Ukufumana uxolo

DO ulangazelela uxolo? Ekudibaneni kwam namanye amaKristu kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, esona sifo sokomoya sibonakalayo kukuba bambalwa abakhoyo uxolo. Phantse ngokungathi kukho inkolelo eqhelekileyo ekhulayo phakathi kwamaKatolika ukuba ukunqongophala koxolo kunye novuyo yinxalenye kuphela yokubandezeleka kunye nokuhlaselwa ngokwasemzimbeni kuMzimba kaKristu. Sithanda ukuthi "ngumnqamlezo wam". Kodwa leyo yingcinga eyingozi ezisa isiphumo esibi kuluntu luphela. Ukuba umhlaba unxanelwe ukubona i Ubuso bothando kunye nokusela Ukuphila kakuhle yoxolo novuyo… kodwa konke abakufumanayo ngamanzi amdaka oxinzelelo kunye nodaka loxinzelelo kunye nomsindo emiphefumlweni yethu… bayakujika phi?

UThixo ufuna abantu baKhe baphile ngoxolo lwangaphakathi ngamaxesha onke. Kwaye kunokwenzeka…

UKUNGABIKHO KWETHEMBA

USt Leo Omkhulu wakhe wathi,

… Ukungazi kwabantu kuyacotha ukukholelwa kwinto engayiboniyo, kwaye kucotha ngokulinganayo ukuthembela kwinto engayaziyo. -Imini yeeYure, IVol. IV, iphe. 206

Into yokuqala ukuqonda nokukholelwa ngentliziyo yakho yonke, kukuba uThixo unjalo rhoqo thaca kuwe.

Ngaba umama angalulibala usana lwakhe, angabi nalo uvelwano ngomntwana wesibeleko sakhe? Nokuba angalibala, andinakuze ndikulibale… ndinawe yonke imihla, kude kube sekupheleni kobudala. (Isaya 49:15; Mat 28:20)

Ngaba ucinga ukuba isono sakho simtyhalele kude uThixo? UYesu weza fumana aboni. Ukuba nesono kwakho, enyanisweni, kutsala Lowo unenceba kuwe! Nokuba ungamqalekisa umyalele ukuba ahambe, uzokuya phi yena? Unokuhamba ecaleni, kwaye ngosizi, vumela ukuba ujikeleze ngokwenyama yakho njengoko usamkela utshaba kwinkampu yakho. Kodwa ngekhe ahambe. Akayi kuyeka ukulandela imvu elahlekileyo. Ngoko ke uThixo uhlala ekhona kuwe.

Ubukho bakhe is umthombo woxolo novuyo. Ubukho bakhe is umthombo wobuncwane bonke obuhle neentsikelelo. Uxolo asikokungabikho kwengxabano, kodwa ubukho bukaThixo. Ukuba ukufuphi kuwe njengomphefumlo wakho, ke uyakwazi, nokuba uphakathi kokubandezeleka, ukuma okomzuzwana kwaye "uphefumle" kubukho bukaThixo. Olu lwazi lothando lwaKhe olungenamiqathango kunye nenceba, yobukho bakhe obungapheliyo kunye nawe, sisitshixo esivula umnyango woxolo lwenene.

SERET SERETER

Hayi, uThixo akafuni ukuba abantu baKhe bahambe ngezandla eziwileyo kunye namadolo abuthathaka, inkangeleko yobumnyama ebusweni bethu. USathana wawaqinisekisa nini amaKristu ukuba oku kujongeka njengokulahlwa? Ubunzima buqale nini ukubonakala njengobungcwele? Ubukrakra buthathe nini uBuso boLuthando? “Wanga uThixo angandihlangula kwabangcwele abonwabileyo!” USt Teresa waseAvila wayekhe watyibilika.

Siyintoni isizathu sokuba lusizi kwethu? Sisathandana nathi. Sisathandana nentuthuzelo yethu kunye nobutyebi. Xa izilingo nobunzima, ukugula kunye nezilingo zisiza, zitshintsha indlela yomhla wethu, ukuba ayibobomi bethu, sifana nesityebi esidabukisayo semka ngenxa yendlela emxinwa nebunzima yendlala eyayihleli phambi kwayo. Intlupheko yokomoya yindlela esusa amandla ethu kunye "neeplani," esibangela ukuba siphinde sithembele kwakhona kuThixo. Kodwa ngaba uThixo uya kukukhokelela kwindlela engakhange ikhokelele kulonwabo olungenakuqondakala?

Banoyolo abangamahlwempu ngomoya; ngokuba ubukumkani bamazulu bobabo. (Mat 5: 3)

Unikela kungekuphela ngeentsikelelo, kodwa uBukumkani! Ukuthobeka kukwamkela zonke izinto ezandleni zikaThixo ngokuzithoba nokuthobela. Ngokudabukisayo, yile nto kanye ukuzinikela ekuthandeni kukaThixo okuvelisa emphefumlweni isiqhamo soxolo, nanjengokuba umntu "esamkela" umnqamlezo.

… Intwasahlobo yamandla kaThixo iphuma phakathi kobuthathaka babantu…Njengoko uqhubeka uwamkela umnqamlezo wakho, uzimanya ngokwasemoyeni kuMnqamlezo wam, intsingiselo yokubandezeleka iya kutyhilwa kuwe. Ekubandezelekeni, uyakufumanisa uxolo lwangaphakathi kunye novuyo lokomoya. ” —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ubunzima babagulayo, I-L'Osservatore Romano, Meyi 19th, 2010

UTHIXO UFUNA WENA UNOKUBA NOXOLO

Ekuseni kweli xesha litsha-ukuzalwa kukaKrestu- iingelosi zazisa iinjongo zikaThixo:

Uzuko kuThixo enyangweni, Uxolo emhlabeni, Inkolelo ebantwini. (ULuka 2:14)

Yintoni ke leyo ekholisa uThixo?

