Muva nje wahlangana neqembu labanye abaholi bamaKhatholika nezithunywa zevangeli eNtshonalanga Canada. Ngobusuku bethu bokuqala bokuthandaza ngaphambi kweSakramente Ebusisiwe, umbhangqwana wethu wavele wehlelwa umunyu ojulile wosizi. Amagama afika enhliziyweni yami,
UMoya oNgcwele udabukile ngokungabongi ngamanxeba kaJesu.
Kwathi emva kwesonto noma ngaphezudlwana, omunye engisebenza naye owayengekho nathi wabhala wathi,
Okwezinsuku ezimbalwa ngibe nomqondo wokuthi uMoya oNgcwele ufukamela, njengokufafaza indalo, sengathi sisesikhathini esithile, noma ekuqaleni kwento enkulu, enye indlela eshintsha ngayo indlela iNkosi eyenza ngayo izinto. Njengoba manje sesibona ngengilazi ngokumnyama, kepha kungekudala sizobona ngokucace bha. Cishe isisindo, njengoMoya sinesisindo!
Mhlawumbe lo mqondo wenguquko emkhathizwe yingakho ngiqhubeka nokuzwa enhliziyweni yami amazwi athi, “Ngokushesha! Gcwalisani izibani zenu!” Kuvela endabeni yezintombi eziyishumi eziphume zihlangabeze umkhwenyana (Math 25: 1-13).
IZINTOMBI
Izintombi eziyishumi zimelela labo ababhapathizwayo. Izintombi ezinhlanu (uJesu azibiza ngokuthi “zihlakaniphile”) ziletha amafutha ezibani zazo; ezinye ezinhlanu aziwalethi amafutha, futhi ngalokho zibizwa ngokuthi “iziwula.” UKristu uyasixwayisa: ukubhapathizwa akwanele. Akwanele ukuthi, “Nkosi, Nkosi…” uJesu uthi,
Lowo owenza intando kaBaba kuphela oyongena ezulwini (Math 7:21).
UJames uthi, “Kusizani, bazalwane bami, uma umuntu ethi unokukholwa kepha engenayo imisebenzi na?” ( 2:14 ) “Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe, Konke okwenzele omunye walaba bafowethu abancane kunabo bonke, ukwenzele mina.” ( Math 25:40 ). Ngempela, umuntu obhapathizwayo uzalwa kabusha. Kodwa uma engasabeli kulo Musa—uma ebuyela ezenzweni zobumnyama—ufana nalowo okhona ozelwe engasekho.
Ngakho, amafutha ezibani ahamba phambili UTHANDO.
KUTHIWANI UMA?
Kodwa omunye angase alingeke ukuba aphelelwe ithemba ngalesi sikhathi: “Kuthiwani uma ngichithe ukuphila kwami esonweni, ebugovu, nasebuvilaleni? Anginayo imisebenzi emihle! Sekwephuze kakhulu ukugcwalisa isibani sami na?”
UJesu uphendula lokhu komunye umfanekiso lapho umninindawo ekhokha khona esifanayo umholo wosuku kuzisebenzi eziqale ekuseni, nakulabo abaqala ukusebenza ekupheleni kosuku ngehora lesi-5 ezimpondweni. Lapho owangaphambili ekhononda, umnikazi wendawo wathi, “Ingabe unomona ngoba ngiphana?” ( Mathewu 20:1-16 )
Ukuphela kwesikhathi lapho sekwephuze kakhulu... yilapho sekudlule isikhathi: lapho amaphaphu akho eseyekile ukugcwala futhi inhliziyo yakho iyekile ukumpompa. Ngaphambi nje kokuba afe ngokubethelwa esiphambanweni, isela eliphendukile latshelwa nguKristu, “Namuhla uzakuba nami epharadesi” ( Luka 23:43 ). Komunye umfanekiso, umthelisi “owayehaha, ongathembeki, nesiphingi…wabuyela ekhaya elungisisiwe” ngenxa yokuvuma kwakhe: “O Nkulunkulu, yiba nomusa kimi mina soni” ( Luka 18:13 ). Insindiso yafika endlini kaZakewu owavele wabuka uJesu (ngokukaLuka 19:2-9). Nendodana yolahleko yagonelwa nguyise endleleni yomfana ukucela intethelelo ( Luka 15:11-32 ).
