Kutheni Umlambo Ujika?


Abafoti eStaffordshire

 

NGOBA ingaba uThixo uyandivumela ndibandezeleke ngoluhlobo? Kutheni le nto kukho imiqobo emininzi kangaka kulonwabo kunye nokukhula ebungcweleni? Kutheni ubomi bumele ukuba buhlungu kangaka? Kuvakala ngathi ndihamba ndisuka entlanjeni ndiye entlanjeni (nangona ndiyazi ukuba kukho iincopho eziphakathi). Kutheni, Thixo?

 

UMLAMBO UYAJIKA

Imilambo emikhulu emininzi ibaleka kwimikhenkce esezintabeni, kwaye ifumane indlela eya elwandle okanye kuninzi lwemilambo nemachibi. Lo mthamo omkhulu wamanzi awusiki nje umgca othe ngqo kwinjongo yawo ebonakalayo; Endaweni yoko iyajikeleza kwaye ijike kwaye ithathe uhambo olubonakala ngathi alunasiphelo. Xa isendleleni, idibana nezithintelo kunye nezithintelo ezinokubonakala ngathi zithintela ukuqhubela phambili kwayo… kodwa njengoko umqobo ngamnye ungena emanzini, indlela entsha yenziwe, kwaye umlambo uqhubela phambili.

Kwakunjalo ngamaSirayeli xa uThixo wawakhupha eYiputa, wawela uLwandle oluBomvu, waya entlango. Uhambo lwabo oluya kwiLizwe Lesithembiso lwalufanele ukuba lwalungumcimbi weentsuku. Endaweni yoko, yathatha iminyaka engamashumi amane. Kutheni le nto kubonakala ngathi uThixo uthabatha “indlela ende”? Kwakutheni ukuze angakhokeli ama-Israyeli kwangoko, phakathi kwendumiso yabo kunye nokuvuya ngenxa yokuhlangulwa kwabo kuFaro, bangena kwilizwe elibaleka amasi nobusi?

Kutheni, Yesu wam, uvumela uloyiso novuyo lwam ukuba liwele ezandleni zabaphangi abandishiya ndibethwa kwaye ndenzakele ecaleni kwendlela? Njengendoda elihlwempu kumzekeliso wakho, ndiphume ndahamba uhambo olumnandi. Ndinqwenela uxolo nokuzola kunye nobomi obulula. Ngoobani la mathambo ehla phezu kwam ejika imini ibe bubusuku, ivumba lasekuseni libe ngumsi wosizi, kunye nendlela ecace gca kwintaba yeengxaki? Thixo wam, kutheni le nto umgama omde, wena mfondini? Ubuye phi? Kutheni, xa uLwandle lubonakala lungaphaya kolwandle, undijikele ndabuyela kwintlango eyomileyo nenesithukuthezi?

 

UMLAMBO LOBOMI

UYesu wathi,

Lowo ukholwayo kum… 'Kuya kumpompoza imilambo yamanzi aphilileyo, iphuma entliziyweni yakhe.' (UYohane 7:38)

Intliziyo yakho injengendawo eluhlaza, kwaye uMoya oyiNgcwele, onguMlambo woBomi, uqala ukuhamba ukusuka kubhaptizo lwakho, ebumba kwaye ehambisa umphefumlo wakho njengoko ebaleka. Kuba, nangona isono sethu sihlanjulweyo, imiphefumlo yethu isalulamele kubuthathaka benyama, kunye notyekelo lokukhanuka,konke okusehlabathini, inkanuko yenyama, ukuhendeka kwamehlo, nobomi bokuzingca…”(1 Yohane 2:16).

Zivela phi iimfazwe kwaye zivela phi iimbambano eziphakathi kwenu? Ngaba ayibangelwa ziinkanuko zakho ezenza imfazwe ngaphakathi kwamalungu akho? (Yakobi 4: 1)

Le mfazwe yangaphakathi sisiphumo selo “dama” lokuqala elakhiwa nguAdam noEva, eso sithintelo santlandlolo esabetha ukubhubha nomsinga wobabalo owawuphuma phakathi komntu noMdali wakhe. Kude kube lelo xesha, umntu noThixo wakhe babemanyene ngendlela elunxwemeni kunye nolwandle oluxubeneyo kunye nokuhlangana. Kodwa isono sibeke intaba yomgama phakathi kwethu nobungcwele bukaThixo. Kuba senziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo, senziwe ngesipho sokuqiqa, isazela kunye nenkululeko yokuzikhethela — amandla anamandla okwenza ububi obukhulu kwaye akhohlise- inxeba linzulu… linzulu kakhulu kangangokuba uThixo kwafuneka ukuba afe esenyameni yethu. ukuze aqale ukubuyisela indalo yakhe ethandekayo. KuYesu, sifumene ukuphiliswa kunye nenkululeko.

