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IMBEWU YOKUVUKELA
Njengoba sithandaza, njengoba siya eMiseni, senza imisebenzi emihle, futhi sifuna iNkosi, kusele kithi imbewu yokuhlubuka. Lenzalo ingaphakathi ‘enyameni’ njengoba uPawulu ayibiza kanjalo, futhi imelene ‘noMoya. Nakuba umoya wethu ngokuvamile uzimisele, inyama ayifuni. Sifuna ukukhonza uNkulunkulu, kodwa inyama ifuna ukuzikhonza yona. Siyazi okufanele sikwenze, kodwa inyama ifuna ukwenza okuphambene.
Futhi impi iyaqhubeka.
Le nzalo yokuhlubuka izoba nawe uze ukhululwe kulesi sitsha sobumba, leli tende lasemhlabeni, lapho uzodonsa umoya wakho wokugcina. Kodwa-ke, njengoba siphikelela empilweni kamoya, nsuku zonke sithatha isiphambano sethu, uMoya oNgcwele uzoqala ukuthukuthelisa lokhu kuhlubuka, kancane kancane akubeke ukuthambekela kwako ekufeni. Kepha nabangcwele balingeka ukuba bahlubuke. Ngakho-ke kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi siqaphele.
Ithempeli
Ngokuvamile lapho umuntu ehlubuka impela, kufika uMlingi athi, “Awu, unomoya wokulwa! Kuhle! Lokhu kuhle! Ungumoya okhululekile, ihhashi lenyamazane. Yebo, uyathanda ukuphila…. ngakho-ke phila kancane. Ungacela intethelelo kuNkulunkulu ngaso sonke isikhathi.” Noma uzothi, “Usuke usuwile kancane, kungani ungayi Konke indlela.”
Kwabanye, le mpi icashile. Iza ngesimo seminikelo enengqondo futhi enesizotha. Ingqondo iba nesiminyaminya, idideke, kepha ilume isithiyo. Futhi kancane kancane, imicabango isuka emthandazweni iye ekugxileni kokuncane nokungakhathazeki komhlaba.
Bese kuba khona umphefumulo ohlasela noma iliphi igunya, noma ngabe elomuntu noma elikaNkulunkulu.
Kunoma ikuphi, umphumela uyefana: inhliziyo iqala ukuba lukhuni, kanye nesisa senhliziyo yenza buthakathaka.
EKULINGWENI
Okokuqala, kufanele sazi ukuthi isilingo sinjalo hhayi isono. Eqinisweni, isilingo esinamandla nesishubile akusona isono. Nokho, lapho umuntu ehlangabezana nalezi zilingo ezinamandla, ngokuvamile zihambisana namahloni... “Kungenzeka kanjani ukuba ngithambekele kanjalo!” Kodwa nabangcwele abakhulu balingwa kakhulu. UKristu ngokwakhe walingwa. Futhi uwubufakazi bethu bokuthi ukuba nemizwa enamandla yesilingo akusona isono, ngoba siyazi ukuthi uJesu wayengenasono.
Ngakho-ke leli qiniso, leli qiniso, ngisho namanje liqale ukukukhulula. Ukubekezelela lesi silingo bese kuba umqhele wokunqoba, isikhashana sokukhula emhlabeni, kanye nomvuzo waphakade eZulwini. USathane uzokukholisa ukuthi usuvele wonile lapho ulingwa, okubangela ukuthi abanengi bangene esonweni ngesikhathi nje sebezosinqoba (“…usuke usuwile kancinyane, kungani ungangeni esonweni. Konke indlela.”) Kodwa aniwa. Khuza umoya ovivinyayo, futhi ugxilise amehlo akho kuJesu ngokuthandaza igama lakhe, ngokusuka esilingweni ngokwenyama, nangokusabela emaSakramenteni.
UMA UHLULEKA — ISIBHEDLELA
Kepha ngoba singabantu futhi singakafuthwa futhi siguqulwe ngokuphelele nguMoya oNgcwele, siyawa. Siyona. Eqinisweni, umphefumulo odlubulundayo kwesinye isikhathi uyokona ngamabomu athile, inkani efana naleyo yengane enqabayo ukuza lapho ibuzwa. Kwesinye isikhathi, umphefumulo wona, kepha uzizwa uhudulelwa kuwo ngobuthakathaka obukhulu, njengoba inyama ehlubukayo inqoba umphefumulo okhathele.
