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“KUFUNEKA sigcina ukutya? Ngaba uThixo uya kusikhokelela kwindawo yokusabela? Sifanele senze ntoni? ” Le yeminye yemibuzo ebuzwa ngabantu ngoku. Kubaluleke kakhulu, ke, ukuba Ibali leNenekazi lethu elincinci qonda iimpendulo…

MISSION YETHU

Kwimiyalezo evunyiweyo eya ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann, uYesu uthi:

Bonke bayamenywa ukuba bazimanye nomkhosi wam okhethekileyo. Ukuza kobukumkani bam kufuneka kube kuphela kwenjongo ebomini bakho. Amagama am aya kufikelela kwimiphefumlo emininzi. Thembela! Ndiza kuninceda nonke ngendlela engummangaliso. Musa ukuthanda intuthuzelo. Musani ukuba ngamagwala. Sukulinda. Ukujongana neqhwithi ukuze usindise imiphefumlo. Zinike umsebenzi. Ukuba awenzi nto, ushiya umhlaba kuSathana kwaye wenze isono. Vula amehlo akho ubone bonke ubungozi obubanga amaxhoba kwaye woyikise umphefumlo wakho. —UYesu ukuya kuElizabeth Kindelmann, Idangatye Lothando, pg. 34, epapashwe nguBantwana bakaBawo iSiseko; nangemvume Ubhishophu omkhulu uCharles Chaput

Anjani wona ukuba namandla amazwi! Yintoni enye ekufuneka ithethiwe? Yiyo loo nto, umbuzo wokuba ingaba uThixo uza kukugcina wena kunye nosapho lwakho kwesi saqhwithi ngu Ephosakeleyo umbuzo. Umbuzo olungileyo ngulo:

“Nkosi, singabunikela njani ubomi bethu ngenxa yeVangeli?”

“Ndingakunceda ngantoni Yesu?”

Kulandelwe ukuzibophelela okuqinileyo:

“Ndim lo, Nkosi. Yonke into mayenziwe ngokuthanda kwakho. ”

Ukuba awufundanga Ibali leNenekazi lethu elincinci, Nceda wenze: sisimemo salo “mkhosi ukhethekileyo wokulwa.” Isekwe kwibali xa uThixo exelela uGidiyon ukuba anciphise umkhosi wakhe, awenza ngala mazwi:

“Ukuba nabani na uyoyika okanye uyoyika, makemke! Makasuke entabeni yaseGiliyadi. Amashumi amabini anesibini amawaka amajoni aseleyo… (Abagwebi 7: 3-7)

Ekugqibeleni, uGidiyon uthabatha kuphela amawaka amathathu amajoni awayekunye naye ayingqonga imikhosi yamaMidiyan. Ngapha koko, bayalelwa ukuba bashiye ngasemva izixhobo zabo kwaye baphathe kuphela itotshi, ingqayi kunye nophondo. Ngamanye amagama, kufuneka sijongane nesi saqhwithi ngokuyintloko idangatye lokholo lwethu, isitya sodongwe sobuthathaka bethu, kunye nophondo lweVangeli. La ngamalungiselelo ethu-nendlela uYesu afuna ukuba ngayo ngala maxesha:

Ixesha lobumnyama liza emhlabeni, kodwa ixesha lozuko liza kwiCawe yam, ixesha lozuko liza kubantu bam. Ndiya kuthulula phezu kwakho zonke izipho zoMoya wam. Ndizokulungiselela umlo wasemoyeni; Ndizokulungiselela ixesha lokushumayela elingazange labonwa lihlabathi…. Kwaye xa ungenanto ngaphandle kwam, uyakuba nayo yonke into… —Isiprofeto esinikwe uGqr. Ralph Martin eSt. Peter's Square phambi kukaPopu Paul VI; NgePentekoste ngoMvulo, ngoMeyi, ngo-1975

Inomdla ngokuchaseneyo, ewe. Ngokwemvelo sifuna ukusinda; sadalwa kuba ubomi. Kodwa uYesu ubuchaza ngokucacileyo ukuba buyintoni "ubomi" bokwenene:

Nabani na onqwenela ukundilandela makazincame, athabathe umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele. Othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, nangenxa yeendaba ezilungileyo ezi, wowusindisa. (UMarko 8: 34-35)

Kwivangeli yanamhlanje, uYesu uyabohlwaya abantu kuba bemlandela-ukutya-ingesiso isonka sosindiso.

