DO unezinhlelo, amaphupho, kanye nezifiso ngekusasa elembuleka phambi kwakho? Futhi-ke, ingabe uyabona ukuthi "okuthile" kuseduze? Ukuthi izimpawu zezikhathi zikhomba kuzinguquko ezinkulu emhlabeni, nokuthi ukuqhubekela phambili nezinhlelo zakho kungaba ukuphikisana?
EZOKUTHUTHA
Isithombe iNkosi enginike sona ngomkhuleko kwakuyilayini wamachashazi odubula emoyeni. Kuwuphawu lokuqondiswa kwempilo yakho. UNkulunkulu ukuthumela kulo mhlaba ngenkambo noma umkhondo. Kuyindlela ahlose ukuthi uyifeze.
Ngokuba ngazi kahle imicabango enginayo ngani, ”usho uJehova,“ icabanga inhlalakahle yenu, hhayi umaye! Izinhlelo zokukunikeza ikusasa eligcwele ithemba. (Jer 29:11)
Uhlelo olwenzelwe wena uqobo, kanye nomhlaba wonkana, kuhlala kungokwenhlalakahle. Kepha leyo ndlela ingaphazanyiswa yizinto ezimbili: isono somuntu siqu nesono sabanye. Izindaba ezimnandi ukuthi…
UNkulunkulu wenza konke kusebenzele okuhle labo abamthandayo. (Rom 8:28)
Kunombono obanzi futhi, lowo engizame ukuwunikeza kule mibhalo… ukuthi kukhona into yesithathu engaguqula ukuqondiswa kwezimpilo zethu kusuka ekulandeleni kwayo: okungavamile ukungenelela kukaNkulunkulu.
UJesu usitshela ukuthi lapho ebuya futhi, abantu bazobe beqhubeka njengenjwayelo. Abaningi bazoba semkhondweni wabo, abanye ngeke.
Njengasemihleni kaNowa, kuzakuba-njalo emihleni yeNdodana yoMuntu. Babedla, bephuza, bathatha amadoda nabafazi, kwaze kwaba sosukwini uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini… kanjalo ngosuku okwambulwa ngalo indodana yomuntu. (Luka 17: 26-33)
Umongo lapha, nokho, ukuthi lezi zizukulwane ezedlule azizinakanga izixwayiso zesahlulelo esiseduze ngenxa yesono esingaphenduki. Kwakudingeka ukuthi uNkulunkulu angenelele ngendlela engajwayelekile ngesikhathi sabo. Kepha bekungewona umnqamulajuqu ongaguquguquki. Ezimweni eziningi, uNkulunkulu waguquka lapho kwakukhona ukuphenduka okwenele noma imiphefumulo ethile yokuncenga imi esikhaleni, njengaseNineve noma eTekoa.
Njengoba ezithobile phambi kwami, angiyikuletha okubi ngesikhathi sakhe. Ngizoletha okubi phezu kwendlu yakhe ngesikhathi sokubusa kwendodana yakhe (1 AmaKhosi 21: 27-29).
Ngenxa yalokhu kungenzeka ukunciphisa noma ukususa ukwahlulela kukaNkulunkulu, uMoya waKhe wokudala waqhubeka nokukhuthaza ngaphakathi kwemiphefumulo izinhlelo zekusasa. Ngabhala ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi isikhathi somusa esihlala kuyo manje kunjengebhande lokunwebeka: Welulwa kuze kube seqophelweni lokuphuka, futhi lapho kwenzeka, ukuhlupheka okukhulu kuzoqala ukwenzeka emhlabeni njengoba isandla seNkosi esivimbayo ivumela umuntu ukuthi avune akutshalile. Kepha isikhathi ngasinye lapho umuntu ethandazela umusa emhlabeni, ukunwebeka kukhulula kancane kuze kube yilapho izono ezinkulu zalesi sizukulwane ziqala ukusiqinisa futhi.
Siyini isikhathi kuNkulunkulu? Mhlawumbe umthandazo wokuncenga womphefumulo owodwa omsulwa nje wanele ukumisa isandla sobulungiswa eminye iminyaka eyishumi? Futhi-ke, uMoya oNgcwele uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza impilo yakho neyami endleleni esakhele yona, silindele ukubekezela kukaBaba. Kepha isikhathi somusa kuthanda kuphelelwa yisikhathi, futhi imimoya yoshintsho izoshaya ngamandla ngokwanele, isunduzele umhlaba ohlangothini olusha ngokuphelele — futhi mhlawumbe nempilo yakho neyami uma sisaphila ngaleso sikhathi — siguqule izindlela zethu ezazibukeka ziyintando kaNkulunkulu ngaleso sikhathi. Futhi kungenxa yokuthi bekuyiyo.
