Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne NgokukaMathewu 2:11

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

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.

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.

Kaningi, amaholide ayafika aphinde adlule ngaphambi kokuba sibe nethuba lokugxila ekulungiseni izinhliziyo zethu ngoKhisimusi. I-Advent yindlela yethu yokukhumbula ukuthi uNkulunkulu weza waba nathi, usenathi, futhi usazobuya futhi. Ezinsukwini eziwu-5 ezilandelayo, sizohlola izingqikithi ezine ze-Advent: ithemba, ukuthula, uthando, kanye nenjabulo.

Kukhona into ebalulekile ngo Khisimusi eveza okuhle kakhulu kithi sonke. Sivamise ukuba mnene, siphe ngokwevile, sichithe isikhathi nalabo esibathandayo. Kodwa kunganjani uma lokhu kungagcini nje kuphela ngoZibandlela? Kunjani uma singagubha uKhisimusi nsuku zonke?

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!

Kubantu abaningi kakhulu, uKhisimusi uye waba uhlu olude lwezinto okumele zenziwe okubenza bakhathale, futhi bafise ukuba angabe sekungu Disemba 26. Kulolu chungechunge lwemiyalezo, uMfundisi Rick ufuna ukukusiza ukhumbule isizathu sokugubha uKhisimusi nokuthi kungani kumele kushintshe, hhayi nje kuphela indlela ogubha ngayo amaholidi kodwa yonke impilo yakho.

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!

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.

Ukuzalwa kukaKristu, ukufika Kwakhe, kuphawula icebo likaNkulunkulu lokuhlengwa kwethu. KuKristu, sibona isithombe esigcwele sethemba likaNkulunkulu, ukuthula, injabulo nothando. Izwi likaNkulunkulu liyiqiniso esazi ngalo futhi sihamba Naye nsuku zonke. Sethemba ukuthi lo mhlahlandlela uzokhuthaza futhi wenze lula isikhathi sakho osichithwa eZwini futhi unikezele insiza yemindeni enezingane ukwenza lokho ndawonye.

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.

Uyemukelwa Kukhalenda Yomsebenzi Wezinsuku ezingama-28 we-Thriving Family! Ungaphuthelwa yileli thuba lokuhlola incazelo yangempela kaKhisimusi futhi nisondelane ndawonye njengomndeni! Le misebenzi yomzali nengane yenzelwe ukukusiza ugcine le nkathi kaKhisimusi igxile kuKristu!