Usuku 3: Umfanekiso KaNkulunkulu Wami

LET siqale egameni likaYise, neleNdodana, nelikaMoya oNgcwele, amen.

Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza njengokukhanya ukuze ungikhanyisele ingqondo yami ukuze ngibone, ngazi, futhi ngiqonde okuyiqiniso, nalokho okungelona.

Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza njengoMlilo ukuze uhlanze inhliziyo yami ukuze ngizithande njengoba uNkulunkulu engithanda.

Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza njengoMoya oNgcwele uzosula izinyembezi zami futhi uguqule usizi lwami lube injabulo.

Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza njengemvula ezongigezisa amanxeba ami nokwesaba kwami.

Woza Moya oNgcwele, woza njengoMfundisi ukuze wandise ulwazi nokuqonda ukuze ngihambe ezindleleni zenkululeko, zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwami. Amen.

Eminyakeni edlule, enkathini yokuphila kwami lapho ngingezwa lutho ngaphandle kokuphuka kwami, ngahlala phansi ngabhala leli culo. Namuhla, masenze le ngxenye yomthandazo wethu wokuvula:

Ngikhulule Kimi

Ngikhulule kimi,
kuleli tende lasemhlabeni liyacwila futhi livuza
Ngikhulule kimi,
kulesitsha sobumba, siqhekekile, somile
Ngikhulule kimi,
kusuka kule nyama ibuthakathaka futhi igugile
Nkosi, ngikhulule, kimi
emseni wakho (repeat)

Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho
Nkosi, ngikhulule kimi...

Ngikhulule kimi,
kusuka kule nyama ibuthakathaka futhi igugile
Nkosi, ngikhulule, kimi
emseni wakho

Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho
Nkosi, ngikhulule kimi
Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho
Nkosi, ngikhulule kimi
Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho
Emseni wakho

-Mark Mallett kusuka Ngikhulule Kimi, 1999©

Ingxenye yokukhathala kwethu ivela ebuthakathakeni, imvelo yomuntu ewile ecishe ibonakale iveza isifiso sethu sokulandela uKristu. “Abavumayo sebeseduze,” kusho uSt. Paul, “kodwa ukwenza okuhle akukona.”^[1]I-Rom 7: 18

ngiyathokoza ngomthetho kaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kwami, kodwa ngibona ezithweni zami esinye isimiso esilwa lomthetho wengqondo yami, singithumbela emthethweni wesono ohlala ezithweni zami. Ngilusizi mina! Ngubani ozongikhulula kulomzimba ofayo? Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu. ( Roma 7:22-25 )

UPawulu waphendukela kakhulu ethembeni kuJesu, kodwa abaningi bethu abakwenzi lokho. Siphendukela ekuzizondeni, ukuzishaya, kanye nomuzwa wokuphelelwa ithemba esingeke sawushintsha, asisoze sakhululeka. Sivumela amanga, imibono yabanye, noma amanxeba esikhathi esidlule ukuba asilolonge futhi asilolonge esikhundleni seqiniso likaNkulunkulu. Eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amabili selokhu ngabhala lelo culo, ngingasho ngeqiniso ukuthi ukuzigxeka akukaze kwenze okuhle. Eqinisweni, yenze umonakalo omkhulu.

UNkulunkulu Ungibona Kanjani

Ngakho-ke izolo, ushiye nombuzo wokubuza uJesu ukuthi ubona kanjani wena. Abanye benu bangibhalela ngakusasa, besabelana ngezimpendulo zenu kanye nalokho okwashiwo uJesu. Abanye bathi bamuzwe engasho lutho bamangala ukuthi mhlawumbe kukhona okungahambi kahle, noma bazosala ngemuva kulokhu kuhosha. Cha, ngeke usale, kodwa uzokwelulelwa futhi uphonselwe inselelo ezinsukwini ezizayo ukuze uthole izinto ezintsha, mayelana nawe kanye nangoNkulunkulu.

Kungaba nenani lezizathu ezenza abanye benu bezwe “lutho.” Kwabanye, kungukuthi asikafundi ukuzwa leloPhimbo elincane elithule, noma ukulethemba. Abanye bangase bamane bangabaze ukuthi uJesu wayezokhuluma nabo futhi bangazihluphi nokuzama ukulalela. Khumbula futhi ukuthi Yena...

