Kungani Ngalahlekelwe Umsebenzi Wami Uma Unkulunkulu Engithanda?Isampula

Ukuthula kuyimpendulo

Ingabe wake wazibuza ukuthi kungani uJesu, lapho ezwa ukuthi umngani wakhe othandekayo uLazaru wayegula kakhulu, walinda izinsuku ezimbili ngaphambi kokuba abe naye? Nakuba ukubambezeleka kukaJesu kwakubonakala kungaqondakali—okungenani ngokombono wodadewabo bakaLazaru, ababecela ukuba khona kwakhe—‘wayezokhazinyuliswa’ ngenxa yalokho. UJesu akaphendulanga ngokushesha esicelweni sabo, futhi umphumela wabonisa ukuthi ngempela wayenguMesiya, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

Ngamanye amazwi, “ukuthula” kwakuyimpendulo ayinikezayo. Yebo, impendulo. Lokho kuthula kwaphenduka ukubonakaliswa okumangalisayo kokukhululwa esimweni uMariya, uMarta nomakhelwane babo ababengakaze bazi ukuthi kwakungenzeka—ukuvuswa komuntu owayesefile.

Nakhu okuxhumana nathi ohambweni lwenguquko. Lapho singasebenzi sihlala sicela uNkulunkulu ukuba aphendule umkhuleko wethu wethuba lomsebenzi omusha. NjengeNkosi uDavide ngezikhathi zeBhayibheli, siyakhala, “Ngihawukele, Jehova, ngokuba ngiphela amandla . . . Umphefumulo wami usebuhlungwini obukhulu. Koze kube nini, Nkosi?” (AmaHubo 6:2-3). Siyazibuza ukuthi kuzothatha isikhathi esingakanani ngaphambi kokuba sithole umsebenzi - ikakhulukazi ngoba sicabanga ukuthi umsebenzi omusha ungukuphela kwempendulo engenzeka emthandazweni wethu.

Okunye, sikholelwa ukuthi noma yini eshodayo ekutholeni umsebenzi isho ukuthi iNkosi ayiwunaki umthandazo wethu. Silingeka ukuba sikholwe ukuthi usishiyile uma umthandazo wethu ungaphendulwa ngomsebenzi omusha. UNkulunkulu akazi yini ukuthi ngiyesaba? Ukuthi ngidinga imali? Ukuthi ngidinga ukuzethemba? Ingabe ngidinga ukwakha kabusha umuzwa wami wokuzethemba?

Eqinisweni, uNkulunkulu ubona okungaphezu kwalokho. Uzazi kahle izidingo zethu, nokho isifiso sakhe siwukuba sisondele kuye, sithembele kuye, sizwe umuzwa omangalisayo wokwaneliseka otholakala ngokusondelana naye. Iqiniso lokuthi uJesu akazange alahle yonke into futhi waphuthuma eyosiza uMariya noMarta libonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu akasebenzi ngesimiso sethu. Ngokusobala kufanele sisebenze ohlelweni lwakhe. Lowo msebenzi omusha uzofezeka ngosuku oluqondile nangesikhathi esiqondile asihlelele sona — futhi akukho umzuzu owodwa wokukhathazeka ozokushintsha lokhu.

Singasho noma yiziphi izifiso kuNkulunkulu, singathembisa ukuba yikho konke afuna sibe yikho-lapho sifumana umsebenzi omusha. Kodwa uJehova usazi kangcono kunalokho esikwazi ngathi. Uyazi ukuthi uma sesithole lowo msebenzi omusha, sizobuyela kumodi yeshejuli yomsebenzi futhi uzophinde athathe isihlalo esingemuva — okungukuthi, kuze kube yilapho simdinga futhi

Yebo, singase sesabe; singase singazethembi thina namakhono ethu. Singase sizizwe silahliwe, singanakwa futhi sibenamahloni, singezwa lutho ngaphandle kokuthula okuvela eNkosini ekuphenduleni imithandazo yethu. Uma kunguwe lowo, ngiyakukhuthaza ukuthi uthathe lesi sikhathi wazi ukuthi unguNkulunkulu (bona AmaHubo 46:10; 100:3). Ukuthula ngezinye izikhathi kuyimpendulo yakhe. Kungani? Ngoba ufuna sichithe isikhathi esengeziwe silungisa ubuhlobo bethu naye.

Kungani ungaziniki isikhashana manje ukudumisa uJehova ngokuthula kwakhe? Mncome ngethuba lokusondela kuye. Jabulela injabulo yenkampani yakhe eseduze ngenkathi unesikhathi sokuthuthukisa lowo mkhuba wokusondelana Naye. Zithokozise ngenkazimulo yokuthula kwakhe. Vele uhlehle uzwe ubukhona bakhe. Kuwukuthula.