Ukuthola Ukuthula

DO ulangazelela ukuthula? Lapho ngihlangana namanye amaKrestu eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, isifo somoya esisobala kakhulu ukuthi bambalwa abakhona ukuthula. Cishe kube sengathi kunenkolelo ejwayelekile ekhulayo phakathi kwamaKatolika yokuthi ukuntuleka kokuthula nenjabulo kumane nje kuyingxenye yokuhlupheka nokuhlaselwa ngokomoya kuMzimba kaKristu. Sithanda ukusho ukuthi "yisiphambano sami." Kepha lokho ukucabanga okuyingozi okuletha umphumela omubi emphakathini wonkana. Uma umhlaba womele ukubona i- Ubuso Bothando futhi ngiphuze i Ukuphila Kahle lokuthula nenjabulo… kepha konke abakutholayo kungamanzi akhathazekile akhathazekile nodaka lokudangala nolaka emiphefumulweni yethu… bazobhekaphi?

UNkulunkulu ufuna abantu Bakhe baphile ngokuthula kwangaphakathi ngaso sonke isikhathi. Futhi kungenzeka…

UKUNGABI NOKHOLO

USt Leo Omkhulu wake wathi,

… Ukungazi kwabantu kuyephuza ukukholwa okungakuboni, futhi kuphuza ngokulinganayo ukuthembela kulokho engakwaziyo. -Umbhalo wamahora, Umq. IV, k. 206

Into yokuqala ukuqonda nokukholwa ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, ukuthi uNkulunkulu unjalo njalo ukwethula kuwe.

Ingabe umama angalukhohlwa usana lwakhe, angabi nalo isisa enganeni yakhe? Noma kufanele akhohlwe, angisoze ngakukhohlwa… nginawe njalo, kuze kube seminyakeni yobudala. (Isaya 49:15; Mat 28:20)

Ngabe ucabanga ukuthi isono sakho simxoshele kude uNkulunkulu? UJesu weza thola izoni. Ukuba yisono kwakho, eqinisweni, kudonsela Lowo onguMusa kuwe! Futhi noma ungamthuka futhi umyale ukuthi ahambe, wayezoya kuphi? Angaphuma eceleni, futhi ngosizi, akuvumele uzulazule ngokwenyama yakho njengoba wamukela isitha ekamu lakho. Kodwa wayengeke ahambe. Wayengeke ayeke ukulandela imvu elahlekile. Ngakho uNkulunkulu uhlala ekhona kuwe.

Ubukhona bakhe is umthombo wokuthula nenjabulo. Ubukhona bakhe is umthombo wawo wonke umcebo omuhle nezibusiso. Ukuthula akukhona ukungabikho kwengxabano, kodwa ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu. Uma esondele kuwe njengomoya wakho, khona-ke uyakwazi, noma uphakathi kokuhlupheka, ukuma isikhashana bese "uphefumulela" ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Lolu lwazi lothando Lwakhe olungenamibandela nesihe, ngokuba khona Kwakhe okungapheli nawe, kuyisihluthulelo esivula umnyango wokuthula kweqiniso.

SERET SERETER

Cha, uNkulunkulu akafuni ukuthi abantu baKhe bahambehamba ngezandla ezilengile namadolo abuthakathaka, ukubukeka kobumnyama ebusweni bethu. USathane waqinisekisa nini amaKrestu ukuthi lokhu bekungukulahlwa? Usizi lwaqala nini ukubukeka njengobungcwele? Ubumunyu babuthatha nini ubuso bothando? “Kwangathi uNkulunkulu angangikhulula kwabangcwele abadangele!” USt. Teresa wase-Avila wake wahleka kancane.

Siyini isizathu sokudabuka kwethu? Sisazithanda thina. Sisathandana nenduduzo yethu nengcebo yethu. Lapho izilingo nobunzima, ukugula nokulingwa kufika, kuguqula inkambo yosuku lwethu, uma kungenjalo izimpilo zethu, sifana nendoda ecebile edabukile eyahamba ngenxa yendlela encane futhi enzima yobuphofu eyayiphambi kwayo. Ubumpofu bakamoya buyindlela esiphuca amandla ethu kanye “nezinhlelo” zethu, okusenza sibuye sithembele kuNkulunkulu. Kepha uNkulunkulu angakuholela endleleni engeke iholele enjabulweni engaqondakali?

Babusisiwe abampofu emoyeni, ngokuba umbuso wezulu ungowabo. (Math 5: 3)

Akanikeli ngezibusiso kuphela, kodwa noMbuso! Ukuthobeka ukwamukela zonke izinto ezivela esandleni sikaNkulunkulu ngobumnene nangokulalela. Okudidayo ukuthi, yilokhu kanye ukuzinikela entandweni kaNkulunkulu okukhiqiza emphefumulweni isithelo sokuthula, njengoba nje omunye “esanga” isiphambano.

… Intwasahlobo yamandla aphezulu ivela phakathi kobuthakathaka bomuntu… "Njengoba wamukela kancane kancane isiphambano sakho, uzihlanganisa ngokomoya neSiphambano Sami, lokho okushiwo usizi lokuhlupheka kuzokwambulelwa wena. Ekuhluphekeni, uzothola ukuthula kwangaphakathi ngisho nenjabulo engokomoya. ” —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, IMisa labagulayo, I-L'Osservatore Romano, Kwangathi i-19th, i-2010

NKULUNKULU UFUNA Nina nibe nokuthula

Ekuthomeni kwale nkathi entsha-ukuzalwa kukaKristu- izingelosi zamemezela izinhloso zikaNkulunkulu:

Udumo kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, nokuthula emhlabeni kubantu athokoza ngabo. (Luka 2:14)

Futhi yini ejabulisa uNkulunkulu?

