USt. Teresa wase-Avila
Incwadi eya kumngane ecabangela impilo yobungcwele...
SIDE OTHANDEKA,
Ngiyawuqonda lowo muzwa wokulahla ukuphila komuntu… wokungabi yilokho obekufanele ube yikho… noma acabange ukuthi kufanele abe yikho.
Nokho, singazi kanjani ukuthi lokhu akukho ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu? Ukuthi uye wavumela izimpilo zethu ukuba zihambe ngendlela ezinayo ukuze zimnike udumo olukhulu kakhulu ekugcineni?
Yeka ukuthi kuhle kanjani ukuthi owesifazane olingana nawe, obevame ukufuna ukuphila okuhle, ubumnandi bengane ekhulayo, iphupho lika-Oprah… udela ukuphila kwakhe ukuze afune uNkulunkulu yedwa. Hhawu. Ubufakazi obungaka. Futhi kungaba kuphela umphumela wawo ogcwele ozayo manje, esiteji okuso.
Yebo, ulandela kuphela ezinyathelweni zomsunguli wakho, uTeresa wase-Avila. Akazange azibophezele ngokungathí sina okholweni lwakhe kwaze kwaba phakathi nenkathi yempilo… futhi manje usengudokotela weBandla!
Into ngoNkulunkulu, ngokungangabazeki edida uSathane, ukuthi uhlezi enza izinto zibe zinhle. Injongo yakhe yayiwukuphila nathi ngokuzwana ensimini yase-Edene. Kunalokho, sahlubuka. Kodwa manje ngesiphambano, sinikezwe inkazimulo enkulu nakakhulu: ukuhlanganyela kuwo kanye uMzimba kaKristu, wenziwa musha ngomfanekiso Wakhe, wahlukaniswa ngesipho sikaMoya oNgcwele. Yingakho iBandla likhuleka,
O isono sika-Adamu esifanele,
owasizuzela uMhlengi ongaka!
O felix cula! Ngempela, isono somuntu sesiphenduke isibusiso esikhulu nakakhulu.
Kodwa lokhu akusho ukuthi siqhubeka sisona ukuze silethe inkazimulo enkulu. Leso isilingo esivela ohlangothini olumnyama—inkokhelo yesono isewukufa. Kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ukuthi singabi ngcwele nje kuphela, kodwa sithele izithelo (Johane 15). Futhi masingakhohlwa ukuthi ngabantu—abangcwele—uNkulunkulu akhela phezu kwabo iBandla Lakhe—hhayi izinhlelo.
Okubuza umbuzo othi, "Uyini ongcwele?" Ngizwa impendulo ngokuqinisekile yilena: lowo ophenduka njalo, ekhula ekukholweni, ethembeni ethembeni, futhi ephila othandweni. Qaphela, angishongo ukuthi lowo ophendukayo, kodwa lowo ophendukayo njalo uyaphenduka. Ingabe lena akuyona inkambo obeke inhliziyo yakho kuyo? Ikhampasi yakho ilungile, sithandwa, noma amagagasi ekulima ubhodi lwezinkanyezi, akuphushela endleleni isikhashana lapha, noma isikhathi lapho.
Usemusha, makoti kaKristu othandekayo. Bancane ngokwanele ukuthi uNkulunkulu angenza nawe lokho akuthandayo. Futhi ngingasho ukuthi Ubonakala enza lokho kanye. Njengoba ungena ebuzeni bakho (nada), nawe uyangena Konke. Ingabe isono sakho usibona ngokucacile? Babusisiwe abampofu emoyeni, ngokuba umbuso wezulu ungowabo. Kungani simangala ukuthi uma singena sijula kakhulu eNhliziyweni eNgcwele yokuKhanya evuthayo, ubumnyama buyadalulwa? Akwambulelwa ukujezisa, kodwa ukuhlanza, futhi lowo ocwengiwe uyobusiswa ukubona uNkulunkulu (Math 5: 3,8). Umuntu ofisa ngempela ukuba usanta kufanele agqoke amaHeberu 12:5, 11 ebunzini bakhe!
Ndodana yami, ungadeleli ukulaya kweNkosi;
futhi ungaphelelwa isibindi lapho ujeziswa nguye.
Ngokuba uJehova uyamlaya amthandayo;
futhi ulaya yonke indodana eyamukelayo..
Okwamanje konke ukulaya kubonakala kubuhlungu kunokuba kumnandi;
kamuva ithele isithelo esinokuthula sokulunga
kulabo abaqeqeshwe yiso.
Impilo yakho ayimoshi. Njengoba nje umquba unikeza umanyolo engadini, kanjalo nesikhathi sethu esidlule esinesono nesibi sinikeza umanyolo wobungcwele, inqobo nje uma sinezimpande eNsimini Yothando, futhi samukele ngokholo, uKristu, ukuba abe isivakashi sethu saphakade. (Efe 3:17).
UKristu angakwenza noma yini ayifisayo ngokuphazima kweso. Nokho, akavamile ukuthi abonakale ekhetha le ndlela, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi imvelo yethu yobuntu izowa ngaphansi kokuzidla. Kunalokho, Usidwebele ibalazwe elimazombezombe, indlela engumqansa phakathi kwezihlahla zameva eziningi. Wayengeke yini yena, uMkhuzi WobuNkulunkulu, azi ke ukuthi isimo sethu sobuntu singasidukisa kalula kule ndlela? Yebo… yingakho enezindlela eziningi ezifihliwe ezingaboni ngisho nezingelosi kuze kukhanye ukuKhanya kwesiphambano. Ake ngiphinde ngisho konke emnothweni weZwi:
We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him.( Roma 8:28 )
Wena mncane othandekayo. Uligugu kuye onengcosana yokumthanda. Ngifisa sengathi ngingamthanda uKristu njengawe. Ngicela ningikhulekele ukuze ngithole umusa wokwenza lokho, njengoba isisindo sobuntu bami cishe asibekezeleleki kulezi zinsuku.
Phakamisa ikhanda lakho phezulu, kulobubusuku, dade. Ukuhlengwa kwakho kuseduze kunalokho obekuyikho.
Uthando kuKristu,
Mark
UJohn 12: 24-26
