, njengoko sibona kwizihloko ngokubhekisele kwindalo nakwintlalo. Amagama kwisiTyhilelo malunga neBhabheli, isixeko esinemvukelo, enzelwe thina,
Mkani kuyo, bantu bam, ukuze ungathathi nxaxheba ezonweni zayo kwaye ungabelani nayo kwizibetho zayo. (18: 4-5)
Ndiva entliziyweni yam:
Yiba kwimeko yobabalo, soloko ukwimeko yobabalo.
Ukulungela ngokwasemoyeni ubukhulu becala yinto ethethwa yiNkosi ngokuthi “Lungiselela!” Ukuba kwimeko yobabalo ngaphezulu kwako konke ukungabikho kwesono sokufa. Ikwathetha ukuba sizihlole rhoqo kwaye sincothule ngoncedo lukaThixo nasiphi na isono esisibonayo. Oku kufuna isenzo sentando kuthi, ukuzincama, kunye nokunikezela komntwana kuThixo. Ukuba kwimeko yobabalo kukudibana noThixo.
IXESHA LOKWENZA IMIMANGALISO
Umntu esisebenza naye, uLaurier Byer (esimbiza ngokuba nguMprofeti owalupheleyo), wathandaza kunye nathi ngobunye ubusuku kwibhasi yethu yokhenketho. Ilizwi awasinika lona, elibambe indawo kwimiphefumlo yethu,
Eli ayiloxesha lokuthuthuzela, kodwa lixesha lemimangaliso.
Eli ayiloxesha lokudlala ngothando ngezithembiso ezingenanto zehlabathi kwaye ulalanise iVangeli. Lixesha lokuba sizinikele ngokupheleleyo kuYesu, simvumele ukuba asebenze ummangaliso wobungcwele notshintsho ngaphakathi kwethu! Ngokufa kuthi, sivuselwa kubomi obutsha. Ukuba oku kunzima, ukuba uziva ukutsalwa ngumxhuzulane wehlabathi emphefumlweni wakho, kubuthathaka bakho, zithuthuzele nakumazwi eNkosi kwabo bahluphekileyo nabatyhafileyo:
Oovimba benceba yam bavulekile!
La magama ahlala esiza rhoqo. Uthululela inceba kuwo nawuphi na umphefumlo oza kuye, nokuba ungangcoliswa kangakanani, nokuba ungcolile kangakanani na. Kakhulu, kangangokuba izipho ezintle kunye nobabalo zilindele wena, mhlawumbi asikho esinye isizukulwana esiphambi kwethu.
Jonga umnqamlezo wam. Jonga indlela endikushiyele ngayo. Ndizokufulathela ngoku?
Kutheni le nto ubizo lokuba "Lungiselela", "ukuphuma" lungxamiseke kangaka? Mhlawumbi uPopu Benedict XVI uyiphendule kakuhle le ntetho xa evula usapho kwi-Sinodi yoBhishophu eRoma.
Isigwebo esabhengezwa yiNkosi uYesu [kwincwadi yeVangeli kaMateyu isahluko 21] sibhekisa entshabalalweni ye Yerusalem ngonyaka ka 70. Ukanti isisongelo somgwebo sikwanayo nathi, iBandla lase Yurophu, iYurophu kunye neNtshona ngokubanzi. Ngale Vangeli, iNkosi ikhala ezindlebeni zethu amazwi athi kwiNcwadi yeSityhilelo ayibhekisa kwiCawe yase-Efese: "Ukuba awuguquki ndiza kuza kuwe ndisuse isiphatho sezibane sakho endaweni yaso" (2 : 5). Ukukhanya kungasuswa kuthi kwaye senza kakuhle ukuvumela esi silumkiso ukuba sikhangele kunye nokuzimisela okupheleleyo ezintliziyweni zethu, ngelixa sikhala eNkosini: “Sincede siguquke! Sinike sonke ubabalo lohlaziyo lwenene! Sukuvumela ukukhanya kwakho kuphakathi kwethu kuphume! Qinisa ukholo lwethu, ithemba lethu nothando lwethu, ukuze sikwazi ukuthwala isiqhamo esihle! —Oktobha 2, 2005, eRoma
Kodwa uqhubeka athi,
Ngaba isoyikiso lilizwi lokugqibela? Hayi! Kukho isithembiso, kwaye eli lelokugqibela, igama elibalulekileyo…Mna ndingumdiliya, nina ningamasebe. Lowo uhleli kum, ndibe mna ndihleli kuye, yena uya kuyivelisa ngamandla,”(Jn 15: 5)… uThixo akasileleki. Ekugqibeleni uyaphumelela, uthando luyaphumelela.
Ngamana singakhetha ukuba kwicala eliphumelelayo. "Lungiselela! Phuma ehlabathini!”Uthando lusilindele ngezandla ezishushu.
Kukho okuninzi iNkosi eyithethileyo kuthi… amacembe amaninzi azayo…
EZINYE IZIFUNDO:
- Funda zonke "iipalali" ezine: Izilwanyana
- Igama lesiprofeto elinikezwe ngeKrisimesi ka-2007 ukuba u-2008 uya kuba ngunyaka apho ezi ziPetal ziya kuqala ukuvela: Unyaka wokuvela. Ngokwenene, ngoKwindla luka-2008, uqoqosho lwaqala ukuwohloka, nto leyo ekhokelela kuHlengahlengiso oluKhulu, “ulungelelwaniso olutsha lwehlabathi.” Bona kwakho Umsebenzi omkhulu.
