IT kwakuyisibhakabhaka esihle ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka esihle njengoba indiza yethu yaqala ukwehlela esikhumulweni sezindiza. Ngenkathi ngilunguza ngefasitela lami elincane, ubukhazikhazi bamafu ekhumumula kwangenza ngathimula. Kwakungumbono omuhle.
Kepha ngenkathi singena ngaphansi kwamafu, umhlaba wavele waba mpunga ngokuzumayo. Imvula yagcwala ewindini lami njengoba amadolobha angezansi abonakala ekakwe ubumnyama benkungu nobumnyama obabubonakala bungebaleke. Futhi-ke, iqiniso lelanga elifudumele nesibhakabhaka esicwathile belingakashintshi. Babesekhona.
Ngakho-ke kunjalo injabulo. Injabulo yangempela iyisipho sikaMoya oNgcwele. Futhi njengoba uNkulunkulu engunaphakade, injabulo itholakala kithi kuze kube phakade. Ngisho neziphepho azikwazi ukusitha ngokuphelele ukukhanya kwelanga; kanjalo ne Isivunguvungu Esikhulu zezikhathi zethu — noma izivunguvungu zempilo yethu yansuku zonke — azikwazi ukucima ngokuphelele ilanga elishisayo lentokozo.
Kodwa-ke, njengoba kuthatha indiza ukuthi inyuke ngaphezu kwamafu esiphepho ukuze ithole ilanga futhi, kanjalo-ke, ukuthola injabulo yangempela kudinga ukuthi sikhuphuke ngaphezu kwesikhashana siye endaweni yaphakade. Njengoba uSt. Paul wabhala:
Uma-ke navuswa kanye noKristu, funani okungaphezulu, lapho uKristu ehlezi khona ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu. Cabanga ngokwaphezulu, hhayi okusemhlabeni. (Khol. 3: 1-2)
AMAKHIWO AMAHLANU OKUTHOLA INJABULO YANGEMPELA
Kunezindlela ezinhlanu eziyinhloko zokuthola, ukuhlala ngaphakathi, nokuthola injabulo yangempela yobuKristu. Futhi bafundile esikoleni sikaMariya, ezimfihlakalo ezijabulisayo zeRosari eNgcwele.
I. Ukumenyezelwa
Njengoba nje umbuso wezilwane nezitshalo ungeke uchume ngaphandle kokuthi uthobele imithetho yemvelo, kanjalo nabantu, abakwazi ukuchuma ngenjabulo ngaphandle kokuthi singene ekuvumelaneni nentando kaNkulunkulu engcwele. Noma ikusasa lonke likaMariya laguqukela phansi ngokuzumayo ngesimemezelo sokuthi uzothwala uMsindisi, yena “fiat”Nokulalela intando yobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu kwaba ngumthombo wenjabulo.
Bheka, ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi. Kwangathi kungenziwa kimi ngokwezwi lakho. (Luka 1:38)
Akekho umuntu oyoke athole injabulo yeqiniso uma elwa "nomthetho wothando". Ngoba uma sidalwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, futhi “uNkulunkulu uluthando”, lapho-ke kuphela ngokuphila ngokuvumelana nemvelo yethu yangempela sizoyeka ukulwa nonembeza wethu — obizwa ngokuthi yisono — bese sithola injabulo yokuphila ngentando Yaphezulu.
Babusisiwe abagcina izindlela zami. (IzA 8:32)
Noma nini lapho impilo yethu yangaphakathi iba nezifiso zayo kanye nokukhathazeka, akusekho ndawo yabanye, ayisekho indawo yabampofu. Izwi likaNkulunkulu alisazwakali, injabulo ethule yothando lwakhe ayisazwakali, futhi isifiso sokwenza okuhle siyaphela. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, “Injabulo YeVangeli”,n. 2
Phenduka futhi ukholwe izindaba ezinhle ukuze uqale ukuhlala enjabulweni.
II. Ukuvakashelwa
Njengoba nje umlilo ophelelwe umoya-mpilo uzocishwa kungekudala, injabulo izolahlekelwa ukukhanya kwayo nemfudumalo maduze lapho sizivalela kwabanye. UMary, yize ekhulelwe izinyanga ezimbalwa, uzimisele ngokusebenzela umzala wakhe u-Elizabeth. Uthando nobukhona bukaMama Obusisiwe, obumbene ngokusondelene neNdodana yakhe, kuba ngumthombo wenjabulo kwabanye ngqo ngoba uzenza atholakale kubo. Isisa-ke ngumoya omkhulu kaMoya oshukumisa injabulo futhi uwugcine njengamalangabi aphilayo abanye abangawuthola kuwo imfudumalo yawo.
Ngoba ngesikhathi umsindo wokubingelela kwakho ufika ezindlebeni zami, usana esiswini sami lwagxuma ngokujabula… Umphefumulo wami umemezela ubukhulu beNkosi; umoya wami uthokoza ngoNkulunkulu uMsindisi wami. (Luka 1:44, 46-47)
Yilo umyalo wami: thandanani njengoba nami nginithanda… Nginitshelile lokhu ukuba injabulo yami ibe kini, nenjabulo yenu iphelele. (Johane 15: 12,11)
Impilo ikhula ngokunikezwa, futhi iba buthakathaka ngokuzihlukanisa nokunethezeka. Ngempela, labo abakujabulela kakhulu ukuphila yilabo abashiya ukuphepha osebeni futhi bajabule ngomsebenzi wokudlulisela impilo kwabanye. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, ”Injabulo YeVangeli”,n. 10
Thanda abanye ukukhulisa injabulo yakho neyabanye.
