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NINI UThixo wangena kwimbali yoluntu esenyameni ngoYesu, umntu unokuthi ubhaptiziwe ixesha ngokwayo. Ngesiquphe, uThixo — onobukho obungunaphakade kuye — wayehamba imizuzwana, imizuzu, iiyure, neentsuku. UYesu wayebonisa ukuba ixesha ngokwalo lidibaniselwano phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba. Ukunxibelelana kwakhe noTata, ukuba wedwa emthandazweni, kunye nolungiselelo lwaKhe konke kwakulinganiswa ngexesha kwaye unaphakade ngaxeshanye…. Uye wajika wajonga kuthi wathi ...

Ukuba umntu uthi andikhonze, makandilandele; apho ndikhona mna, woba khona apho nondikhonzayo; (UYohane 12:26)

Singenza njani ukuba thina basaseleyo emhlabeni sibe kunye noKrestu ohleli eZulwini? Impendulo kukuba apho Akhoyo emhlabeni: kwi umzuzu wangoku. Umzuzwana udlule; lo uzayo akakafiki. Umzuzu kuphela lowo ngu, ngumzuzu wangoku. Kukwanjalo ke nalapho uThixo ekho – kungoko elapha Umzuzu wobabalo. Ngoko xa uYesu wathi, “Funani tanci ubukumkani bukaThixo”, ekuphela kwendawo yokulifuna kulapho likhoyo, ekuthandeni kukaThixo ngalo mzuzu. Njengoko uYesu watshoyo,

…ubukumkani bukaThixo busondele. ( Mateyu 3:2 )

Ngoko ke, umhambi ngezonqulo wokomoya akanguye lowo ubalekayo, kodwa ngononophelo nangothando athabathe inqwanqwa elinye lokuchasa ngexesha. Ngoxa ihlabathi lihamba kwindlela ebanzi nelula, ukuthanda kukaThixo kubonakaliswa kuko nakuphi na okufunwa yimeko yethu yobomi. Kanye njengokuba uYesu wancamisayo umnqamlezo wakhe, kufuneka siwange la mathuba mancinci okutshintsha amadiapha, ukufaka irhafu, okanye ukutshayela umgangatho, ngokuba Pha kukuthanda kukaThixo.

Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-12, uYesu wangcwalisa ibandla eziqhelekileyo xa wayishiya itempile yaseYerusalem waza wabuyela ekhaya nabazali bakhe.

Wehla nabo waya eNazarete, yaye wabathobela… Yaye uYesu waqhubeka ehambela phambili ebulumkweni nasebudaleni nasekukholekeni phambi koThixo nabantu. ( Luka 2:51-42 )

Kodwa kule minyaka ili-18 ilandelayo, iNkosi yethu ayizange yenze enye into ngaphandle komsebenzi welo xesha. Ke umntu uya kuba engalunganga ngokulusizi ukuthi le yayingeyiyo kubalulekile inxalenye yobulungiseleli bukaKristu nobungqina. Ukuba uYesu waluguqula ulusu lwabaneqhenqa kwiminyaka kamva, eNazarete wayeguqula ubume bomsebenzi: UThixo wayengcwalisa umsebenzi walo mzuzu. Wenza izitya zibe ngcwele, etshayela phantsi, esula nothuli lwempahla yendlu; Wawangcwalisa ukuthuthwa kwamanzi, wandlala ukhuko, wasenga inkunzi yebhokhwe; Wangcwaliswa ngokuphosa umnatha weentlanzi, wagawula umyezo, wahlamba neempahla. Kuba oku yayikukuthanda kukaYise kuYe.

Okwam ukutya kukuba ndenze ukuthanda kowandithumayo, ndiwufeze umsebenzi wakhe. (UYohane 4:34)

Kwandula ke ekuqaleni, umsebenzi kaBawo yayikukuba ngumchweli! Ngaba asinakucinga ukuba eli binzana lilandelayo lithetha ngoYesu lalifana nobulumko bukaMariya okanye uYosefu xa wayekhula?