PHILA MANJE
Ukuthi lokhu kungenelela okungavamile kukaNkulunkulu kuzokwenzeka noma cha esikhathini sethu, akekho ongasho ngokuqinisekile (kodwa-ke, impela kunomqondo jikelele emhlabeni jikelele ukuthi lobu bubi obukhona manje abunakuqhubeka bunqandwe.) Ngakho-ke phila manje, umzuzu wamanje, egcwalisa nge injabulo intando kaNkulunkulu njengoba ekuvezela yona, noma ngabe ifaka izinhlelo ezinhle. Akuyona "impumelelo," kodwa ukwethembeka Ufuna; hhayi impela ukuphothulwa kwamaphrojekthi amahle, kepha isifiso sokufeza intando Yakhe engcwele endleleni.
Ngakho-ke indaba iya ...
Umfowethu waya kuSanta Francis owayematasa esebenza engadini wabuza, “Ungenzenjani uma wazi kahle ukuthi uKristu uzobuya kusasa”?
“Ngangiqhubeka ngilima ingadi,” kusho yena.
Umsebenzi wesikhashana. Intando kaNkulunkulu. Lokhu ngukudla kwakho, okulinde wena umzuzwana nomzuzwana phezu kwendlela yokuphila kwakho.
UJesu wasifundisa ukuthi sithandaze, “Umbuso wakho mawuze, Intando yakho mayenziwe, ”Kodwa wanezela,“Siphe namuhla isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla.”Linda ubukele ukufika koMbuso, kepha funa kuphela nsuku zonke isinkwa: Umkhondo kaNkulunkulu, njengoba ubona kangcono namhlanje. Kwenze ngothando olukhulu nangenjabulo, umbonge ngesipho sokuphefumula, sempilo kanye nenkululeko.
Bongani kuzo zonke izimo, ngoba lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ngani kuKristu Jesu. (1 Thes. 5:18)
Futhi ungakhathazeki ngengomuso, ngoba kukhona izinto ezintathu ezisele: ukholo, ithemba nothando. Yebo, ithemba — ikusasa eligcwele ithemba — lihlala likhona…
EPILOGUE
Ngabelane nawe ku Isikhathi Soshintsho isipiliyoni esinamandla engibe naso engangibizela kulo msebenzi ongajwayelekile wokushaya i icilongo lesixwayiso ngokusebenzisa le mibhalo. Ngizoqhubeka nokwenza njalo inqobo nje uma uMoya Ongcwele ungikhuthaza futhi nomqondisi wami wezomoya uyangikhuthaza. Kungamangaza abanye benu ukwazi ukuthi angichithi isikhathi esiningi ngifunda imiBhalo “yesikhathi sokugcina” noma ngifunde “abaprofethi” ihora nehora. Ngibhala kuphela [noma i-webcast] njengoba umoya ugqugquzela, futhi imvamisa, lokho engizokubhala kuza kimi kuphela ngenkathi ngithayipha. Kwesinye isikhathi, ngifunda okuningi embhalweni njengoba ufunda!
Iphuzu lalokhu ukuthi kungahle kube nokulingana okuhle phakathi kokuzilungiselela nokukhathazeka, phakathi kokubuka izimpawu zezikhathi nokuphila kumzuzu wamanje, phakathi kokulalela iziphrofetho zesikhathi esizayo nokunakekela ibhizinisi ngalolo suku. Masikhulekelane ukuthi sihlale sijabule, siveza impilo kaKristu, singalokothi siwele ekuphelelweni yithemba okujwayele ukusidonsa lapho sibheka isono esibi esikhule njengomdlavuza emhlabeni wethu (bheka Kungani Ukholo?).
Yebo, kunezexwayiso eziningi okufanele zinikezwe njengoba isikhathi soshintsho sisondela, ngoba umhlaba uwele ebubini obumunyu besono futhi kusamele uvuke. Noma kunjalo, ngiyakholelwa ithuba lokushunyayelwa kwevangeli okukhulu liphambi kwethu. Umhlaba ungadla kuphela iminikelo yesaka kaSathane isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba ulangazelele inyama nenyama eyiqiniso yeZwi likaNkulunkulu kanye namaSakramente (bheka Umshini Omkhulu).
Lokhu kuvangela, empeleni, yilokho uKristu asilungiselela kona.
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoDisemba 3, 2007.
UKUFUNDA OKWENGEZIWE:
- Ukushunyayelwa okuzayo: Ubuso bokugcina
- Kumaskandi onikezwa intsha yethu namuhla: Umshini Omkhulu
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