Musani ukusebenzela ukudla okutshabalalayo; sebenzelani ukudla okuhlala kuse ebomini obungunaphakade, aya kunipha kona uNyana woMntu…IVangeli yanamhlanje; (UYohane 6:27)

Ngokuchaseneyo, uStefano watshutshiswa kuba wabeka ubomi bakhe kwinkonzo yeVangeli:

UStefano, ezele lubabalo namandla, wayesenza imiqondiso emikhulu nemiqondiso phakathi kwabantu… Baxhokonxa abantu, namadoda amakhulu, nababhali, bamangalela, bambamba… Bonke abo babehleli kwiSanhedrin bamjonga baza babona ubuso bakhe babunjengobuso besithunywa sezulu. (Ufundo lwanamhlanje lokuqala; KwiZenzo 6: 8-15)

Lowo ngumfanekiso wequintessential womfundi wokwenyani kunye nokubonelelwa nguThixo ngokulingana: UStefano unika yonke into kuThixo-kwaye uThixo unika yonke into uStefano iimfuno, xa eyifuna. Yiyo loo nto ubuso bakhe babunjengengilosi kuba, ngaphakathi, uStefano wayenayo yonke into, nangona wayezokuxulutywa ngamatye afe. Ingxaki ngamaKristu amaninzi namhlanje asikholelwa ukuba uBawo uza kubonelela. Isandla esinye siphakamisele eNkosini, siyicela "isonka semihla ngemihla", kwaye ngesinye sibambelele kwikhadi lethu letyala ityala. Kodwa nalapho, ukugxila kwethu kwizinto ezibonakalayo, "kwizinto zethu", yiyo loo nto uYesu esixelela ukuba “Funani ke tanci ubukumkani bukaThixo nobulungisa bakhe, zaye zonke ezo zinto ziya kongezelelwa kuni.” (Mat 6:33).

Kodwa umoya we Ukuqiqa sesinye sezibetho ezikhulu zexesha lethu, ngakumbi eCaweni. Ngumoya ongashiyi ndawo yamandla angaphezu kwendalo, akukho ndawo yokuba uThixo asikelele abantwana bakhe kwaye enze imimangaliso yakhe. Ngaphandle kokuba sinokuhlalutya, siqikelele, kwaye silawule okusingqongileyo, sijikela kuloyiko nasekukhohliseni kunokuba sithembele kwaye sinikezele. Mfundi othandekayo, hlolisisa isazela sakho ubone ukuba ayiyonyani na, ukuba nathi, thina “sibhaptiziweyo, siqinisekisiweyo, saza sazingcwalisa” khange siziphathe ngendlela enyanzelekileyo yokuzikhusela njengalo lonke ihlabathi.

Esi, enyanisweni, yiyo loo nto uYesu esohlwaya iBandla "kumaxesha okugqibela": ukuba dikidikiUkuphulukana nokuqonda okungaphaya kwendalo, ukucinga kwehlabathi, kwaye kungasahambi ngokokholo, kodwa ukubona.

Kuba uthi, Ndisisityebi, ndizityebisile, andiswele nto; ukanti akuqondi ukuba uludwayinge, ulusizana, ulihlwempu, uyimfama, uhamba ze; (Isityhilelo 3:17)

Umama wethu usibizela kwi engavamile themba ngeli lixa. Uza kutyhila iMishini yakho kuwe, ukuba akunjalo ngoku, xa kufika ixesha (kwaye okwangoku, singathandaza, sikhawuleze, sincenge, kwaye sikhule ebungcweleni ukuze sibe nesiqhamo kanye apho sikhona). Oku kuqala “Kunzima Iintlungu zomsebenzi ”esiwunyamezelayo yinceba: iyasibiza ukuba sizilungiselele ukholo (hayi uloyiko) lwamaxesha aqhubeka ngoku kwihlabathi liphela.

Kodwa usabuza, uthini malunga nale mibuzo iluncedo?

EKUSETYENZISWENI

Xa uThixo wadala uAdam ngokomfanekiso waKhe, kungenxa yokuba wamnika ingqondo, ukuthanda, kunye nenkumbulo. Ukholo kunye nengqiqo azichasani nenye kodwa zenzelwe ukuba zincedisane. Unokuthi isipho sokuqala uThixo asinike uAdam yayiyintloko phakathi kwamagxa akhe.

