UNkulunkulu Kuqala

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Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

I ungacabangi ukuthi yimina nje. Ngiyayizwa kusuka kwabancane nakwabadala: isikhathi sibonakala sishesha. Futhi ngalo, kunomqondo wezinsuku ezithile njengokungathi umuntu ulenga ngezinzipho emaphethelweni omjikelezo ojabulisayo. Ngamazwi kaFr. UMarie-Dominique Philippe:

Siqonde ngasekupheleni kwesikhathi. Manje lapho sisondela ekupheleni kwesikhathi, lapho siqhubeka khona ngokushesha okukhulu - yilokhu okungajwayelekile. Kukhona, njengokungathi, ukusheshisa okuphawuleka kakhulu ngesikhathi; kukhona ukushesha ngesikhathi njengoba kukhona ukushesha ngejubane. Futhi sihamba ngokushesha okukhulu nangokushesha. Kumele sikunake kakhulu lokhu ukuze siqonde okwenzekayo emhlabeni wanamuhla. -ISonto LamaKatolika Ekupheleni Kweminyaka, URalph Martin, ikhasi. 15-16

Kumele sinake ngoba ingozi ukuthi sizivumela ukuthi sibambeke kulesi sivunguvungu se ukwenza kanye nokudonswa emimoyeni ekhohlisayo yalesi Siphepho Esikhulu esehlele emnyango wabantu - ukufakwa kwiziphazamiso eziyizigidi, imisebenzi eyinkulungwane, izifiso eziyikhulu… futhi kude nento eyodwa ebaluleke kakhulu: lokho UNkulunkulu ungowokuqala.

St. John Paul II wabhala:

Isikhathi sethu yisikhathi sokunyakaza okuqhubekayo okuvame ukuholela ekuphumuleni, ngengozi "yokwenza ngenxa yokwenza". Kumele simelane nalesi silingo ngokuzama "ukuba" ngaphambi kokuzama "ukwenza". —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Novo Milenio Ineunte,n. 15

Kuyiqiniso: sisesiphepho esikhulu kulelihora, ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi thina khosela, okuyinto efanayo nokusho ukuthi, “ukuphumula kuNkulunkulu” noma “ukuba.” Kodwa kanjani? Nsuku zonke, ngithola isikhukhula sezinto sincintisana nesikhathi sami. Akukhona ukuthi ezinye izindaba azibalulekile. Kepha okubalulekile ukwenza izinto zami eziza kuqala ziqonde. Futhi kuqala ngokwenza uNkulunkulu kuqala.

Funani kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu nokulunga kwakhe, futhi zonke lezi zinto [enizidingayo] niyonikwa zona ngaphandle kwalokho. (Math 6:33)

Uma into yokuqala engiyenzayo lapho ngivuka ekuseni ifunda izindaba, hlola i-imeyili, pheqa u-Facebook, uskene i-Twitter, ujikeleze i-Instagram, uphendule imibhalo, ufunde izindaba eziningi, ubuyele izingcingo… kahle, angikaze ngibeke uNkulunkulu phambili . Esikhundleni salokho, kufanele sihlangane ekuseni, sibheke ngale kwehlathi leziphazamiso nezilingo, bese sigxilisa amehlo ethu “kuJesu, umholi nomphelelisi wokholo.” ^[1]isib. Heb 12: 2 Mnike imizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu yokuqala… Futhi izoqala ukuguqula impilo yakho.

Umusa weNkosi awupheli, umusa wakhe awupheli; zintsha njalo ekuseni… ekuseni uyangizwa; ekuseni nginikela umkhuleko wami, ngibhekile ngilindile. (IsiLilo 3: 22-23; IHu 5: 4)

Ngakho-ke manje, uqala usuku lwakho eNkosini. Manje, uba yiloo “gatsha” elixhunyaniswe “noMvini”, onguJesu, ukuze “insipho” kaMoya oNgcwele igeleze kuwe. Lowo ngumahluko kwabaningi, nganoma yiluphi usuku, phakathi kwempilo komoya nokufa.

