Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne NgokukaLuka 1:46

Yonke indaba enhle inenguquko- yesikhathi esingalindelekile esishintsha yonke into. Enye yezinto ezinkulu ezingaqondakali eBhayibhelini indaba kaKhisimusi. Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ezizayo, sizohlola ukuthi lo mcimbi owodwa uwuguqule kanjani umhlaba nokuthi ungayishintsha kanjani impilo yakho namuhla.

Sigcwele ukulangazelela njengoba sincika kulesi sikhathi sokugubha ngenhloso yokulalela inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu. Hlanganyela nathi amasonto angu-4 njengathi: Bheka Ubuhle; Yephula Izithiyo; Yenza Igumbi; futhi Ziyizimanga zikaNkulunkulu. Njengazo zonke izinto ezihamba phambili ekuphileni, lolu hambo luhamba kahle kakhulu nabanye—ngakho bamba umngani noma ababili kanye nomuzwa wakho wokumangala bese ungena kwi nkathi ye-Advent.

Ukuba ngumama  ku ubizo olungathandeki kodwa  oluxakile lwabesifazane abaningi. Yini esingayiqonda futhi siyifunde kowesifazane owakhethwa ukuba azale uMesiya? Joyina uRobin Meadows kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-7 olumayelana noMariya, unina kaJesu. 

UKhisimusi kufanele ube yinkathi yentokozo — kodwa eqinisweni yini intokozo futhi uyikhetha kanjani uma umhlaba ugcwaliswe ubuhlungu nobunzima? Thola ukuthi “intokozo emhlabeni” eqinisweni isho ukuthini ngokujula endabeni kaKhisimusi, ngalesisipesheli sepulani kaKhisimusi sezinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

Indaba kaKhisimusi iyisimangaliso emva kwesinye. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi izincazelo ziiyajwayeleka ize ilahlekelwe wumthelela. Lemikhuleko yokuzindla emifushane ikusiza ngokuthi uhlale uzinze ezenzakalweni ezingalindelekile nezibalulekile emlandweni: ukuthi uNkulunkulu yena siqu waba ngomunye wethu. Umthandazo ngamunye ubhalwe ngu David Mathis, inhloko yomdidiyeli kwa desiringGod.org ongumfundisi e Cities Church e Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Ezinsukwini eziyishumi nambili ezilandelayo, sizothatha uhambo lokuxoxa ngendaba kaKhisimusi sithole hhayi kuphela nje ukuthi kungani kuyindaba enkulu eyake yaxoxwa, kodwa futhi kungani uKhisimusi kungowowonke umuntu!

Sonke sifuna ukukholelwa ukuthi kukhona okungcono okuzayo. Futhi uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi sidinga okungaphezu kwezipho ezibekwa ngaphansi kwesihlahla ukuze sithole injabulo. Esikudingayo ithemba. Yenziwe yi-NewSpring Church, lolu hlelo luzokusiza ukuthi uthole amandla ethemba nokuthi luwushintsha kanjani umbono wethu ngayo yonke into ezimpilweni zethu.

Lolu hlelo lwamaviki amathathu lusidlulisa ezimangalisweni ezingaphelelwa yisikhathi zokuthi uNkulunkulu weza kanjani kithi ngendodana yakhe, uJesu. Uhlelo luhlelelwe ukuthi luqale ngoMsombuluko ukuze impelasonto ngayinye ihlanganise okuqukethwe okufushane okuhloselwe ukuphumula nokuzindla ngesikhathi samaholide. Hlanganyela nathi njengoba sifunda ukuthi ukuzalwa kukaKristu kusho ukuthini ngekusasa lethu, elamanje, kanye nesikhathi esedlule.

Joyina uMfundisi uRick kulolu chungechunge lwemiyalezo yobizo lukaNkulunkulu ngempilo yakho njengoba ufunda ukubona lolo bizo futhi ulusebenzise njengesibusiso ebandleni, kwabanye abantu, kanye nasempilweni yakho.

Qala isiko elisha likaKhisimusi ngokusonta okungekona okwesiko kwisizini ye-Advent. Usuku olukahle lokuqala lo mdlalo lungomhla ka-1 Disemba, kuyilapho ukuqala kwangaphambilini kuvumela ijubane elinethezekile. Kufaka phakathi imibuzo yokuzindla kanye nezinyathelo zesenzo zokugxila kuKristu usuku ngalunye. Ilungele abantu ngabanye, imindeni, noma amaqembu amancane.

Ukhisimusi yisikhathi lapho sonke kufanele silindele ukungena kwezulu emhlabeni wethu onothuli, ongcolile. Ukhisimusi yisikhathi esisikhumbuza sonke ukuthi izimangaliso ziyenzeka ngempela, imithandazo iyaphendulwa nokuthi izulu liyimpendulo eyodwa nje. Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kukaMariya, uJoseph, uZakariya no-Elizabeth, umalusi namadoda ahlakaniphileyo, lokhu kuzinikela kuhlola ukubaluleka kukaKhisimusi wokuqala nokuthi uhlangana kanjani nempilo yethu ngayinye namuhla.

UKhisimusi ngeqiniso uyindaba enkulu kunazo zonke: indaba yokwethembeka kukaNkulunkulu, amandla, insindiso, nothando olungapheliyo. Asithatheni uhambo kulezinsuku ezilandelayo ezi-25 ukuthi sizwe ngohlelo lukaNkulunkulu lokusindisa izwe esonweni nezethembiso ezafezwa ngokuzalwa kweNdodana Yakhe.