Jonga kwihlabathi liphela namhlanje kwiziganeko zemozulu ezigabadeleyo, ukungazinzi kwezoqoqosho kwaye, ewe, ukuba semngciphekweni kwinto encinci njengentsholongwane. Zimbalwa iindawo on Umhlaba ongekho phantsi kweenkanyamba, iinkanyamba, iinyikima, iimonco, ukubanda kakhulu, njl. Kutheni ungazukufumana izibonelelo ezigciniweyo kwimeko kaxakeka? Bubulumko obo.

Kodwa yanele kangakanani? Bendihlala ndisithi iintsapho kufuneka ziye kude nokutya, amanzi, amayeza, njl.njl. Sekunjalo, ezinye iintsapho azinakukwazi ukuyifumana loo nto; abanye bahlala kumagumbi kwaye akukho ndawo yaneleyo yokugcina kakhulu. Nantsi inqaku: yenza konke onako, ngokobulumko, kwaye uthembele kuThixo konke okunye. Ukuphindaphinda ukutya kulula kuYesu; phinda-phinda ukholo licandelo elinzima kuba lixhomekeke kwimpendulo yethu.

Ingaba yanele kangakanani? Iintsuku ezingamashumi amabini? Iintsuku ezingamashumi amabini anesine? Iintsuku ezingama-24.6? Ufumana ingongoma yam. Kholosani ngoYehova; yabelana ngento onayo; kwaye funa kuqala uBukumkani bukaThixo — kwaye imiphefumlo.

KWIIMBANE

Ukuba ingcinga yakho yokuqala yindlela onokuyenza ngayo kwiXesha loXolo, hayi ngendlela onokunikela ngayo ngobomi bakho eNkosini ngenxa yemiphefumlo, izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka azilungelelananga. Andicebisi ukuba nabani na afune ukufela ukholo. UThixo uthumela iminqamlezo esiyifunayo; akukho mntu kufuneka aye kuzikhangela. Kodwa ukuba uhleli ezandleni zakho ngoku, ulinde iingelosi zikaThixo ukuba zikuqhubele kwindawo obalekela kuyo… sukumangaliswa xa iNkosi ikukhupha esihlalweni sakho!

Ukuzilondoloza, ngezinye iindlela, kukuchasa ubuKristu. Silandela uThixo onikele ngobomi bakhe ngenxa yethu wathi, Oku kwenzeleni ukundikhumbula. ”

Ukuba umntu uthi andikhonze, makandilandele; apho ndikhona mna, woba khona apho nondikhonzayo; Lowo undikhonzayo uya kumbeka uBawo. (UYohane 12:26)

Amajoni amshiya uGidiyon ayecinga ngohlobo olungafanelekanga lokubalekela — ukusinda. Amajoni awayehamba noGidiyon ayengenanto ngaphandle koloyiso lukaYehova entliziyweni. Onjani wona umkhwa obonakala ungenankathalo! Kodwa luluphi uloyiso oluzukileyo abalindeleyo.

Sele ndithethile ngenyani Indawo Yokusabela Kweli Xesha Lethu. Kodwa ndingayishwankathela ngolu hlobo: naphina apho akhoyo uThixo, kukho indawo ekhuselekileyo. Xa uThixo ehlala kum, nam ndikuye, ndikwindawo yakhe yokusabela. Ke ngoko, nokuba yintoni na eza kuthi — intuthuzelo okanye isiphanziso — Ndikhuselekile kuba ukuthanda kwakhe kuhlala kukutya kwam. Oku kukwathetha ukuba Unako ngokwenyama Ndikhusele, kunye nabo bandingqongileyo, ukuba yeyona nto ilungileyo. Ngokwenene uThixo uya kunika indawo yokusabela ngokwasemzimbeni kwiintsapho ezininzi kumaxesha azayo kuba zona ziya kuba ziintyatyambo zexesha elitsha lasentwasahlobo.

Kwakhona kufuneka silumke kakhulu ukuze siphephe iinkolelo. Icawe ineeSakramente ezininzi ezithembisa ukhuseleko oluthile ebubini: i-Scapular, imbasa yase-Benedict, Amanzi aNgcwele, njl. Ukohlwaya. ” Akukho nanye kwezi, nangona kunjalo, enjengamakhubalo okanye amakhubalo athabatha indawo yokholo, iKhomishini eNkulu, kunye nemisebenzi uThixo asibizele kuyo. Sele siyazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kulowo wangcwaba italente yakhe emhlabeni ngenxa yoloyiko…^[1]cf. Mat 25: 18-30 Ngaphezu koko, yayiyintoni indawo yokusabela yokwenene kuYesu?