Nangona usindiso lwethu lunokufezekiswa ngomzuzu omnye kuBhaptizo, ukungcwaliswa kwethu akunjalo (kuba sonke sigqiba ukona). Umphefumlo womntu uyimfihlakalo enkulu engenakoyiswa nangumntu ngokwakhe. NguThixo kuphela onako. Kwaye ke, uMoya oyiNgcwele uthunyelwe njengoMthetheleli wethu, uMncedi wethu, ukuze aqwalasele ngokutsha asibumbe sibuyele kumfuziselo wobuthixo esidalwe ngawo, umzekelo, ngegama, uthando. UMoya oyiNgcwele uza njengoMlambo oqukuqelayo ukusenza ngokomfanekiso esasilindelwe ukuba sibe kuwo.

Kodwa zingaphi izithintelo kuthando! Zingaphi izithintelo ezikhoyo ekunikezeleni nasekuthandeni! Kwaye kungenxa yesi sizathu sokuba sibandezeleke. Ayikuko kuba uThixo usilahla isohlwayo ngenxa yazo zonke iimpazamo, kodwa ngenxa yokubandezeleka, uthando lokuzithanda lucinywa yimikhosi enamandla oMlambo woBomi. Okukhona umntu omdala enika indlela entsha, kokukhona siya sisiba ngakumbi ngokwethu-Dalelwe ukuba sibekho ngokwenene. Okukhona siziqu zethu, kokukhona sikwaziyo ukumanyana noThixo, sikwazi ukonwaba noxolo nothando olusisiseko sakhe. Kwaye le nkqubo ibuhlungu. Yinkqubo ekufuneka, enyanisweni, isihlube ngokupheleleyo ubuntu obudala ukuze sambathe obutsha.

 

AMADODA AGQUMAYO

Kunzima ukubona oku phakathi kwetyala. Kunzima ukubona phakathi kwesilingo ukuba le ndiyinyamezelayo, ukuba ndiyanyamezela, Ngokwenyani indisondeza kwaye isondeza kuLwandle olungapheliyo. Ngelo xesha, konke endikubonayo kwaye ndiziva kukuphazamiseka kwamaza okuthandabuza, amathontsi alingayo esonweni, amatye axineneyo obuxoki kunye netyala. Ndivakalelwa ngokungathi ndiphoswa ngokungathandabuzekiyo kubomi bobomi obungavuziyo ngokulungileyo okanye ukohlwaya okubi, kodwa kukungaziveli komzuzu ngamnye de ndife.

Kodwa inyani yile, lo Mlambo unamandla wenza indawo yobuhle ngaphakathi. Ngelixa konke endinokukubona ngalo mzuzu kukuwa kwamatye kunye nemithi ewileyo kubethwa ngala maWave makhulu, ngokwenyani, kukho into emangalisayo eyenzekayo emphefumlweni wam ukuba ndiyaqhubeka nokuhlala kule nkqubo. (Ewe, ungona ukhubeke, ukhubeke rhoqo. Kodwa ukuba uhlala ubuyela kuThixo ngentliziyo enyanisekileyo, uhlala usenza loo nto!) Inqaku yile: UThixo ukudale ukuba ube mhle, wonwabe, wonwabe ngcwele. Unomdla wokubona ukugqibelela kwakho kunam nawe kuba uyayazi indlela imiphefumlo yethu enokuba mihle ngayo! Oku, enyanisweni, yi isilonda esinzulu entliziyweni kaThixo… uThixo, elangazelela ukubona umphefumlo wakho usondele kuYe, unxanelwe ixesha apho ungamthanda ngayo yonke intliziyo yakho, umphefumlo, ingqondo namandla akho onke, kuba ngoko ke uya kuba ngumntu opheleleyo, ngoko ke uya kuqonda obona buchule bakho ! Kodwa kude kangakanani oku kubonakala ngathi ndijonge esipilini. Kwaye noThixo uyakwazi oku. Uyayazi indlela endibuhlungu ngayo xa ndimolulela… kodwa kubonakala ngathi ndiyawela kude ezingalweni zakhe.

