KUNYE kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu, sinomfazi wam besizama ukuthengisa ifama yethu. Siluvile olu “bizo” lokuba masishukume siye apha, okanye siye apho. Sikhe sathandaza malunga nayo saza saqikelela ukuba sinezizathu ezininzi ezifanelekileyo kwaye saziva "uxolo" malunga noko. Kodwa okwangoku, asikaze simfumane umthengi (eneneni abathengi abafikileyo baye bavalwa ngokungaqondakaliyo amaxesha ngamaxesha) kwaye umnyango wamathuba uvaliwe kaninzi. Ekuqaleni, sahendeka ukuba sithi, “Thixo, kutheni ungayisikeleleli le nto?” Kodwa kutshanje, siqaphele ukuba besibuza umbuzo ongalunganga. Akufanelekanga ukuba, “Thixo, nceda usikelele ukuqonda kwethu,” kodwa endaweni yoko, “Thixo, iyintoni na intando yaKho?” Kwaye emva koko, kufuneka sithandaze, simamele, kwaye ngaphezulu kwako konke, silinde zombini Ukucaca noxolo. Khange sibalinde bobabini. Njengokuba umphathi wam wokomoya endixelele amaxesha ngamaxesha kule minyaka idlulileyo, "Ukuba awazi ukuba mawenze ntoni, ungenzi nto."
Ukuziphakamisa yinkungu efihlakeleyo neyingozi ethi cwaka ingene kumphefumlo okhukhumeleyo. Idala inkohliso malunga nesiqu sakho kunye nokuba yintoni eyinyani. KumKristu ozibhokoxayo, kukho ingozi esinokuqalisa ngayo ukucinga ukuba uThixo uya kuyiphumelelisa yonke imigudu yethu; ukuba Ungumbhali we zonke iingcinga zethu ezibonakala zilungile kunye nenkuthazo. Kodwa xa sicingela ngale ndlela, kulula kakhulu ukuya phambi koThixo kwaye ngequbuliso sifumanise ukuba asikho nje ezantsi kwindlela engalunganga, kodwa sisekupheleni. Okanye, sisenokuba siyiva iNkosi ngokuchanekileyo, kodwa ukungabi namonde kwethu kuthintela elo Lizwi liNcinci elisebezayo: "Ewe, mntwana wam, kodwa okwangoku."
Imiphumo yokusondela kuThixo yaba yintlekele kumaSirayeli, njengoko sibona kufundo lweMisa lokuqala lwanamhlanje (imibhalo yenkonzo Apha). Becinga ukuba ngenxa yokuba babenayo iTyeya yoMnqophiso, babenako 
bathi, bawuthimba umkhosi wamaFilistiya; baphanziswa. Abazange balahlekelwe ngamashumi amawaka nje kuphela amadoda, kodwa iTyeya ngokwayo.
Xa ekugqibeleni yabuyelayo esandleni sabo, umprofeti uSamuweli wabiza abantu ukuba baguquke kunqulo lwabo lwezithixo namabhongo baze bathandaze. Xa amaFilisti ewasongela kwakhona, endaweni yokucinga ukuba ngenxa yokuba eneTyeya ayeya koyisa, ambongoza uSamuweli:
Musani ukuyeka ukusikhalela kuYehova uThixo wethu, ukuba asisindise esandleni samaFilisti. ( 1 Sam 7:8 )
Ngesi sihlandlo, uThixo wawoyisa amaFilisti yakhe indlela, kwi yakhe ixesha. USamuweli wayibiza loo ndawo ngokuba yiEbhenezere, gama elo elithetha “ilitye loMncedi”, ngenxa yokuba Ukuza kuthi ga apha, iNkosi ibe luncedo lwethu. [1]1 Samuel 7: 12 AmaSirayeli ayengasoze alubone kwangaphambili olu loyiso… njengokuba mna nawe singenakuyibona kwangaphambili intando kaThixo, okanye oko kusilungeleyo, okanye ngokuphandle, oko kumlungeleyo. Ngokuba iNkosi ayithethi ngokwakha izikumkani zethu kodwa ingokusindisa imiphefumlo.