Iimpungutye zinemingxuma, neentaka zezulu zineendawo zokuhlala, kodwa uNyana woMntu akanayo nendawo yokuphumla. (Mateyu 8:20)

KuSt. Paul, eyona ndawo ikhuselekileyo yayikukuthanda kukaThixo — nokuba yayingumsele, ukuqhekeka kwenqanawa okanye intolongo. Yonke enye into wayeyithatha “njengenkunkuma.”^[2]UPhil 3: 8 Ekuphela kwento awayenokucinga ngayo kukushumayela iVangeli emphefumlweni. Le yile ntliziyo uMama wethu ayicela ukuba iRabble yakhe encinci ibe nayo.

Kuya kuba kuhle ukuba sikhumbule ukuba kutheni eli xesha lokubandezeleka nokohlwaya — esi saqhwithi — ngoku lifikile emhlabeni: yindlela kaThixo yokusindisa elona nani likhulu lemiphefumlo ngexesha apho elona nani likhulu linokulahleka. Nokuba oko kuthetha ukuphulukana nayo yonke into ukusuka kwiidolophu ezinkulu ukuya kwiidolophu. Kukho eyona nto ilungileyo ngaphezu kokulondolozwa kwendalo: kulungile ukuba kunye noThixo kubomi obungunaphakade. Kwaye kulapho afuna thina, iRabble, ukuba siphendule.

Njengokuba ndandikwimeko yam yesiqhelo, u Yesu wam oswiti wandithwala wandikhuphela ngaphandle kwam, wandibonisa inyambalala yabantu bekhala, bengenamakhaya, bexhoba lelona qhwithela; Iidolophu zadilika, izitrato zayinkangala zingahlali bantu. Umntu wayengaboni nto ngaphandle kweemfumba zamatye kunye nenkunkuma. Inye kuphela inqaku elahlala lingafunyanwanga sisibetho. Thixo wam, yeka ukuba buhlungu, ukubona ezi zinto, uphile! Ndijonge uYesu wam oswiti, kodwa akazange athobele ukundijonga; Endaweni yoko, wakhala kabuhlungu, kwaye ngelizwi, ephukile ziinyembezi, wandixelela: “Ntombi yam, umntu ulibale izulu ngomhlaba. Kungumthetho ukuba yintoni ethathwe emhlabeni kuye, kwaye ukuba azulazule, engakwazi ukufumana indawo yokuhlala, ukuze akhumbule ukuba izulu likho. Umntu ulibele umphefumlo ngenxa yomzimba. Ke, yonke into yeyomzimba: uyolo, intuthuzelo, ubungangamsha, ubunewunewu kunye nokunye okunje. Umphefumlo ulambile, uhluthwe yonke into, kwaye uninzi lufile, ngokungathi babengenalo. Ngoku, kungokusesikweni ukuba imizimba yabo ihluthwe, ukuze bakhumbule ukuba banomphefumlo. Kodwa-oh, hayi indlela anzima ngayo umntu! Ubulukhuni bakhe bundinyanzela ukuba ndimbethe ngakumbi — ngubani owaziyo ukuba angathamba na phantsi kwemivumbo. ” -UYesu esiya kuMkhonzi kaThixo uLuisa Piccarreta, Umqulu 14, Aprili 6, 1922

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umphefumlo ohlala ulahliwe kuM ufumana indawo yokusabela kwiintlungu zakhe-indawo yokufihla apho angaya khona kwaye akukho mntu unokumchukumisa. Ukuba nabani na ufuna ukumchukumisa, ndiyakwazi ukumthethelela, kuba ukubeka umphefumlo kumphefumlo ondithandayo kubi ngaphezu kokundibeka izandla! Ndiyifihla ngaphakathi kwam, kwaye ndibaphazamisa abo bafuna ukubetha nabani na ondithandayo. —Ibhidi. Umqulu 36, Okthobha 12, 1938

Ukuvala, ndifuna ukucebisa kubo bonke abafundi bam ukuba bathandaze kunye nam INovena yokuShiya ngenjongo ukunikezela ngekamva-iimfuno zethu zomzimba—KuYesu. Kwaye ke masiphose ixhala emva kwethu kwaye sifune kuqala uBukumkani ukuze “Lawula emhlabeni njengasezulwini.”