Musa ukoyika uMsindisi wakho, mphefumlo onesono. Ndenza inyathelo lokuqala lokuza kuwe, kuba ndiyazi ukuba uwedwa awukwazi ukuziphakamisela kum. Musa ukubaleka kuYihlo, mntwana; kukulungele ukuthetha ngokukhululekileyo noThixo wakho onenceba ofuna ukuthetha amazwi oxolelo kwaye andise ubabalo lwakhe kuwe. Uthandeka kangakanani umphefumlo wakho kum! Ndilibhalile igama lakho esandleni sam; ukrolwe njengesilonda esinzulu entliziyweni yam. -Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamKwidayari yaseSt Faustina, n. 1485

Bazalwana noodadewethu abathandekayo, inye into ekufuneka niyenzile. Naxa ungenasidima kwaphela, nokuba uthe wema phambi koThixo unezandla ezingenanto kunye nentliziyo emdaka ngokungathi ngumngqibi emnyango wekhitshi lesuphu… kufuneka ukuthembela. Thembela kuthando lukaThixo kunye nesicwangciso sakho. Ndibhala la mazwi ndinoloyiko oluthile olungcwele entliziyweni yam. Kuba ndiyazi ukuba eminye imiphefumlo iya kuzingca kakhulu ukuba ingathembwa, ibe nebhongo lokuzithoba njengomntwana omncinci ikhalele kuThixo wayo… kwaye baya kuchitha unaphakade womsindo nekratshi nentiyo kuMdali wabo.

Kodwa ngoku, ngalo mzuzu, uMlambo uqukuqela emphefumlweni wakho njengoko ufunda la magama. Intaba yeengxaki ezikungqongileyo unokuziva ngokungathi bayazifaka, ukuba ukugoba emlanjeni kunzima kuwe, kubuhlungu kakhulu, kulilolo. Kodwa apha awuboni; awunakulibona iHlathi elikhulu lamaGrace elingaphaya kwale bend okanye iMadows enkulu yesidima ebekwe phambi kwakho. Inye kuphela indlela eya kolu vuko "lomntu omtsha", kwaye oko kukuqhubeka kule ndlela, kule Ntlambo yeThunzi lokufa, ngomoya ukuthembela. Yindlela yomnqamlezo. Ayikho enye indlela.

Mphefumlo uthe gqi ebumnyameni, ungalahli ithemba, Konke akukalahleki. Yiza ukholose ngoThixo wakho, oluthando nenceba. - n. 1486

ndinga bazive UThixo ewathetha la mazwi njengoko ndibhala kuwo, kwaye ukuba ndingakuchazela ngokupheleleyo uthando kuzo, uloyiko lwakho luza kuphela njengemfama evuthayo! Sukoyika! Sukoyike oku kubandezeleka, kuba akukho nethontsi layo elivunyelweyo ebomini bakho ngaphandle kokuthanda kukaThixo. Yonke into imiselwe ukuba ikrolwe ngaphakathi kwakho, kwaye ngaphandle, umphefumlo omhle, umphefumlo ophilayo, umphefumlo onamandla okuqulatha uThixo.

UngangumKristu onjani ukuba bekungekho zintlungu ebomini bakho? Yilindele, ke, kwaye uyamkele, kuba iintlungu zinjengomlilo othunyelwe nguThixo ukuba ucoce umphefumlo wakho, intliziyo yakho nengqondo yakho. Ngenxa yoko, unokuyeka ukuzicingela, kwaye uphume uye kubo bonke abazalwana noodade. Ke xa kukho intlungu ebomini bakho, zama ukongeza amagama, "Makabongwe uThixo ngentlungu!”-UMkhonzi kaThixo, uCatherine de Hueck Doherty, Ubabalo kuwo onke amaXesha

Bulela kuzo zonke iimeko kuba akakulahlanga. (Uyakuya phi Yena okhoyo kuyo yonke indawo?) Kodwa ukuba unawe, kuhlala kunjalo ngohlobo lokuba kungaphazamisi intando yakho. Endaweni yokuba alinde, ngokulinda okunxaniweyo, ukuze usondele kuye:

Sondelani kuye uThixo, wosondela kuni. (Yakobi 4: 8)

Kwaye uyakubuya kwakhona njengoMlambo onamandla, onamandla, onothando, onomonde, onoyolo nenceba ukuqhubela phambili nomsebenzi asele ewuqalisile kwaye awuzalisekise ngemini yeNkosi.

Inceba yam inkulu kunezono zakho kunye nehlabathi lonke. Ngubani onokulinganisa ubungakanani bokulunga kwam? Ngokuba ndihle ezulwini, ndize emhlabeni; ndavumela wena ukuba ndibethelelwe emnqamlezweni; kuwe Ndivumela iNtliziyo yam eNgcwele igqojozwe ngentambo, ngaloo ndlela ndivula umthombo wenceba kuwe. Yiza, ke, ngokuzithemba uzobabalo kulo mthombo. Andizange ndilahle intliziyo etyumkileyo. Intlupheko yakho inyamalale kubunzulu benceba yam. Musa ukubambana nam ngobubi bakho. Uya kundivuyisa ukuba ubeka kum zonke iinkxwaleko neentlungu zakho. Ndiya kufumba phezu kwakho ubuncwane bobabalo lwaM. -Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamKwidayari yaseSt Faustina, n. 1485

Naxa ndihamba entlanjeni emnyama, andoyiki nto, kuba usecaleni lam… (INdumiso 23: 4)

 

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