… Ngaphandle kokholo akunakwenzeka ukumkholisa, kuba nabani na osondela kuThixo kufuneka akholelwe ukuba ukho kwaye uyabavuza abo bamfunayo. (Heb 11: 6)

Yi themba kuye kuqinisekisa ukuhanjiswa koxolo. Yintliziyo emfunayo. Kutheni oku kumkholisa uThixo? Xa umntwana olulela izandla zakhe kuyise, ndiyakuxelela, ayikho enye into eyonwabisayo! Kwaye olu sana luvuzwa njani ngokwanga nangokubanjwa kunye nolona hlobo lufudumeleyo lothando. UThixo ukwenzele yena, kwaye kokukhona umfuna kokukhona uya konwaba. Uyayazi le nto yiyo loo nto emkholisayo. Ngaba ucinga ukuba uThixo ufuna wonwabe? Emva koko Kufuna Ubukho bakhe, kwaye uya kumfumana. Inkqonkqozo entliziyweni yakhe, kwaye uyakuvula banzi imilambo yoxolo. Cela uxolo lwaKhe, kwaye uya kukunika kuba Wakwenza ukuba nihlale ngoxolo. Uxolo lwalulivumba elimnandi loMyezo wase-Eden.

Ngokuba ndiyazazi izicwangciso endizicingayo ngani, utsho uYehova, azicwangciseli ubuso benu, hayi ububi. Izicwangciso zokukunika ikamva eligcwele lithemba. Xa undibiza, xa uya kuthandaza kum, ndiya kukuva. Xa undikhangela, uya kundifumana. Ewe, xa undifuna ngentliziyo yakho yonke, uya kundifumana, itsho iNkosi; ndiya kuwuguqula umvuzo wakho… (Yeremiya 29: 11-14)

Yintoni eninzi? Isabelo sakho sokomoya. Ininzi yomphefumlo wakho. Iimeko zangaphandle zobomi bakho — impilo yakho, imeko yakho yomsebenzi, ubunzima ojamelana nabo — zisenokutshintsha okanye zingaguquki. Kodwa uxolo nobabalo lokuhamba ngabo ndiya kuba lapho. Eli lithemba lakho namandla akho, okuba kuThixo, zonke izinto zinokusebenzela ukulunga (Rom 8:28).

Yiyo loo nto, ekubandezelekeni komntu sidityaniswa ngumntu ofumana kwaye aphathe oko kusokola kunye thina; yiyo loo nto con-solatio ikhona kuko konke ukubandezeleka, intuthuzelo yothando lukaThixo olunemfesane- ke inkwenkwezi yethemba iyaphuma. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ubunzima babagulayo, I-L'Osservatore Romano, Ngomhla we-19, 2010; cf. Thetha uSalvi, n. 39

UKUFUMANA UXOLO

Emva kokubhubha kukaYesu, abaPostile bahlala kwigumbi eliphezulu, kwihlabathi labo, amathemba abo kunye namaphupha abo ephazanyisiwe kukusweleka kukaMesiya wabo. Kwaye emva koko wabonakala ngequbuliso phakathi kwabo…

Uxolo malube nani… (Yohane 20:21)

Ndiza kuva into ethethwa yiNkosi uThixo, ilizwi elithetha ngoxolo, uxolo kubantu bakhe nabahlobo bakhe, kunye nabo babuyela kuye ezintliziyweni zabo. (INdumiso 85: 8) 

UYesu akazange “abalungiselele” yonke into — iinjongo zabo zezopolitiko ngoMesiya okanye intshutshiso kunye nokubandezeleka ababeza kukunyamezela ngoku. Kodwa wabavulela indlela entsha, iNdlela yoXolo. Umyalezo weengelosi ngoku wawuzalisekile. Uxolo lomzimba lwalumi phambi kwabo: “Ndiza kuba nawe kude kube sekupheleni kwexesha. ” INkosana yoXolo iya kuhlala ikunye nawe. Musa ukoyika ukuyikholelwa le nto! Ungathandabuzi ukuba uThixo ufuna ukuba uphile, nangoku okwimeko yakho, eluxolweni olugqithisele kuko konke ukuqonda:

Ulufumana njani ke olu xolo? Uhamba njani lo Mphefumlo woBomi emphefumlweni wakho (Jn 7:38)? Khumbula, uxolo uYesu alunikelayo alunikiwe (jn 14:27). Ke uxolo lukaKristu aluyi kufumaneka kulonwabo lweli hlabathi kodwa kubukho bukaThixo. Funa kuqala uBukumkani bukaThixo; funa uku baye Intliziyo yakhe, eyintliziyo yemiphefumlo. Musa ukutyeshela mthandazo, okusela kuMlambo woXolo; kwaye thembela kuThixo kuyo yonke into. Ukwenza njalo kukufana nomntwana, kwaye loo miphefumlo iyalwazi uxolo lukaThixo:

UMNQOPHISI

Okokugqibela, olu xolo alunakugcinwa. Ayisiyonto uThixo ayinika wena wedwa ngokungathi ukholo lwakho yinto "eyimfihlo." Olu Luxolo luza kukhuliswa njengesixeko endulini. Ngumthombo omthombo apho abanye beza kusela khona. Kuya kuqhutywa ngaphandle koloyiko kwiintliziyo ezinxaniweyo zeli hlabathi lingenakuzola nelililolo. Njengokuba esinike uxolo lwaKhe kuthi, ngoku kufuneka singoonozakuzaku baKhe boxolo emhlabeni.

Uxolo malube nawe. Njengokuba uBawo endithumile mna, nam ndiyanithuma nina; (UYohane 20:21)

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