Mina ngingumvini, nina ningamagatsha. Ohlala kimi, nami kuye, uyakuthela izithelo eziningi, ngokuba ngaphandle kwami ningenze lutho. (Johane 15: 5)

[UBaba] akasilinganiseli isipho sakhe sikaMoya. (IVangeli Lanamuhla)

Ukufuna kuqala ukulunga Kwakhe ngaleso sikhathi, akukhona ukumfuna ngomkhuleko kuphela, kodwa ukufuna Akhe kuthanda, Kwakhe indlela, Akhe ukuhlela. Futhi lokhu kusho ukufana nezingane, ukulahlwa, ukuhlukaniswa my ngeke, my indlela, mkami plan. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukuba “nobulungiswa” emiBhalweni: ukuba umuntu ozinikele, othobekile futhi olalela intando engcwele kaNkulunkulu. Kepha bheka ukuthi yiziphi izithembiso kulabo “abalungile”:

Lapho abalimi bekhala nje, uyabezwa, futhi uyabophula kulo lonke usizi lwabo. (IHubo lanamhlanje, 34)

Futhi,

Ziningi izinkinga zomuntu olungileyo, kepha kuzo zonke iNkosi iyamkhulula.

Uyabona, iNkosi ayibakhululanga abanye benu ezivivinyweni zenu ngoba anikafundi ukubeka uNkulunkulu kuqala. Injabulo yakho incike ekubekeni konke ukuncika kwakho kuYe. Futhi Ufuna ukuba ujabule! Ngiyaphinda ngithi:

UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisa injabulo yethu yangempela. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo Wosuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke ngo-2005, eVatican City, Agasti 27, 2004, iZenit.org

Ufuna ube kwenjabulo!

Uma nigcina imiyalo yami, niyakuhlala othandweni lwami, njengalokho nami ngigcinile imiyalo kaBaba ngihlala othandweni lwakhe. Nginitshelile lokhu, ukuze intokozo yami ibe kini, nokuthokoza kwenu kuphelele. Yilo umyalo wami: thandanani njengoba nami nginithanda. (Johane 15: 10-12)

Ngakho-ke, manje siyabona ukuthi indlela eya ekuthuleni nenjabulo yeqiniso — ngisho naphakathi kwalesi Siphepho — ukubeka uNkulunkulu kuqala, nomakhelwane wami kwesibili. Ngingowesithathu.

Okokugcina, ukubeka uNkulunkulu kuqala akusho ukuthi kuqeda iziphambano nezilingo zomuntu, kepha kunalokho, kunikeza umusa ongaphezu kwemvelo wokuthwala, ukulala phezu kwawo, nokulenga kuwo. Le yindlela yokomoya eholela enguqukweni yangempela, ekuvukeni komuntu uNkulunkulu akwenze waba yikho. ^[2]qhathanisa Myeke Akhulele Kuwe Akukhona yini lokhu okwashiwo uJesu?

… Ngaphandle kokuthi uhlamvu lukakolweni luwele phansi lufe, luhlala luwuhlamvu nje lukakolweni; kodwa uma ifa, ithela izithelo eziningi. Lowo othanda impilo yakhe uyalahlekelwa yiyo, kanti loba ngubani ozonda impilo yakhe kulumhlaba uzayilondolozela impilo elaphakade. (Johane 12: 24-25)

Kufanele ubeke uNkulunkulu phambili ukuze ube nethemba lokuthela izithelo.

Ngakho-ke, njengoba uKristu wahlupheka enyameni, zihlomeni ngesimo sengqondo esifanayo (ngoba noma ngubani ohlupheka enyameni uphule isono), ukuze ungasebenzisi okusele empilweni yomuntu enyameni ezinkanukweni zomuntu, kodwa ngentando zikaNkulunkulu. (1 Pet. 4: 1-2)

Funa Yena kuqala. Funa Akhe umbuso kuqala… hhayi ubuwena bakho — uNkulunkulu, uYihlo, ufuna ukukunakekela lokho.

Ukuthula, injabulo, nesiphephelo… balindele lowo obeka UNkulunkulu kuqala.