…uzibonakalisa kulabo abangamkholwa. ( Ukuhlakanipha 1:2 )

Esinye isizathu kungaba ukuthi uJesu unalo kakade ekhulunywa kuwe, futhi ufuna ukuthi uzwe lelozwi futhi eZwini Lakhe...

Vula iBhayibheli lakho bese uvula incwadi yalo yokuqala, uGenesise. Funda iSahluko 1:26 kuze kube sekugcineni kweSahluko 2. Manje, bamba ijenali yakho bese uphinda lesi siqephu futhi bese ubhala phansi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubona kanjani owesilisa nowesifazane Abadalile. Lezi zahluko zisitshelani ngathi? Uma usuqedile, qhathanisa okubhalile nohlu olungezansi...

Indlela UNkulunkulu Akubona Ngayo

• UNkulunkulu usinike isipho ukuze sidale ngokubambisana ngokuzala kwethu.
• UNkulunkulu usithemba ngempilo entsha
• Senziwe ngomfanekiso wakhe (into engashiwongo ngezinye izidalwa)
• UNkulunkulu usinika amandla phezu kwendalo yakhe
• Wethemba ukuthi sizowunakekela umsebenzi wezandla Zakhe
• Usondla ngokudla okuhle nangezithelo
• UNkulunkulu usibheka ‘njengabahle’ ngokuyisisekelo
• UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuphumula nathi
• Ungumphefumulo wethu wokuphila.^[2]cf. IzEnzo 17:25: “Nguye onika bonke abantu ukuphila nomoya nakho konke.” Umoya wakhe ungumoya wethu
• UNkulunkulu wenza yonke indalo, ikakhulukazi i-Edene, ukuze umuntu ayijabulele
• UNkulunkulu wayefuna senze kanjalo bheka Ubuhle bakhe endalweni
• UNkulunkulu unikeza umuntu konke akudingayo
• UNkulunkulu usinika inkululeko yokuzikhethela kanye nenkululeko yokumthanda nokusabela Kuye
• UNkulunkulu akafuni sibe sodwa; Usinika zonke izinhlobo zezidalwa ezisizungezile
• UNkulunkulu usinika ilungelo lokuqamba indalo
• Unikeza owesilisa nowesifazane komunye nomunye ukuze injabulo yabo iphelele
• Usinika ubulili obuhambisanayo nobunamandla
• Ubulili bethu buyisipho esihle futhi akukho okungaba namahloni ngaso…

Lolu akulona neze uhlu oluphelele. Kodwa lisitshela kakhulu ngendlela uBaba asibona ngayo, ajabula ngayo ngathi, asethembayo, asinika amandla, futhi asikhathalele. Kodwa uthini uSathane, leyo nyoka? Ungummangaleli. Uyakutshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukulahlile; ukuthi udabukile; ukuthi awunathemba; ukuthi umubi; ukuthi ungcolile; ukuthi uyihlazo; ukuthi uyisiphukuphuku; ukuthi uyisilima; ukuthi awusizi; ukuthi uyanengeka; ukuthi uyiphutha; ukuthi awuthandwa; ukuthi awufunwa; ukuthi anithandeki; ukuthi ulahliwe; ukuthi ulahlekile; ukuthi uyalahlwa….

Pho, ubulokhu ulalele izwi likabani? Iluphi uhlu ozibona ukulo kakhulu? Ingabe uyamlalela uBaba owakudalayo, noma “uyise wamanga”? Ah, kodwa uthi, “Mina am isoni.” Noma kunjalo,

Kodwa uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa uthando lwakhe ngathi ngoba siseyizoni uKristu wasifela... esesithole ngaye ukubuyisana. ( Roma 5:8, 11 )

Eqinisweni, uPawulu usitshela ukuthi empeleni ngisho nesono sethu asinakusehlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Yebo, kuyiqiniso ukuthi isono esingaphenduki sokufa singasehlukanisa impilo engapheli, kodwa hhayi othandweni lukaNkulunkulu.

