Ukhubazekile!

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaJanuwari 16, 2014

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

IT kubukeka njengokubuya okuhle. Ama-Israyeli ayesanda kunqotshwa ngamaFilisti, ngakho-ke ukufundwa kokuqala kuthi aqhamuke nombono omuhle:

Masithathe umphongolo kaJehova eShilo, uye empini phakathi kwethu, usisindise esandleni sezitha zethu.

Ngemuva kwakho konke, ngakho konke okwenzeka eGibhithe nezinhlupho, kanye nedumela lomkhumbi, amaFilisti ayezokwethuka ngalo mbono. Futhi baba. Ngakho-ke lapho abakwa-Israyeli bemasha beya empini, babecabanga ukuthi banaleyo mpi ezincwadini. Esikhundleni…

Kwaba ukwehlulwa okuyinhlekelele, lapho u-Israyeli alahlekelwa khona amasosha ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu ahamba ngezinyawo. Umphongolo kaNkulunkulu wathunjwa…

… Bekungeke kube kubi kakhulu.

Ngiyakhumbula emuva ngonyaka ka-2000, ngaqashwa ngumbhishobhi waseCanada ukuba ngilethe inkonzo yami yokushumayela ivangeli esifundazweni sakhe. Ngangisanda kungcwelisa ubuphostoli bami ku-Our Lady of Guadalupe, “uMphongolo wesivumelwano omusha,” futhi kwaba unyaka weJubili ukuqala kabusha. Ngathi kimi, “Yiyo le! Yilokhu ebengikulungele impilo yami yonke… ”

Kepha ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyi-8, sahlangana nodonga lwetshe kuphela. Ngisho nombhishobhi wakhala ngokuthi wayelwa nobunzima bokungakhathaleli inkolo kuleso sifunda esinothile. Ukhubazekile! Ngakho-ke, nezingane zami ezine, owesihlanu esendleleni, ne-U-haul egcwele, sabuyela emathafeni sisuka esigodini esasihle kakhulu futhi sivundile ezweni.

Kwakuphela ubusika ezigodini. Yonke into yayinsundu. Ufile. Kwakungathi ngixoshiwe ensimini yase-Edene. Okubi kakhulu, nganginomuzwa wokuthi ngangihluleke ngokuphelele, nokuthi uNkulunkulu wayesengilahlile manje, njengoba noDavida ake waba lusizi:

Kepha manje usilahlile, wasibeka ehlazweni… Ubufihlelani ubuso bakho, ukhohlwe umaye wethu nokucindezelwa kwethu? (IHubo lanamhlanje, 44)

Ngakho-ke, ngathatha isigingci sami, ngasibeka esimweni saso ngathi, “Nkosi, ngeke ngiphinde ngicoshe lokhu ukwenza inkonzo — ngaphandle kwalapho…” ngezwa ukuthi kufanele ngengeze ngithi, “… Ungicela ukuthi ngikwenze.”

Ukwenza a ubufakazi obude ^[1]qhathanisa Ubufakazi bami ngamafuphi, kwaba ngonyaka ngemuva kokusebenza futhi kuthelevishini lapho ngadilizwa khona, futhi iNkosi yangibizela emuva enkonzweni — kodwa manje, ngokwemigomo Yayo. Akukhona ukuthi wayengangifuni enkonzweni. Kunalokho, wayefuna ngibeke u-Isaka wami e-altare; Wayefuna ngishaye izithombe zokuzethemba, ukuziqhenya nokuvelela.

Futhi yingakho ama-Israyeli kwakungafanele anqobe ngalolo suku — hhayi ngoba uNkulunkulu wayengekho, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi Ube kade. Wayekhathazeke kakhulu ngesimo semiphefumulo yabo kunesimo sezindaba zabo, ekhathalela kakhulu "isithombe esikhulu" sensindiso kunokushaya igama labo. Ngakho-ke, bekungaba yiminyaka engama-20 ngaphambi kokuthi umphongolo ubuyiselwe kuma-Israyeli noSamuweli ethi:

Uma ubungabuyela ku-LOKULANDELAYO susa onkulunkulu bakho bezizwe no-Astartes bakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, ubeke izinhliziyo zakho kuJehovaOKULANDELAYO, futhi nikhonze yena yedwa, bese kuba ngu-LOKULANDELAYO ngiyakunikhulula esandleni samaFilisti… bazila ukudla ngalolo suku, bethi: “Sonile kuJehova;OKULANDELAYO. "

KwiVangeli lanamuhla, esikhundleni sokugcina ukuphulukiswa kwakhe phakathi kwakhe nompristi ophakeme, onochoko wahamba wayotshela wonke umuntu ngakho, ngaleyo ndlela waphoqa uJesu ukuba aphume edolobheni elaligcwele: UJesu wabhuntshiswa. Kodwa izixuku zamfuna. Mhlawumbe, ukube bekungengenxa yokuvinjelwa ukungalaleli konochoko, i isimangaliso sokuphindaphindwa kwesinkwa nenhlanzi kungenzeka akukaze kwenzeke — isimangaliso sokuthi kuze kube namuhla sisishiya simangele, sifundisa, futhi sisinika ithemba ekuphatheni kukaNkulunkulu.

Ngakho-ke uma uvinjelwe impilo embi, ekutholeni ubudlelwano, umsebenzi, izinsizakusebenza zenkonzo, ukwenza lokho owawunesiqiniseko sokuthi kwakuyintando kaNkulunkulu… ungalilahli ithemba. Kunalokho, vumela uNkulunkulu embule umyalezo ojulile osenhliziyweni yakho, isidingo sokuthembela kakhulu, ukushaya izithombe, bese ulinda…. ngoba uBaba uyakwazi ukunikela “banike izinto ezinhle labo abacela kuye. " ^[2]isib. Mat 7:11

Thembela eNkosini ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho,
ungathembeli ekuhlakanipheni kwakho;
Mzikhumbule kuzo zonke izindlela zakho,
uyokwenza izindlela zakho ziqonde.
Ungabi ohlakaniphile emehlweni akho,
Mesabe uJehova udede ebubini…
(Izaga 3; 5-7)