Ngakho-ke, Ngenzenjani?

Ithemba Lokuminza, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

NGAPHAMBILI inkulumo engiyinike iqembu labafundi baseyunivesithi ngalokho opapa bebelokhu bekusho mayelana "nezikhathi zokuphela", insizwa yangidonsela eceleni ngombuzo. “Ngakho-ke, uma thina kukhona Ukuphila “ezikhathini zokugcina,” yini okufanele siyenze ngakho? ” Umbuzo omuhle kakhulu, engiqhubeke ngawuphendula enkulumweni yami elandelayo nabo.

Lawa makhasi ewebhu akhona ngesizathu: ukusisondeza siye kuNkulunkulu! Kepha ngiyazi ukuthi kuvusa eminye imibuzo: "Yini okufanele ngiyenze?" "Lokhu kusiguqula kanjani isimo sami samanje?" “Kufanele ngabe ngenza okungaphezulu ukulungiselela?”

Ngizovumela uPaul VI aphendule lo mbuzo, bese ngiwunweba:

Kukhona ukungakhululeki okukhulu ngalesi sikhathi emhlabeni naseSontweni, futhi okubuzwayo ukukholwa. Kuyenzeka manje ukuthi ngiphinde kimina ibinzana elingaqondakali likaJesu eVangelini likaSt. Luke: 'Lapho iNdodana yoMuntu ibuya, ingabe isazoluthola ukholo emhlabeni?'… Ngezinye izikhathi ngifunda isigaba seVangeli sokuphela izikhathi futhi ngifakazela ukuthi, ngalesi sikhathi, ezinye izimpawu zalesi siphelo ziyavela. Ngabe sesiseduze nokuphela? Lokhu ngeke sazi. Kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi sizibambe sikulungele, kepha konke kungahlala isikhathi eside kakhulu okwamanje. —I-POPE PAUL VI, Imfihlo Paul VI, UJean Guitton, k. 152-153, Reference (7), k. ix.

YEKA ISIKHATHI EMifanekisweni

Kuwo wonke amaVangeli, uJesu wayevame ukukhuluma ngemifanekiso lapho ekhuluma nabalandeli Bakhe. Kepha lapho abaPhostoli bebuza ukuthi bazokwazi kanjani ukuthi yisiphi isibonakaliso esizoba khona sokuza kwaKhe, nesokuphela kwenkathi (Math 24: 3), uJesu wavele wahlukana nokuxoxa imifanekiso futhi waqala ukukhuluma ngqo futhi ecace bha. Kubukeka sengathi wayefuna abaPhostoli bazi ngokuqiniseka okuphelele ukuthi babhekeni. Uqhubeka nokunikeza incazelo ejwayelekile kodwa eningiliziwe yezimpawu ezingalindelwa endalweni (ukuzamazama komhlaba, indlala… v. 7), ekuhlelekeni komphakathi (uthando lwabaningi luzophola v. 12), nasebandleni (lapho kuzoba ukushushiswa kanye nabaprofethi bamanga v. 9, 11). 

Ngemuva kwalokho, uJesu ubuyela esimweni sakhe esijwayelekile sokuxoxa izindaba futhi unikeza imifanekiso emithathu kuMathewu ekhuluma, hhayi ngezibonakaliso zezikhathi, kepha indlela abaPhostoli okufanele baphendule ngayo kulokho abasanda kutshelwa khona. Kungani? Ngoba imizekeliso ivumela isizukulwane ngasinye ukuba "silingane" ngaphakathi kwamagama kaKristu angokomfanekiso ngokwesikhathi sawo kanye nenqwaba yezidingo zenhlalo, ezomnotho nezepolitiki. Izimpawu, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ziyiqiniso elikhona ngaso sonke isikhathi, noma ngabe uKristu uzimise ngendlela yokuthi zonke isizukulwane besizobabheka.