Pho siyakuthini kulokhu na? Uma uNkulunkulu engakithi, ngubani ongamelana nathi na? Yena ongayigodlanga eyakhe iNdodana, kepha wayinikela ngenxa yethu sonke, angayikusinika kanjani nakho konke kanye nayo na? ...Ngokuba ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi nakufa, noma ukuphila, nazingelosi, nababusi, nakho okukhona, noma okuzayo, namandla, nokuphakama, nokujula, nanoma yisiphi esinye isidalwa esinamandla okusehlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu. kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. (Funda amaRoma 8:31-39.)

ENcekwini kaNkulunkulu uLuisa Piccarreta, omibhalo yakhe yamukelwa yibandla,^[3]qhathanisa KuLuisa Nemibhalo Yakhe UJesu wathi:

…UMenzi Ophakeme… uthanda wonke umuntu futhi wenza okuhle kubo bonke. Kusukela ekuphakameni kobukhosi Bakhe wehlela ngezansi, ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo, ngisho nasesihogweni, kodwa Ukwenza ngokuthula ngaphandle kokuhlokoma, lapho ekhona. (June 29, 1926, Umq. 19)

Yebo, labo abasesihogweni banqabile uNkulunkulu, futhi yeka ukuthi isihogo esinjani leso. Futhi yeka isihogo esiba khona kimi nawe esisesemhlabeni lapho senqaba ukukholelwa othandweni nomusa kaNkulunkulu. Njengoba uJesu amemeza ku-St. Faustina:

Amalangabi omusa ayangishisa - ngikhalela ukusetshenziswa; Ngifuna ukuqhubeka ngibathululela emiphefumulweni; imiphefumulo nje ayifuni ukukholelwa ebuhleni Bami. —UJesu kuya eSt Faustina, Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari, n. 177

Uma ufuna ukuqala ukuphulukisa, njengoba ngishilo ku Amalungiselelo Okwelapha, kuyadingeka ukuthi ube nakho isibindi — isibindi sokukholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakuthanda ngempela. Yilokho iZwi laKhe elikushoyo. Yilokho okwashiwo ukuphila kwaKhe esiphambanweni. Yilokho Akusho kuwe manje. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi siyeke ukuzimangalela ngawo wonke amanga kaSathane, siyeke ukuzigxeka (okuvame ukuthobeka okungamanga) futhi samukele ngokuthobeka lesi sipho esikhulu sothando lukaNkulunkulu. Lokho kubizwa ngokholo — ukholo lokuthi Angathanda umuntu onjengami.

Thandaza ngeculo elingezansi, bese uthatha ijenali yakho bese ubuza uJesu futhi: “Ungibona kanjani?” Mhlawumbe yigama elilodwa noma amabili kuphela. Noma isithombe. Noma mhlawumbe uzofuna ukuthi umane uphinde ufunde amaqiniso angenhla. Noma yini Akushoyo, yazi kusukela kuleli hora kuqhubeke, ukuthi uyathandwa, futhi akukho lutho olungakwehlukanisa nalolo thando. Njalo.

Othile Njengami

Angilutho, Wena uyikho konke
Nokho ungibiza ngengane, ngivumele ngikubize ngokuthi Abba

Ngimncane, futhi Wena unguNkulunkulu
Nokho ungibiza ngengane, ngivumele ngikubize ngokuthi Abba

Ngakho ngiyakhothama, futhi ngiyaKukhonza
Ngiguqe ngamadolo phambi kukaNkulunkulu
othanda umuntu onjengami

Ngiyisono, Wena umsulwa
Nokho ungibiza ngengane, ngivumele ngikubize ngokuthi Abba

Ngakho ngiyakhothama, futhi ngiyaKukhonza
Ngiguqe ngamadolo phambi kukaNkulunkulu
othanda umuntu onjengami

Ngiyakhothama, futhi ngiyaKukhonza
Ngiguqe ngamadolo phambi kukaNkulunkulu
othanda umuntu onjengami... umuntu onjengami

O ngiyakhothama, futhi ngiyaKukhonza
Ngiguqe ngamadolo phambi kukaNkulunkulu
othanda umuntu onjengami
Futhi ngiguqa ngamadolo phambi kukaNkulunkulu
othanda umuntu onjengami,
othanda umuntu onjengami,
njengami…

—UMark Mallett, ovela ku-Divine Mercy Chaplet, 2007©