Kungani Ngalahlekelwe Umsebenzi Wami Uma Unkulunkulu Engithanda?Isampula

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Ingabe udangele namuhla ngoba, naphezu kwemizamo yakho emihle, ubonakala ungakwazi ukuthola inhlolokhono yomsebenzi? Ingabe ulwa nemizwa yokuphelelwa ithemba ngenxa yokuthi umsebenzi wesikhathi esigcwele usaqhubeka ukugwema? Ingabe umngani wakho womshado noma elinye ilungu lomndeni likuzwise ubuhlungu ngamazwi abo ngoba ungakwazi ukuhlinzeka njengoba wawuke wenza? Ingabe ulingeka ukuba uphike ukuthi uNkulunkulu usakukhathalela ngenxa yokuthi ngandlela thize wonile?

Ake ngikhiphe lezi zindlela ezimbili: ngomfanekiso womuntu siqu kanye nendaba kaPetru. Lapho ngineminyaka engu-12 ubudala, ngenza iqembu elivelele ku-Chicago Baseball Little League. Angisoze ngakhohlwa umdlalo owodwa omkhulu ngibhekene neligi eseduze. Ngikhuphukele ukuzoshaya phansi kokuwina kokugcina; amaphuzu ayeboshiwe, kwakukhona ukuphuma okubili, futhi izisekelo zalayishwa. Ngangiqhaqhazela umzimba wonke njengoba ngisondela enkundleni.

Umqeqeshi wayengitshele ukuthi ngithathe izinkundla ezine zokuqala. Izikhala ezine? Ngingakhishwa ngaphandle kokushaya ibhola lokuqala.

Imizamo yokuqala ngishaye ibhola laya ngaphandle. Okwalandela okubili akubalwanga nakho. Umqeqeshi wami wangibiza futhi wathi, "Shaya ibola okokugcina futhi, bese usuyaqeda." I-pitch elandelayo igeje indawo ye-zone, ngakho manje isibalo sase sigcwele. Ingcindezi yayingakholakali, njengoba ngabona ukuthi lesi kwakuyisikhathi esibalulekile kimina naseqenjini lami. Ngangazi ukuthi ngingathola i-hit uma nje ngigcina iso lami ebholeni. Ngilinde inkundla. Ibhola bekumele okungenani libe amafidi amabili ngaphandle. Ngashwibeka . . . futhi ngageja. Bengizothumela ibhola esifundeni esilandelayo ukube ibhethi lami belimane lilide ngamafidi ambalwa!

Njengoba ngisondela emgodini, abafana abathathu ababevaleleke phansi bangilandela, bethi, “Awenzanga kahle, Rick. Usumoshele iqembu lonke umdlalo!” Hawu, kwakubuhlungu lokho.

Umdlalo ungene kuma-innings angeziwe — futhi sahlulwa. Noma ngiqhubeke nokushaya ibhethi. U-.500 emdlalweni wangemva kwesizini, kwabonakala sengathi angikwazanga ukuvala ukwehluleka kwami emehlweni abo.

Ubuhlungu nokuphelelwa ithemba kokungasebenzi ngesikhathi “usemaqenjini amakhulu” empilo, ikakhulukazi lapho unomndeni okufanele uwondle, kwakubuhlungu kakhulu, njengoba imiphumela iba mikhulu kunokulahlekelwa umdlalo webhola. Sikhuluma ngokulahlekelwa umsebenzi, ukulahlekelwa yimali engenayo, ukulahlekelwa ukuzihlonipha kanye nokulahlekelwa ubuntu siqu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma sivumela imizwa yethu ukuba ingalawuleki, ukwehluleka emsebenzini wethu kunendlela yokuholela ekucindezelekeni - ikakhulukazi uma ukusesha kwethu kuqhubeka isikhathi eside.

Uma noma ubani eBhayibhelini owayenesizathu sokuchotshozwa ukuphelelwa ithemba ngabe kwakunguPetru, umfundi kaJesu. Ngaphambi nje kokuboshwa kukaJesu, uPetru wamemezela ngokuzidla ukuthi akasoze amshiya noma amkhaphele uJesu — nakuba uJesu ayesanda kubikezela ukuthi bonke abafundi bakhe babeyohlubuka. UJesu naye waqinisekisa uPetru ukuthi ngempela wayezomphika ngaphambi kokuba iqhude likhale izikhathi ezintathu. Futhi ngokuqinisekile, uPetru wakwenza.

Lalela ukuqina kokuphika kukaPetru kuMathewu 26:74 : “Khona-ke waqala ukuqalekisa, wafunga kubo, wathi: ‘Angimazi lowomuntu!’ ” Watsho iziqalekiso? Lokhu kwakungekona ukuphika okuvamile noma amanga amhlophe “angenacala”. Ngemva kokukhala kweqhude, siyatshelwa, “Khona uPetru wakhumbula izwi alishilo uJesu. . . Waphumela ngaphandle wakhala kamunyu.” (NgokukaMathewu 26:75)

Kodwa akusona isiphetho sendaba kaPetru leyo. UPetru kwakufanele akhethe. Angawela ekuphelelweni yithemba ngokuphelele futhi angafezi lutho, noma angathola amandla akhe kuJesu ukuze aqhubeke—yilokho akhetha ukukwenza. Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi ngisho nabafundi bakaJesu benza izinto ezimbi, kodwa basukuma baqhubeka nendlela ababeyabelwe.

Ingabe uhambo lwethu lwenguquko luhluke kakhulu? Angicabangi. Silwa nokuphelelwa ithemba. Silwa nemicabango nemizwa eqeda amandla ukuthi akekho ofuna amakhono ethu. Size sidlale ngomqondo wokudela ikhono likaNkulunkulu lokusinakekela.

Ake ngikukhuthaze ukuthi uvuke! Uhambo lwakho alukapheli. Eqinisweni, kungenzeka ukuthi lusanda kuqala. Ngosizo lweNkosi kufanele sisukume ekuzidabukeleni kwethu, olwandle lwethu lokuzisola kanye nokwesaba kwethu ukwehluleka, futhi siqhubekele ethubeni elilandelayo. Ungavumeli noma yini ukuba ingene phakathi kwakho nomsebenzi owabelwe iNkosi enawe.