Ukuthintela!

ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
kaJanuwari 16, 2014

Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha

IT kujongeka njengokubuya okugqibeleleyo. AmaSirayeli ayesandula ukoyiswa nje ngamaFilistiya, ke ngoko ufundo lokuqala luthi luza necebo eliqaqambileyo:

Masithabathe ityeya kaYehova eShilo, iye kulwa phakathi kwethu, isisindise esandleni seentshaba zethu.

Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngayo yonke into eyenzekileyo eYiphutha kunye nezibetho, kunye nodumo lwetyeya, amaFilistiya angoyikisa ngulo mbono. Kwaye babenjalo. Ke xa amaSirayeli ayesiya emfazweni, ayecinga ukuba ayalwa edabini. Endaweni…

Yaba luloyiso olubi, apho amaSirayeli aphulukana namashumi amathathu amawaka amajoni ahamba ngeenyawo. Ityeya kaThixo yathinjwa...

…ayinakuba mandundu.

Ndikhumbula phaya ngonyaka ka-2000, ndaqeshwa ngubhishophu waseKhanada ukuba ndizise ubufundisi bam bokuvangela kwiphondo lakhe. Ndandisandul’ ukungcwalisa ubupostile bam kwiNenekazi Lethu laseGuadalupe, “iTyeya entsha yomnqophiso,” yaye yayinguNyaka weNtlokoma ukuqalisa. Ndathi entliziyweni yam, “Nantsi ke! Yile nto bendiyilungiselele ubomi bam bonke. ”…

Kodwa emva kweenyanga ezi-8, sadibana nje nodonga lwamatye. Kwanobhishophu wakhalaza ngelithi wayesilwa nxamnye nokunganquli unqulo kuloo mmandla ufumileyo. Ukuthintela! Kwaye ke, kunye nabantwana bam abane, owesihlanu endleleni, kunye ne-U-haul egcweleyo, sabuyela emathafeni sisuka kweyona ntlambo intle nechumileyo kwelo lizwe.

Kwakusekupheleni kobusika kumathafa. Yonke into yayimdaka. Ufile. Kwakubonakala ngathi ndigxothiwe kuMyezo wase-Eden. Okubi nakakhulu, ndaziva ngathi ndoyisakele ngokupheleleyo, kwaye ngoku uThixo undilahlile, njengoko uDavide wayekhe waba buhlungu:

Kaloku usilahlile, wasihlazisa; ububusithelisa ubuso bakho, ubulibale ububi bethu, nokuxina kwethu? (Iindumiso yanamhlanje, 44)

Ke ngoko, ndathatha isiginkci sam, ndasibeka ecaleni kwaso ndathi, “Nkosi, andisayi kuphinda ndisichole esi siginci ukuze ndenze ubulungiseleli—ngaphandle kokuba…” Ndaziva ndifanele ukongeza, “… Undicela ukuba ndenze njalo.”

Ukwenza ifayile ye- ubungqina obude ^[1]cf. Ubungqina bam mfutshane, kwakusemva konyaka emva kokusebenza kwakhona kumabonakude endathi ndayekiswa umsebenzi, yaza iNkosi yandibiza ukuba ndibuyele kubulungiseleli—kodwa ngoku, ngokwemigaqo Yayo. Asikuko ukuba wayengandifuni enkonzweni. Endaweni yoko, Wayefuna ukuba ndimbeke uIsake wam esibingelelweni; Wayefuna ukuba nditshabalalise izithixo zokuzithemba, ikratshi namabhongo.

Kungeso sizathu le nto amaSirayeli engazange aphumelele ngolo suku—kungekuba uThixo wayengekho, kodwa kanye ngenxa yokuba Ebe. Wayeyixhalabele ngakumbi imeko yemiphefumlo yabo kunemeko yemicimbi yabo, exhalabele ngakumbi “umfanekiso omkhulu” wosindiso kunokubetha kudumo lwabo. Ngaloo ndlela, kwakuya kudlula iminyaka engama-20 ngaphambi kokuba ityeya ibuyiselwe kumaSirayeli, uSamuweli esithi:

Ukuba ungabuyela kuLOKANYE Basuseni oonyana benu ngentliziyo yenu yonke, nooAshtaroti benu, nimmilisele uYehova ngentliziyo yenu yonkeOKANYE, nikhonze yena yedwa, ke uYehovaOKANYE uya kukuhlangula esandleni samaFilisti, azila ukudla ngaloo mini, esithi, Sonile kuYehova.OKANYE. "

KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, endaweni yokuba kugcinwe ukuphiliswa kwakhe phakathi kwakhe nombingeleli omkhulu, oneqhenqa wahamba waya kuxelela wonke umntu ngako, ngaloo ndlela ekhupha uYesu kuloo dolophu ixineneyo: UYesu wathintelwa. Zafika ke izihlwele zimfuna. Mhlawumbi, ukuba bekungengenxa yokuthintelwa kukungathobeli komntu oneqhenqa, i ummangaliso wokuphindaphinda izonka neentlanzi isenokuba ayizange yenzeke—ummangaliso othi ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje usenze simangaliswe, usifundisa, kwaye usinika ithemba kulungiselelo lukaThixo.

Ngoko ukuba uye wathintelwa yimpilo enkenenkene, ekufumaneni ubudlelwane, umsebenzi, izixhobo zokwenza ubulungiseleli, ukwenza oko ubuqinisekile ukuba kuyintando kaThixo…ungalahli ithemba. Endaweni yoko, vumela uThixo atyhile umyalezo onzulu entliziyweni yakho, isidingo sokuthembela ngakumbi, ukuqhekeza izithixo, kwaye ulinde…. ngokuba uBawo uyakwazi ukupha”baphe izinto ezilungileyo abo bacelayo kuye. " ^[2]cf. Mat 7:11

Kholosa ngoYehova ngentliziyo yakho yonke,
musa ukukholosa ngobukrelekrele bakho;
Uze umkhumbule ezindleleni zakho zonke;
kwaye uya kuwenza uthi tye umendo wakho.
Musa ukuba sisilumko kwawakho amehlo,
yoyika uYehova usuke ebubini...
( IMizekeliso 3:5-7 )