… Ngaphandle kokholo akwenzeki ukumjabulisa, ngoba noma ngubani oza kuNkulunkulu kumele akholelwe ukuthi ukhona nokuthi uyabavuza labo abamfunayo. (Heb 11: 6)

Ikona ukwethemba kuYe okuqinisekisa ukudluliswa kokuthula. Kuyinhliziyo emfunayo. Kungani lokhu kujabulisa uNkulunkulu? Lapho ingane yelulela ubaba wayo izingalo, ngiyakutshela, akukho okunye okujabulisa kakhulu! Nokuthi leyongane ivuzwa kanjani ngokuqabulwa nangokusingathwa nokubukeka okufudumele kothando. UNkulunkulu wakwenzela Yena, futhi lapho umfuna kakhulu uyojabula ngokwengeziwe. Uyakwazi lokhu yingakho kumjabulisa. Ngabe ucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna ujabule? Ngemuva kwalokho ukufuna Ubukhona bakhe, futhi uzomthola. Shaya Inhliziyo Yakhe, Uzoyivula kakhulu iMifula Yokuthula. Cela ukuthula kwakhe, uzokunikeza ngoba Wakwenza ukuba nihlale ngokuthula. Ukuthula kwakuyiphunga leNsimu yase-Edene.

Ngokuba ngazi kahle imicabango enginayo ngani, ”usho uJehova,“ icabanga inhlalakahle yenu, hhayi umaye! Izinhlelo zokukunikeza ikusasa eligcwele ithemba. Lapho ungibiza, nalapho uyothandaza kimi, ngizokulalela. Uma ungifuna, uzongithola. Yebo, lapho ungifuna ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, uyakungithola nginawe, usho uJehova, ngiyakuguqula inkatho yakho… (Jeremiya 29: 11-14)

Yini inkatho? Inkatho yakho engokomoya. Inkatho yomphefumulo wakho. Izimo zangaphandle zempilo yakho — impilo yakho, isimo sakho somsebenzi, ubunzima obhekene nabo — bungashintsha noma bungaguquki. Kepha ukuthula nomusa okudlula kuzo uzoba lapho. Leli yithemba lakho namandla akho, ukuthi kuNkulunkulu, zonke izinto zingasebenzela okuhle (Rom 8:28).

Ngakho-ke, ekuhluphekeni kwabantu sihlanganiswa nalowo ohlangabezana nalokhu kuthwala futhi akuphethe nge thina; yingakho con-solatio ikhona kukho konke ukuhlupheka, induduzo yothando lukaNkulunkulu olunobubele — ngakho-ke inkanyezi yethemba iyaphakama. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, IMisa labagulayo, I-L'Osservatore Romano, Meyi 19, 2010; isib. Khuluma uSalvi, n. 39

UKUTHOLA UKUTHULA

Ngemuva kokushona kukaJesu, abaPhostoli babehleli egumbini eliphezulu, umhlaba wabo, amathemba abo namaphupho abo eshabalele ngokufa kukaMesiya wabo. Wabe esebonakala ngokuzuma phakathi kwabo…

Ukuthula makube kinina… (Johane 20:21)

Ngizokuzwa okushiwo yiNkosi uNkulunkulu, izwi elikhuluma ngokuthula, ukuthula kwabantu bayo nabangane bayo, nalabo abaphendukela kuye ezinhliziyweni zabo. (IHubo 85: 8) 

UJesu akazange “abalungiselele” yonke into — izinhloso zabo zezombusazwe ngoMesiya noma ukushushiswa nokuhlupheka ababezokuthwala manje. Kepha wabavulela indlela entsha, iNdlela Yokuthula. Umlayezo wezingelosi wagcwaliseka manje. Ukuthula okwenziwe umuntu ukuma phambi kwabo: “Ngizoba nawe kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi. ” INkosi yokuthula iyohlala inawe njalo. Ungesabi ukukukholwa lokhu! Ungangabazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna uphile, ngisho namanje esimeni sakho, kulokho kuthula okudlula ukuqonda konke:

Ukuthola kanjani-ke lokhu kuthula? Ngabe lo Mfula Wokuphila ugeleza kanjani kuwe (Jn 7:38)? Khumbula, ukuthula okunikezwa nguJesu akufani nokwanikezwa ngumhlaba (Jn 14:27). Ngakho-ke ukuthula kukaKristu ngeke kutholakale ezinjabulweni ezidlulayo zomhlaba kepha kutholakala ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Funa kuqala uMbuso kaNkulunkulu; funa uku babe Inhliziyo Yakhe, okuyinhliziyo yemiphefumulo. Ungakunaki Umthandazo, okuphuza eMfuleni Wokuthula; futhi thembela kuNkulunkulu kukho konke. Ukwenza kanjalo kufana nengane, futhi imiphefumulo enjalo iyakwazi ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu:

INXUSWA

Okokugcina, lokhu kuthula akufanele kugcinwe kufihliwe. Akuyona into uNkulunkulu ayinikeza wena wedwa sengathi ukholo lwakho "luyindaba yangasese." Lokhu Ukuthula kuzokhuliswa njengomuzi egqumeni. Kumelwe ube ngumthombo lapho abanye beza baphuze khona. Kufanele ithwelwe ngaphandle kokwesaba ezinhliziyweni ezomile zalo mhlaba ongenakuphumula futhi onesizungu. Njengoba esinike ukuthula kwakhe, manje kumele sibe ngamanxusa akhe okuthula emhlabeni…

Ukuthula kube nawe. Njengoba uBaba engithumile, nami ngiyanithuma; (Johane 20:21)

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