Ngakho-ke, uKhadinali Obusisekile uNewman, waphoqeleka ukuthi athi entshumayelweni:

Ngiyazi ukuthi zonke izikhathi ziyingozi, nokuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi izingqondo ezibucayi nezikhathazayo, eziphila ngokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu nezidingo zomuntu, zikulungele ukucabanga ukuthi azikho izikhathi eziyingozi njengalezo zazo. Ngaso sonke isikhathi isitha semiphefumulo sihlasela ngolaka iSonto elingumama wabo weqiniso, futhi okungenani sisongela futhi sethuse lapho sehluleka ukwenza okubi. Futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi kunezivivinyo zabo ezikhethekile abanye abangenazo. Futhi kuze kube manje ngizovuma ukuthi kwakukhona izingozi ezithile kumaKristu ngezikhathi ezithile, ezingekho kulesi sikhathi. Akungabazeki, kepha ngisavuma lokhu, noma kunjalo ngicabanga ukuthi… owethu unobumnyama ohlukile ngomunye kunanoma yikuphi okwake kwenzeka ngaphambi kwawo. Ingozi ekhethekile yesikhathi esiphambi kwethu ukusabalala kwaleyo nhlupho yokungathembeki, ukuthi abaPhostoli neNkosi yethu uqobo babikezele njengenhlekelele embi kakhulu yezikhathi zokugcina zeSonto. Futhi okungenani isithunzi, isithombe esijwayelekile sezikhathi zokugcina siyeza emhlabeni jikelele. —Ubusisiwe uJohn Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890 AD), intshumayelo yokuvulwa kweSt. Bernard's Seminary, ngo-Okthoba 2, 1873, The Infidelity of the Future

Opapa abaningana bekhulu elizayo babezolokhu besho into efanayo, bekhombisa ukuthi umhlaba ubusungena kulokho okwakubonakala kuyizikhathi ezithile, "izikhathi zokuphela", uJesu akhuluma ngazo (bona Kungani Abapapa Bengamemezi?)

Ngakho-ke, imizekeliso emithathu, nokuthi kumele siyilungiselele kanjani…

UMSEBENZI WESIKHATHI

Ngubani-ke le nceku ethembekileyo neqondayo, inkosi eyibeke ukuba iphathe abendlu yayo ukuba ibabele ukudla kwabo ngesikhathi esifanele na? Ibusisiwe leyo nceku, okuyakuthi kufika inkosi yayo, iyifumane yenze njalo… (Math. 24: 45-46)

ISIMO SOMUSA

Kukhona ingozi yokuthi singagijimela ekwenzeni umsebenzi wesikhashana, kodwa sihluleke ukugxila kuLuthando uqobo ngaphandle kwakhe "esingenakwenza lutho" (Johane 15: 5). UPaul Paul uxwayisa ngokuthi singaba matasatasa sihambisa izintaba ngokholo lwethu, sikhulume ngezilimi, siprofethe, sichaze izimfihlakalo ezinkulu, size sishiye nezinto zethu kanye nomzimba wethu uqobo ... kepha uma kwenziwa ngomoya wobugovu— ” inyama ”njengoba kusho uSt. Paul -“ ayilutho ”; uma wenziwa ngendlela yesono, ngaphandle, ukubekezela, umusa, ubumnene, njll. - kubeka umphefumulo wethu engozini futhi kulimaze omunye (1 Cor 13: 1-7):

Khona umbuso wezulu uzakufaniswa nezintombi eziyishumi ezathatha izibani zazo, zaphuma ukuhlangabeza umyeni. Ezinhlanu zazo zaziyiziwula kuthi ezinhlanu zazihlakaniphile. Eziyiziwula, lapho zithatha izibani zazo, azizange zilethewo uwoyela, kodwa ezihlakaniphile zaletha izimbiza zamafutha nezibani zazo. (Math 25: 1-4)

Lo ngumfanekiso we okungokomoya uhlangothi lokulungiselela. Ukuthi sizotholakala kuYe; okungukuthi, izibani zethu kufanele zigcwaliswe ngothando, nezenzo eziphuma othandweni. Lokhu kugobhoza kusuka futhi kuthole umthombo wawo ebudlelwaneni bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu,  ^[1]qhathanisa Ubudlelwano bomuntu noJesu okungumkhuleko ^[2]qhathanisa Ngomkhuleko. UJohn weSiphambano wathi, ekugcineni, sizokwahlulelwa ngu ukuthanda. Imiphefumulo eyayithanda njengoKristu yathanda ukuba yiyo ezophuma iyohlangabeza uMyeni… ukuyohlangana noThando uqobo lwayo.

UMPHEFUMULO WEGWALA

Mnumzane, bengazi ukuthi ungumuntu onzima, uvuna lapho ungatshalanga khona futhi ubutha lapho ungazange uhlakaze khona; ngakho ngokwesaba ngahamba ngayangcwaba ithalenta lakho emhlabathini. Nakhu ibuyile. ' (Math 24:25)

“Isikhathi samathalenta” yisikhathi ezimpilweni zethu lapho sibizelwa ukukhiqiza isivuno ngokobizo lwethu nangobizo lukaNkulunkulu. Kungaba lula njengokuletha oshade naye embusweni ngokuhlupheka okufihliwe nokuzidela ngenxa yabo… noma kungashumayeza amashumi ezinkulungwane zemiphefumulo. Kunoma ikuphi, konke kuhlobene: sizokwahlulelwa ngokuthi sinikezwe malini, nokuthi senzeni ngakho.

