USteresa waseAvila
Ileta eya kumhlobo wakho ithathela ingqalelo ubomi bokungcwalisela…
SISI OTHANDWAYO,
Ndiyayiqonda indlela oziva ngayo ngokulahla ubomi bakho… bokungaze ube yile nto ebekufanele ukuba ubuyile… okanye ocinga ukuba ubuyiyo.
Nangona kunjalo, sazi njani ukuba oku akukho ngaphakathi kwecebo likaThixo? Ngaba uvumele ubomi bethu ukuba buhambe ikhondo abanalo ukuze bamzukise ngakumbi ekugqibeleni?
Kumangalisa kangakanani ukuba umfazi ongangaminyaka yakho, oqhele ukufuna ubomi obumnandi, ulonwabo lomntwana, iphupha likaOprah… unikela ngobomi bakhe ukuze afune uThixo yedwa. Wowu. Obunjani ubungqina. Kwaye inokuba neziphumo zayo ezizeleyo ezizayo ngoku, kwinqanaba okulo.
Ewe kunjalo, ulandela kuphela emanyathelweni omseki wakho, uTeresa waseAvila. Akazange azibophelele ngokunzulu elukholweni lwakhe kwada kwasebudeni bobomi… kwaye ngoku ungugqirha weCawe!
Into engoThixo, ebhida uSathana ngokungathandabuzekiyo, kukuba Yena usoloko esenza izinto zibe kokulungileyo. Injongo yakhe yayikukuphila kunye nathi ngemvisiswano kuMyezo wase-Eden. Kunoko, savukela. Kodwa ngoku ngoMnqamlezo, sinikwe uzuko olukhulu ngakumbi: Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwakuwo kanye uMzimba kaKristu, uhlaziywe ngokomfanekiso wakhe, wahlulwe ngesipho soMoya oyiNgcwele. Yiyo loo nto iCawe ithandaza,
Owu isono esiyimfuneko sika-Adam,
owasizuzela uMkhululi ongaka!
Owu felix culpa! Eneneni, isono somntu siye sajika saba yintsikelelo engakumbi.
Kodwa oku akuthethi ukuba siqhubeka sisona ukuze sizise uzuko olungakumbi. Eso sisihendo esivela kwicala elimnyama—umvuzo wesono usekukufa. Kukuthanda kukaThixo ukuba singabi ngcwele nje kuphela, kodwa sithwale isiqhamo (Yohane 15). Kwaye masingalibali ukuba ngabantu-abangcwele-athi uThixo akhe phezu kwabo iBandla laKhe-hayi iinkqubo.
Obuza umbuzo othi, "Yintoni ingcwele?" Ndiyiva impendulo ngokuqinisekileyo yile: Lowo uhlala eguquka, ekhula elukholweni, ethembele ethembeni, kwaye ehlala eluthandweni. Qaphela, anditshongo oguqukayo, kodwa ndathi lowo uguqukayo rhoqo uyaguquka. Ngaba le asiyondlela obeke kuyo intliziyo yakho? Ikhampasi yakho ilungile, zintanda, nangona amaza ekulima kwibhodi yakho yeenkwenkwezi, akutyhalela endleleni okomzuzwana apha, okanye ixesha apho.
Usemncinci, mtshakazi othandekayo kaKristu. Umncinci ngokwaneleyo ukuba uThixo angenza nawe oko akuthandayo. Kwaye ndinokuthi Ubonakala esenza kanye loo nto. Njengoko ungena kokungento kwakho (nada), nawe uyangena yonke into. Ngaba usibona ngokucacileyo isono sakho? Banoyolo abangamahlwempu ngomoya; ngokuba ubukumkani bamazulu bobabo. Kutheni sothuswa kukuba xa singena nzulu ngakumbi kwiNtliziyo eNgcwele yokuKhanya evuthayo, ubumnyama buyavezwa? Ayityhilelwanga ukohlwaya, kodwa ukuhlanjululwa, kwaye lowo uhlanjululweyo uya kuba nentsikelelo ekuboneni uThixo (Mat 5:3,8). Umntu okunqwenela ngokwenene ukuba yingcwele ufanele anxibe amaHebhere 12:5, 11 ebunzi bakhe!
Nyana wam, musa ukulucekisa uqeqesho lweNkosi;
okanye uphelelwe ngamandla xa esohlwaywa nguye.
Ngokuba uYehova uyamohlwaya lowo amthandayo;
Umohlwaya ke unyana amamkelayo..
Okwakalokunje lonke uqeqesho lubonakala luyintlungu, alumnandi;
kamva luvelisa isiqhamo esiluxolo, oko kukuthi sobulungisa
kwabo baqeqeshiweyo yiyo.
Ubomi bakho abudlalwa. Kanye njengokuba umgquba ubonelela ngesichumiso egadini, kunjalo nangexesha lethu eladlulayo elinesono nelibi libonelela ngesichumiso sobungcwele, logama nje sizingcungcuthekisa kuMyezo woThando, kwaye samkele ngokholo, uKristu, ukuba abe lundwendwe lwethu olungunaphakade. (Efese 3:17).
UKristu unokukwenza nantoni na ayifunayo ngephanyazo. Nangona kunjalo, akafane abonakale ekhetha le ndlela, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba indalo yethu yobuntu ingawela phantsi kwekratshi. Endaweni yoko, Usicwangcisele indlela ejikajikayo, engumnqantsa phakathi kwamatyholo anameva. Ngaba Yena, uMbhexeshi oNgcwele, ebengayi kwazi ke ukuba imvelo yethu yobuntu ingasilahlekisela ngokulula kule ndlela? Ewe… yiyo loo nto ekwaneendlela ezininzi ezifihliweyo ezingabonwa nazingelosi kude kukhanye ukuKhanya koMnqamlezo. Makhe ndithethe yonke into kwakhona kuqoqosho lweLizwi:
We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him.(Roma 8:28)
Uyintandane encinci. Uxabisekile kuLowo unebambalwa ukumthanda. Bendinga ndingamthanda uKristu njengani. Ndicela nindithandazise ukuze ndifumane ubabalo lokwenza njalo, njengoko ubunzima bobuntu bam bunganyamezeleki kule mihla.
Phakamisa intloko yakho phezulu, ngobu busuku, dade. Intlangulo yakho ikufuphi kunokuba ibinjalo.
Uthando kuKristu,
uphawu
UJohn 12: 24-26