UThixo ufuna ukukunceda, uyafuna utata wena. Ufuna ukukunika “Zonke iintsikelelo zokomoya emazulwini” [2]I-Eph 1: 3 kwanokunyamekela iimfuno zakho zokwenyama.[3]cf. Mat 6: 25-34 Kodwa ngendlela yaKhe, ixesha laKhe. Ngokuba nguye yedwa olibonayo ikamva; Ubona indlela iintsikelelo ezinokuba ziziqalekiso nendlela iziqalekiso ezinokuba ngayo iintsikelelo. Yiyo loo nto esicela ukuba senze njalo sizinikele kuye ngokupheleleyo.
Uyabona, sicinga ukuba sibadala eNkosini. Kodwa uYesu wayecacile ukuba isimo sethu sengqondo sifanele sisoloko sifana nomntwana. Inokuba bubudenge obunjani lomntwana wam oneminyaka elithoba ukundixelela ukuba uyahamba ekhaya uyokuvula ishishini kuba ethanda ukuba yiweyitara (kutsha nje, ubhinqe ifaskoti esiphakela iti). Usenokuyonwabela; usenokucinga ukuba uyincutshe kuyo; kodwa kukwafuneka alinde kuba akakakulungeli ukuba yedwa. Enyanisweni, into acinga ukuba ilungile ngoku, unokuyibona kamva ukuba ayilunganga kwaphela.
Umalathisi wam wokomoya wathi kum ngenye imini, “Into engcwele ayisoloko ingcwele nina.” KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, umntu oneqhenqa akazange azinanze izilumkiso zikaYesu zokuba angawuvali umlomo xa wayephiliswa. Kunoko, waya kuxelela wonke umntu awayedibana naye ngoYesu. Ivakala ngathi yinto engcwele, akunjalo? Ngaba uYesu akazange eze kusindisa ihlabathi, ngoko ke, akufanele na ukuba ihlabathi lazi? Ingxaki kukuba kwakungenjalo ixesha. Ezinye izinto kwakufuneka zenzeke phambi kokuba UYesu wayeya kumisela ulawulo Lwakhe lwasemoyeni—olukuthi, iMvalelo Yakhe, Ukufa, kunye noVuko. Ngenxa yoko, uYesu akazange akwazi ukungena kuzo zonke iidolophu okanye iidolophana ngenxa yezihlwele. Bangaphi abantu ababemiselwe ukumbona nokuva uYesu, ngoko, babengenakukwazi kwaye wenza akunjalo?
Bazalwane noodade bam abathandekayo, siphila kwibutho labantu eliye lasinyanzela ukuba sibe sisinyanzelo—ukusuka kukutya okukhawulezayo, ukukhuphela ngokukhawuleza, ukuya kunxibelelwano olukhawulezileyo. Hayi indlela esiphelelwa ngumonde ngayo ngoku xa ngokoqobo izinto zithabatha imizuzwana embalwa kunesiqhelo! Ingozi kukuba siqalisa ukwenza iprojekthi yokuba uThixo makenze ngendlela efanayo. Kodwa ungaphandle kwexesha, ngaphandle kweeparamitha kunye neebhokisi esizama ukumfaka kuzo. NjengamaSirayeli, kufuneka siguquke kwikratshi, ukuzikhukhumalisa nokungabi namonde kwethu. Kufuneka sibuyele, ngeentliziyo zethu zonke, ukuba sichole nje Umnqamlezo Wothando, kwaye nithobele zonke ezinye iimpembelelo kuBawo—kungakhathaliseki ukuba zibonakala zingcwele kangakanani na—kwaye nitsho njengomprofeti uSamuweli, "Ndilapha. Thetha, Nkosi, uphulaphule umkhonzi wakho. [4]1 Samuweli 3:10
Uze ke ulindele impendulo yaKhe.
Kholosa ngoYehova, wenze okulungileyo, Uhlale ezweni, uhlale ukhuselekile. Ziyolise ngoYehova, Wokunika umnqweno wentliziyo yakho. Yiyekele kuYehova indlela yakho; Kholosa ngaye, wokwenza, abukhanyise njengokusa ubulungisa bakho, nobulungisa bakho njengemini enkulu. Yithi cwaka phambi koYehova; mlinde. ( INdumiso 37:3-7 )
Kuba mna ndizazi kakuhle iingcinga endizicingayo ngani; ndiceba ukunilungela, kungekhona eyeha, ukuze ndininike ithemba ngekamva. Xa nindibizayo, nize nithandaza kum, ndiya kuva. Xa nindifuna, niya kundifumana. ewe, xa nithe nandifuna ngentliziyo yenu yonke.”— Yeremiya 29:11-13;
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