Othembekileyo kwinto encinci, uthembekile nakokukhulu. (ULuka 16:10)

Izolo, ndithethe ngokulahlwa ngokupheleleyo kuThixo ngo ukuthembeka ngomzuzu ngamnye, enoba ukuthanda kukaThixo kuzisa intuthuzelo okanye iminqamlezo. Oku kulahla kubandakanya ukuyeka zombini ixesha elidlulileyo kunye nekamva. Njengoko uYesu watshoyo,

Nezona zinto zincinci zingaphaya kwamandla akho. (ULuka 12: 26)

Okanye njengoko isaci sesiRashiya sihamba:

Ukuba awufi kuqala, uya kuba nexesha lokwenza. Ukuba usweleka ingekenziwa, awunyanzelekanga uyenze.

Fr. UJean-Pierre de Caussade uthi:

Ulwaneliseko lwethu kuphela kufuneka lube kukuphila kulo mzuzu ngokungathi akukho nto sinokuyilindela ngaphandle kwayo. —Fr. UJean-Pierre de Caussade, Ukulahla kulungiselelo lukaThixo, iguqulelwe nguJohn Beevers, iphe. (intshayelelo)

Kwaye, “Musani ukuxhalela ingomso,” UYesu wathi, “ngomso liya kuzinyamekela ngokwalo.” ^[1]I-Matt 6: 34

Kukho indinyana kwiindumiso zikaDavide ezaliswe bubulumko, ingakumbi kweli xesha siphila kulo lokungaqiniseki.

Ilizwi lakho lisisibane seenyawo zam, nokukhanya emendweni wam. (INdumiso 119: 105)

Ukuthanda kukaThixo ngokufuthi, kungekhona isibane, kodwa sisibane nje—ukukhanya okwaneleyo kwinyathelo elilandelayo. Ndidla ngokuthetha nolutsha oluthi, “Andiyazi into uThixo afuna ndiyenze. Ndiziva ndibizelwa ukwenza oku okanye okuya, kodwa andazi ukuba mandithini…” Kwaye impendulo yam ithi: yenza umsebenzi wakho wesikolo, uhlambe izitya. Khangela, ukuba uyayenza intando kaThixo umzuzu nomzuzu, uzabalazela ukuthembeka kuye, awusayi kuphoswa lithuba lokujika, ucango oluvuliweyo, okanye ibhodi yemiqondiso ethi: “Ngale ndlela Mntwana Wam.”

Khawucinge nje ngokuzonwabisa okujikelezayo, uhlobo owawudlala ngalo usengumntwana owawujikeleza. Oyena ukufutshane wafika embindini womjikelo wolonwabo, kwaba lula ukubamba, kodwa emacaleni kwakunzima ukuxhoma xa isiya ngokukhawuleza! Iziko lifana nomzuzu wangoku-apho unaphakade uphambana nexesha-Iyo Umzuzu wobabalo. Kodwa ukuba “uselunxwemeni” ulindele ikamva—okanye ubambelele kwizinto ezidluleyo—uya kuphulukana noxolo. Indawo yokuphumla komphefumlo womhambi isekwi ngoku, uMzuzwana woLubabalo, kuba kulapho uThixo akhoyo. Ukuba siyayiyeka into esingenako ukuyitshintsha, ukuba siyazishiya kwintando kaThixo eyekelelayo, ngoko sifana nomntwana omncinci ongenakwenza nto ngaphandle kokuhlala phantsi edolweni likaTata wakhe ngelo xesha. Wathi ke uYesu, “Ubukumkani bamazulu bubobabo banjalo bancinane.” UBukumkani bufumaneka kuphela apho bukhoyo: ngeXesha loKuxolelwa, kuba uYesu wathi:

…ubukumkani bukaThixo busondele. ( Mateyu 3:2 )

 

ISISHWANKATHELO NESIBHALO

Umsebenzi walo mzuzu nguMzuzwana woLubabalo kuba kulapho uThixo akhoyo, nalapho umkhonzi wakhe kufuneka abe khona.

Nguwuphi na ke kuni onokuthi ngokuxhala ongeze ebukhulwini bakhe iyure enye? Ukuba ngoko aninako ukwenza neyona nto incinane, yini na ukuba nizixhalele ezinye? …Musani ukuba soyika, mhlambi mncinane; ngokuba kukholekile kuYihlo ukuninika ubukumkani. ( Luka 12:25-26, 32 )

 

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