Indlela Elula KaJesu

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amatshe okunyathela-uNkulunkulu

KONKE Ngishilo kuze kube manje kule retreat yethu kungafingqwa ngale ndlela: impilo kuKristu iqukethe enza intando kaBaba ngosizo lukaMoya oNgcwele. Kulula kanjalo! Ukuze ukhule ebungcweleni, ufinyelele ngisho nasezindaweni eziphakeme kakhulu zobungcwele nobunye noNkulunkulu, akudingekile ukuthi ube yisazi sezenkolo. Eqinisweni, lokho kungaba yisikhubekiso nakwabanye.

Eqinisweni, ubungcwele bunento eyodwa kuphela: ukwethembeka okuphelele entandweni kaNkulunkulu. —Fr. UJean-Pierre de Caussade, Ukushiya ekuhlinzekweni kukaNkulunkulu, ihunyushwe nguJohn Beevers, k. (isingeniso)

Ngempela, uJesu wathi:

Akuwona wonke umuntu othi kimi, 'Nkosi, Nkosi,' ozongena embusweni wezulu, kodwa kuphela owenza intando kaBaba osezulwini. (Math 7:21)

Baningi namuhla abakhalayo “Nkosi, Nkosi, ngineziqu zeMasters ngobuNkulunkulu! Nkosi, ngine-diploma ku-Youth Ministry! Nkosi, ngisungule umpostoli! Nkosi, Nkosi, ngingumfundisi!…. ” Kepha nguyena owenza intando kaBaba oyongena embusweni weZulu. Futhi lokhu kuthambekela entandweni kaNkulunkulu yilokho uJesu akushoyo lapho ethi,

Ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke futhi ufane nezingane, ngeke ungene embusweni weZulu. (Math 18: 3)

Kusho ukuthini ukuba njengomntwana omncane? Kufanele ishiywe ngokuphelele kuzo zonke izimo, noma ngabe ithini, ikwemukela njengentando kaNkulunkulu. Ngamafuphi, kufanele uthembeke njalo.

UJesu ukhombisa indlela elula, ukuze umzuzu nomzuzu azibophezele entandweni kaBaba ezintweni zonke. Kepha uJesu akagcinanga ngokushumayela, wayephila ngakho. Noma ayenguMuntu Wesibili kaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele, uJesu wayezokwenza Lutho ngaphandle kukaYise.

… Indodana ayinakwenza lutho ngokwayo, kodwa yenza lokho ebona uyise ekwenza; ngoba akwenzayo, nendodana yakhe izokwenza futhi… angifuni intando yami kepha intando yalowo ongithumileyo. (Johane 5:19, 30)

Akumangalisi yini ukuthi uJesu, ophinde abe nguNkulunkulu, angathathi isinyathelo ngaphandle kokwenza naye nakuYise.

UBaba usebenza kuze kube manje, ngakho nami ngiyasebenza. (Johane 5:17)

Uma sicabanga ngezinzalamizi, abaprofethi, kuze kufike kuMama wethu Obusisiwe, siyabona ukuthi ingokomoya labo, impilo yabo yangaphakathi yayiqukethe ukwenza intando kaNkulunkulu ngayo yonke inhliziyo yabo, ingqondo yabo nomzimba wabo wonke. Babekuphi abaqondisi babo bezomoya, abeluleki babo, abeluleki babo bezomoya? Yimaphi ama-blog awafundile noma ama-podcast abawalalele? Kubo, impilo kuNkulunkulu yayiqukethe ubulula be ukwethembeka kuzo zonke izimo.

UMariya wayeyisidalwa esilula kunazo zonke izidalwa, futhi esondelene kakhulu noNkulunkulu. Impendulo yakhe engelosini ngesikhathi ethi, “Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum ” (“Ake ukwenze kimi lokhu okushilo”) kwakuqukethe yonke imfundiso yenkolo yokhokho bakhe okwancishiselwa konke, njengoba kunjalo manje, ekuzinikeleni komphefumulo okumsulwa, okulula kunazo zonke entandweni kaNkulunkulu, ngaphansi kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo liyaziveza. —Fr. UJean-Pierre Caussade, Ukushiya ekuhlinzekweni kukaNkulunkulu, ISanta Benedict Classics, k. 13-14

Yindlela elula ethathwe nguJesu uqobo.

… Wazidela, wathatha isimo sesigqila… wazithoba, walalela kwaze kwaba sekufeni, ngitsho ekufeni esiphambanweni. (Fil 2: 7)

Futhi manje, Ukhombe iNdlela mina nawe.

Njengoba uBaba engithandile, nami nginithandile; hlalani othandweni lwami. Uma nigcina imiyalo yami, niyakuhlala othandweni lwami, njengalokho nami ngigcinile imiyalo kaBaba ngihlala othandweni lwakhe. (Johane 15: 9-10)

Namuhla, abaningi bafuna ukuzihlanganisa nalokhu noma lokho komoya, lokhu noma lowo mprofethi, noma lokhu noma lokho kuhamba. Kunemifudlana eminingi eholela kuNkulunkulu, kepha indlela elula, eqonde kunazo zonke ukulandela uMfula Omkhulu wentando kaNkulunkulu ogeleza ngemiyalo Yakhe, umsebenzi wesikhashana, kanye nalokho okuyekelelwa Yakhe ukuletha usuku lonke. Lona yiNarrow Pilgrim Road eholela ekujuleni kolwazi, ekuhlakanipheni, ebungcweleni nasekuhlanganeni noNkulunkulu okudlula zonke ezinye izindlela, ngoba yiyo kanye indlela eyahanjwa nguJesu uqobo.

ISIFINYEZO NOMBHALO

Isisekelo sempilo yangaphakathi ukushiya wena entandweni kaNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izinto, ubone kunoma yikuphi ukuphila okukulethelayo, Indlela Elula yokuhlangana noNkulunkulu.

Lowo onemiyalo yami ayigcine, nguyena ongithandayo. Futhi lowo ongithandayo uyothandwa nguBaba, nami ngiyomthanda futhi ngizibonakalise kuye. (Johane 14:21)

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