Kunoma yikuphi, ikhambi lihlala lifana: zithobe phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Futhi, umlingi uzosondela kuwe futhi akuhlebele ngokuthi “uwusebenzisile” umusa kaNkulunkulu. Kodwa lokhu kungamanga! Awukwazi ukuqeda umusa kaNkulunkulu. UJesu weza ezoni, ikakhulukazi labo abahlubukayo. Cha, ikhambi liwukuthi ziba zincane kakhulu. Ukwazi ukuthi empeleni awunakho okuhle, nokuthi uthembele ngokuphelele kuJesu ukuze usindiswe. Ezindlebeni zakho, ukwamukelwa okunjalo kubuhlungu futhi kuyadina. Ezindlebeni zikaKristu, kuyingoma emnandi, ngoba iQiniso lihlala likhangwa yiqiniso, uMphilisi esilondeni, uMelaphi ekuguleni, uMsindisi esonweni.
Uma ungazange ukhalele izono zakho, thandazela lesi sipho. Thandazela ukuthi isipho siwele ebusweni bakho futhi ukhale ngokungabi kwakho kwesisa nokuphana. Kepha ungalilahli ithemba. Kunalokho, vumela lezo zinyembezi ziqale ukukugeza. Ngoba lapho untula khona isisa senhliziyo, Lowo onguLuthando uzokuthululela emphefumulweni wakho. Lapho untula khona ukuphana, Lowo Ophe ngokungapheli uyonika isihe phezu kwesihe.
Kepha ungacabangi ukuthi ungcwele ngokuzumayo. Cha, ngaleso sikhathi, usufana neqabunga, likhuliswe umoya, landa phezulu emazulwini. Kepha lapho umoya usuphelile, uzobuyela futhi emhlabeni.
Yini okufanele uyenze lapho? Izinto ezimbili: i-ego yakho kufanele ihlale izacile njengalelo qabunga ukuze isisindo esikhulu sokuziqhenya singakudonseli phansi. Lokho wukuthi, kufanele uqhubeke uzithobe phakathi nesikhathi sosuku lapho amaphutha akho ejwayelekile evela njalo. Futhi okwesibili, kufanele thandaza, ngoba umkhuleko udonsela kulowoMoya kaMoya oNgcwele ophakamisa wena; ngumkhuleko — ukuqhubeka ufinyelela phezulu kuNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo efana nengane — okuzoqhubeka kukugcina uphezulu. Yebo, lapho siqala ukukhohlwa uNkulunkulu, asiwi masinyane yini?
O, mphefumulo odlubulundayo, uJesu ulindele ukuvuma kwakho okuqotho ukuze Naye akuphefumulele, akuphakamisele eNhliziyweni Yakhe Engcwele.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami (okuvunyelwe okulinganiselwe) nabantu asebengabangane abakhulu bakaNkulunkulu ukuthi amandla abo angokomoya ahambisana nokuthambekela okunamandla kokuvukela kanye nezibhelu. Ukwethembeka kwabo kukhulu ngokuphikelela bevivinywa. Okubalulekile ukufika lapho uya khona, futhi okuwukuphela kwendlela yokukufeza iwukuba uqhubeke uhamba, ungavinjwa amaphutha namaphutha—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lokhu kuvela ngentando yomuntu siqu, emandleni anamandla angaphakathi, noma angaphandle. Kulindeleke ukuthi uhambo lwethu lusuke endleleni eyiqiniso ngokwethiyori. Esikhundleni sokuphika ukuthi senze iphutha, noma siqhubeke sihlehla kuze kufike lapho siphambuka khona, kumelwe simise inkambo entsha enqunywa isimo sangempela kanye nokuhlobana kwaso nalapho siya khona. Umthandazo uyindlela yethu yokuthatha umbono wokuphinde siziqondise kabusha ngokuqala ukuxhumana nomgomo wethu. Ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu izingxenye eziningi zempilo yethu ziwela embonweni futhi uhambo lwethu luqala ukuba nomqondo owengeziwe. - UMichael Casey, Ubuhlakani Basendulo Bomkhuleko WaseNtshonalanga
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