Lo mfanekiso wamathalenta uyisexwayiso kulabo okuthi, ngenxa yokwesaba, babe "nomqondo ongaphansi"; abacabanga ukuthi bazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ukuza kukaJesu kuseduze kwekhoneni… bese behlangana — ngokomoya noma ngokwenyama — balinde ukubuya kwakhe ngenkathi umhlaba obazungezile uya esihogweni ngeqoma lesandla.

'Wena nceku embi, eyivila! Uyazi-ke ukuthi ngivuna lapho engingahlanyelanga khona, ngibutha lapho engingahlakazanga khona, na? Bekungafanele ngabe ngabe wabeka imali yami ebhange ukuze ngiyibuyise kanye nenzalo ekubuyeni kwami?… Iphosele le nceku engenamsebenzi ebumnyameni ngaphandle, lapho kuzobakhona ukukhala nokugedla kwamazinyo. ' (Math 25: 26-30)

Cha, sinjalo kuyaliwe ukuphuma wenze abafundi ezizweni, “ngenkathi naphandle.” Umnyama uba mnyama, kukhanya abathembekile kumele bakhanye. Cabanga ngalokhu! Lapho umhlaba ulahleka ngokwengeziwe, kulapho kufanele sibe yizibani ezikhanyayo zokukhanya, izimpawu ezibonakalayo zokuphikisana. Singena ehoreni elihle kakhulu leBandla, le umzimba kaKristu!

Baba, ihora selifikile. Nika iNdodana yakho inkazimulo, ukuze neNdodana yakho ikukhazimulise… (Johane 17: 1)

Maye kulabo abazifihla ngaphansi kukabhasikidi, ngoba manje yihora lokumemeza umusa kaNkulunkulu uphahla! ^[3]qhathanisa I-Living Wells

UBUSO BOTHANDO

Ngemuva kokuthi uJesu enxuse abaphostoli ngale mifanekiso emithathu, ebabiza ukuba benze umsebenzi wesikhashana ngothando, nangendlela uNkulunkulu ahlele ngayo ngamunye wabo, uJesu ube esekhomba nature yomsebenzi:

Ngoba ngangilambile wangipha ukudla, ngangomile wangiphuzisa, ngingowemzini wangamukela, ngihamba ze wangigqokisa, ngagula wanginakekela, ejele wangivakashela…. Ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe, noma ngabe wenzeleni omunye walaba bafowethu abancane kunabo, ukwenzele mina. ' (Math 25: 35-40)

Lokho wukuthi, inhloso yethu ukufinyelela abampofu kunabo bonke, ngokomoya nangokwenyama. Kokubili. Ngaphandle kokukamoya, siba ngabasebenzi bezenhlalakahle nje kuphela, singanaki umuntu ohamba phambili nobucayi kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kwenyama, asinaki isithunzi nobunjalo bomuntu owenziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, bese siqeda umyalezo weVangeli wokwethembeka namandla. Kumele sibe yizitsha zombili zothando futhi iqiniso. ^[4]qhathanisa Uthando Neqiniso

Umsebenzi wami wenkonzo ukulungiselela iSonto ngezikhathi ezizayo nezizayo: ukusibuyisela ekuphileni kuJesu; ukuphila iVangeli ngaphandle kokuyekethisa; ukuba njengezingane ezincane, ukuthobeka, ukulungele ukwamukela intando kaNkulunkulu, kwesinye isikhathi eza ezicashile ezicindezela kakhulu. Futhi ukuhlala njalo sikulungele ukuhlangana neNkosi yethu.

Umphefumulo ohamba ngokukholwa okunjalo ngezenzo awusoze wanyakaziswa, ngoba…

… Ukunqoba okunqoba umhlaba ukukholwa kwethu. (1 Johane 5: 4)

Uyakhuthazela futhi wahlupheka ngenxa yegama lami, futhi awukakhathali. Nokho nginale nto ngawe: ulahlekelwe uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni. Qaphela ukuthi uwe kude kangakanani. Phenduka, wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Uma kungenjalo, ngizokuza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke. (IsAm 2: 3-5)

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoMashi 9, 2010.