UKHOLO-UZIBUTHE WOMUSA
Okusenhliziyweni yalokhu kuguqulwa “komzuzu wokugcina” ngakunye ukholo- hhayi imisebenzi emihle.
Ngokuba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa, nalokhu akuveli kini; kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu; akuveli emisebenzini, ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo. ( Efesu 2:8 )
Kodwa kusobala ngokulinganayo ukuthi lokhu kukholwa Wathuthela yilowo nalowo owamukelayo ekuphendukeni; okungukuthi, bakhetha ukushiya ukuphila kwabo kwakudala futhi baphishekele ukuphila kokuziphatha okuhle okushiwo ukulandela uKristu. Bashukunyiswa ukuthanda. Izibani zabo zagcwala ukuchichima uthando uNkulunkulu ayeluthululele kubo (Roma 5:5). Ngakho, ngenxa yokuthi “uthando lusibekela inqwaba yezono” ( 1 Pt 4:8 ), basindiswa ngempela.
Ukuphana komusa kaNkulunkulu kuyamangaza.
Kodwa bunjalo ubulungisa baKhe. Lezi zibonelo, ngiyakholwa, zibhekisela kakhulu kumaqaba, hhayi ababhapathiziwe. Thina esizwile amaVangeli, esinamaSakramente ezandleni zethu, esinambitha futhi sabona ukuthi iNkosi ilungile... yiziphi izaba zethu?
Ulahlekelwe uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni… Khumbula ke ukuthi wamukela futhi wezwa kanjani; ukugcine, uphenduke. Uma ungaqaphile, ngizakuza njengesela, njalo kawusoze wazi ukuthi yiliphi ihola engizakuza ngalo phezu kwakho. (IsAm 2:2:4, 3:3)
Kithi ikakhulukazi amazwi kaJakobe ayasebenza: “umuntu ulungisiswa ngemisebenzi, kungengokukholwa kuphela” (2:24).
Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho; Ngiyazi ukuthi awubandi futhi awushisi… Ngakho, ngoba usivivi… ngizokukhafula uphume emlonyeni wami.” ( IsAm. 3:15-16 )
Ukukholwa ngaphandle kwemisebenzi kufile. ( Jakobe 2:26 )
UJesu ulandela lesi sixwayiso kusAmbulo ethi, “Ngokuba nithi:Ngicebile futhi ngicebile futhi angidingi lutho” ( 3:17 ). Emfanekisweni wezintombi, ithi bona konke walala. Kungenzeka yini lokhu, mhlawumbe, ubuthongo obulethwe ukuceba nengcebo phezu kwamasonto aseYurophu nawaseNtshonalanga ikakhulukazi? “Qaphela ukuthi uwile kangakanani!” (2: 5)
Emfanekisweni wezintombi, phakathi kwamabili kwakungasho ukufika kukaKristu ngokushesha; kwakusenesikhathi esifushane sokulibala. Ngikholwa ukuthi lesi kungaba yisikhathi esingena kuso (noma ngabe leso sikhathi sithatha isikhathi eside kangakanani). Okusobala, ukuthi lezo “zintombi” ezazilungiselela ukuqulwa kwecala ngaphambili, yibo abafika edilini lomshado.
Yizwa futhi amazwi kaJohn Paul II:
Ungesabi! Vulani izinhliziyo zenu kuJesu Kristu!
MANJE yisikhathi sokuthi siguqe ngamadolo, sikhiphe zonke izono ezinhliziyweni zethu, futhi sizivumele zigcwaliswe futhi ngothando lukaNkulunkulu—sinikeze lolo thando kumakhelwane wethu… ukuze izibani zethu zingatholakali zingenalutho.
Ngoba iwashi lingase lishaye phakathi kwamabili.
O, sengathi namuhla belizwa izwi lakhe, ‘Ningazenzi lukhuni izinhliziyo zenu… (KumaHeberu 3:7)
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