III. Ukuzalwa KukaJesu
Injabulo yeqiniso yamaKrestu ayitholakali ekuthandeni abanye kuphela, kepha ikakhulukazi ekwaziseni abanye ngokuthi Ungubani-Uthando. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi lowo othole injabulo yangempela angahlanganyeli uMthombo waleyo njabulo? Isipho seNkosi Esenyameni sasingesiso esikaMariya yedwa; wayezomnikela emhlabeni, futhi ngokwenza njalo, wakhulisa injabulo yakhe uqobo.
Ungesabi; ngokuba bhekani, ngimemezela kini izindaba ezinhle zenjabulo enkulu ezoba ngeyabantu bonke. Ngoba namhlanje emzini kaDavide kuzelwe umsindisi wakho onguMesiya neNkosi. (Luka 2: 10-11)
Lapho iSonto libiza amaKristu ukuthi athathe umsebenzi wobuvangeli, umane akhombe kumthombo wokugcwaliseka komuntu uqobo. Ngoba “lapha sithola umthetho ojulile weqiniso: ukuthi impilo iyatholwa futhi ikhula ngesilinganiso esinikelwa ngayo ukuze inikeze impilo kwabanye. Lokhu yikho kanye okushiwo yimishini. ” —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, ”Injabulo YeVangeli”,n. 10
Ukwabelana ngeVangeli nabanye kuyilungelo lethu nenjabulo.
IV. Isethulo Ethempelini
Ukuhlupheka kungabonakala njengokumelana nenjabulo — kepha kuphela uma singawaqondi amandla ayo wokuhlenga. “Ngenxa yenjabulo eyayiphambi kwakhe wakhuthazelela isiphambano.” [1]I-Heb 12: 2 Ukuhlupheka, empeleni, kungabulala kithi konke lokho okuyisithiyo enjabulweni yangempela — okungukuthi, konke okusivimbela ekulaleleni, othandweni, nasekusebenzeleni abanye. USimeon, yize azi kahle “ngamafu okuphikisana” okungabonakala kufiphaza ukuthunywa kukaMesiya, waqondisa amehlo akhe ngaphesheya koVuko.
… Ngoba amehlo ami ayibonile insindiso yakho, oyilungiselele emehlweni abo bonke abantu, ukukhanya kwesambulo kwabeZizwe… (Luka 2: 30-32)
Ngiyabona impela ukuthi injabulo ayikhonjiswa ngendlela efanayo ngaso sonke isikhathi empilweni, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zobunzima obukhulu. Injabulo iyashintsha futhi iyashintsha, kepha ihlala njalo, njengokukhanya okuncane okuza ngokuqiniseka kwethu ukuthi, lapho konke kushiwo futhi kwenziwa, sithandwa ngokungenamkhawulo. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, ”Injabulo YeVangeli”,n. 6
Ukugxilisa amehlo ethu kuJesu naphakade kusinika injabulo ehlala njalo ngokwazi ukuthi "izinhlupheko zalesi sikhathi samanje azilutho uma ziqhathaniswa nenkazimulo ezokwembulwa ngathi." [2]I-Rom 8: 18
V. Ukutholwa KukaJesu Ethempelini
Sibuthakathaka futhi sithambekele esonweni, "ukulahlekelwa" yinjabulo eduduzayo yokuba senhlanganyelweni neNkosi yethu. Kepha injabulo ibuyiselwa lapho, naphezu kwesono sethu, sibheka futhi uJesu; simfuna "endlini kaYise". Lapho, ekuvumeni izono, uMsindisi ulindele ukumemezela ukuthethelelwa kwabathobekileyo nabaphukileyo enhliziyweni… futhi abuyise injabulo yabo.
Ngakho-ke, njengoba sinompristi omkhulu kakhulu odabule amazulu, uJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu… masisondele ngokuzethemba esihlalweni somusa ukuthola umusa nokuthola umusa wosizo olufika ngesikhathi. (Heb. 4:14, 16)
… “Akekho umuntu okhishiwe enjabulweni elethwa yiNkosi”… noma nini lapho sithatha igxathu eliya kuJesu, siyaqaphela ukuthi usekhona, usilindele ngezandla ezimhlophe. Manje yisikhathi sokuthi kuJesu: “Nkosi, ngivumele ngikhohliswe; ngigweme uthando lwakho ngezindlela eziyinkulungwane, nokho ngilapha futhi, ukuvuselela isivumelwano sami nawe. Ngiyakudinga. Ngisindise futhi, Nkosi, ngiphinde ungiyise ekwakheni kwakho okuhlengayo ”. Yeka ukuthi kujabulisa kanjani ukubuyela kuye noma nini lapho silahlekile! Ake ngisho lokhu futhi: UNkulunkulu akakhathali ukusixolela; yithina esikhathele ukufuna umusa wakhe. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, ”Injabulo YeVangeli”,n. 3
Injabulo ibuyiselwa ngomusa nokuthethelelwa koMsindisi ongasoze asisusa isoni esiphendukayo.
Thokozani eNkosini njalonjalo.
Ngizophinda futhi ngithi: thokozani! (Fil 4: 4)
KUFUNDWA OKUFUNDILE
Buka: Injabulo kaJesu
Siyabonga ngokusekela le nkonzo yesikhathi esigcwele.
Umnikelo wakho ubongwa kakhulu.
