Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne NgokukaLuka 2:8

Ukucabanga ngezehlakalo zangoLwesihlanu LwePhasika ezilandiswa ngabalingiswa bezindaba zokuzalwa kukaJesu. Ukuhlola okucabangayo kwesimangaliso sokuzalwa kukaJesu kanye nomhlatshelo wokubethelwa esiphambanweni.

Ithemba, uthando, ukuthula, intokozo. Lawamagama akhulunywa kakhulu ngesikhathi samaholide, kodwa ingabe siyakhumbula ukuthi yingani?  Indaba kaKhisimuzi yindaba yokuthi uNkulunkulu wangenela kanjani kumlando ngokuzwela kukaJesu. Izimpilo zika Mariya noJosefa, nabelusi zaguqulwa kakhulu ngalesisenzo. Bathola ithemba, uthando, ukuthula, kanye nentokozo; masikhumbule ndawonye ukuthi nathi singkuthola kanjani lokhu ngoJesu. 

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.

Kwabaningi, amaholidi ayisikhathi senjabulo enkulu...kodwa kwenzekani lapho amaholide engasemnandi futhi eba inselele ngenxa yosizi olujulile noma ukulahlekelwa? Lolu hlelo lokufunda olukhethekile luzosiza labo abasosizini ukuthi bathole induduzo nethemba kumaholidi, futhi lutshengise indlela yokwenza inkathi yamaholide enenjongo nakuba kunesimo sosizi olujulile.

Kwabanye, isikhathi sikaKhisimusi singagcwala usizi, ubunzima, ubuhlungu, nokuhlukana. Nokho uKhisimusi ugubha ukuthi uNkulunkulu waba umuntu futhi wangena phakathi nezwe lethu elilimazayo, elithukuthele, elinesiphithiphithi ukuze asilethele ukuthula—ukuthula phakathi kwabantu futhi, okubaluleke nakakhulu, ukuthula noNkulunkulu. Hlanganyela nathi kulesi sikhathi seAdvent sibheke ukuthula okulethwa uKristu.

Kuyisikhathi sonyaka esimangalisayo kakhulu, kodwa sizithola simatasa ngamaholidi. KuloKhisimusi, kunganjani uma sibuyisa lesimanga? Kule pulani yeBhayibheli yezinsuku ezinhlanu ehambisana nochungechunge lukaMfundisi Craig Groeschel, Isipho, sizothola ukuthi izipho ezintathu izazi ezazinika uJesu, zingasiholela kanjani endaweni yesimanga nendumiso namhlanje.

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.

Ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi esiminyene, iningi lethu lizwa ingcindezi nokukhathazeka ebudlelwaneni bemindeni, ingcindezi yezezimali, izinqumo ezisheshayo, kanye nalokho okulindelwe okudumazayo. Ngakho-ke qhubeka. Adonse umoya. Qala lolu hlelo lweLife.Church Bible futhi ubone ukuthi isisindo esizizwayo kungaba yinto uNkulunkulu angakaze asicele ukuthi siyithwale. Kuthiwani ngokuyeka umthwalo? Ake sikhanyise ukukhanya.

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.

Kubuseka sengathi sonke sidinga ukwangana okuhle, ukuxhumana kwangempela, futhi nokugubha okuthile okuthokozisayo njengamanje. Umkhuleko wethu ukuthi lenkonzo yokuzifnikela ezayo izokunikeza wena nomndeni wakho indlela yokuxhumana, ufunde ngendaba yangempela kaKhisimuzi, futhi ugubhe ukuzalwa kukaJesu ngamasiko amasha, izindaba zesikhathi sokudla, izingxoxo zokulala, futhi nemisenbenzi yomndeni. Siyethemba kuloKhisimuzi "ukwanga" kuzoletha imicabango emihle ekhaya lakho kulesizini! ezayo!

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.

Isikhathi sokuqala onyakeni webandla siwuhlelo lwamasonto amane elenzelwe ukuholela ukunaka kwethu ekuthomeni okuthobekile koMsindisi wempilo yethu. Lesi sifundo sihlanganisa izindaba ezine ezivela kuMathewu noLuka. Sifunda icebo likaNkulunkulu lokuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu, sizwe nokuthi kwakunjani ukuba khona kule micimbi. Indlela yemibuzo nezimpendulo ingasetshenziselwa ukukhuleka kwemindeni, ingxoxo yeqembu, nokuzifundela.

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.

Kwabanye, uKhisimusi uyisikhathi senjabulo nokugubha. Kwabanye, kuyisikhumbuzo esibuhlungu salokho okulahlekile. Akukhathalekile ukuthi uhlangabezana nani kulesi sikhathi samaholide, uKhisimusi uyithuba lokugxila emthonjeni wethemba lethu. Sikumema ukuthi ujoyine abasebenzi baseNorth Point ezinsukwini ezingu-25 ezizayo njengoba sihlangana ukuze sijabulele umlingo kaKhisimusi. Joyina ingxoxo usebenzisa i-#NPDevo.

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.

Ungalahlekelwa ukugxila kwakho ngenxa yenkathi kaKhisimusi—uJesu. Ukugubha i-Advent kuyindlela enhle yokugcina uKristu emaphakathi eholidini futhi kulolu hlelo lokufunda, uzothatha uhambo ngemiBhalo ukuze ukhulekele iNkosi yethu ngokufunda iBhayibheli nsuku zonke nangokuzinikela.

Ibhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi “ebukhoneni bakhe kukhona ukugcwala kwenjabulo” nokuthi “ukuthokoza kukaJehova kungamandla ethu”. Injabulo ayiwona nje omunye umzwelo; kuyisithelo sikaMoya kanye nesinye sezikhali ezingcono kakhulu kunqolobane yakho yokulwa nokudumazeka, ukudangala, kanye nokunqotshwa. Chitha izinsuku ezingu-31 ufunda lokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo ngenjabulo, futhi uziqinise ukuze ube umKristu ojabulayo ngokungenamibandela.