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Hope In The Dark

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Ngikholelwa ebuKristwini njengoba ngikholelwa ukuthi ilanga seliphumile: hhayi nje njengoba ngilibona, kodwa ngoba ngalo ngibona konke okunye.

—C. S. Lewis 

Ithemba leqiniso lidinga isisekelo esiqinile, esimile. Njengoba umbhali wamaHeberu echaza, “Ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, kuyiqiniso ngezinto ezingabonwayo.” ( KumaHeberu 11:1). Ngaphandle kokukholelwa kwethu esimweni sikaNkulunkulu—kanye nobuhlobo bethu naye—njengesisekelo sethu, singase sithembele kuSanta Claus noma olunye uhlelo lokusebenza. 

Ngiyabona ukuthi yonke le mibono engaqondakali njengenkolelo ingaqala ukuzwakala ihlukanisiwe nezilingo zenyama negazi, izikweletu kanye nokuqothuka okungenzeka ukuthi ubhekene nakho. Kodwa mhlawumbe inkolelo ayiyona into engaqondakali. Mhlawumbe iyona kuphela eyisisekelo lapho yonke into izanyazanyiswa. Umphostoli uPawulu wakubeka kanje, “siyazi ukuthi ukuhlupheka kuveza ukukhuthazela; ukukhuthazela, isimilo; kanye nesimilo, ithemba. Futhi ithemba alisijabhisi, ngoba uthando lukaNkulunkulu lutheliwe ezinhliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oNgcwele esimuphiweyo” (KwabaseRoma 5:3-5). 

Nakhu engikuthathayo mayelana nokuthuthuka kukaPawulu kusukela ekuhluphekeni kuya ekubeni nobuhlobo obuseduze noNkulunkulu: Lapho sihlupheka ezikhathini ezinzima, sithatha uNkulunkulu eZwini lakhe futhi sikholelwa ukuthi usalawula, sinenjongo ethile engqondweni. Ngakho siyaqhubeka, sithembele kuye. Njengoba siqhubeka, ihora nehora, usuku nosuku, isonto nesonto, siba namandla. Ukholo lwethu luyakhula, ukuvuthwa kwethu kuyakhula, ukuthembela kwethu kuNkulunkulu kuyakhula. Njengoba siqina, sikholelwa ebuhleni bukaNkulunkulu, ngaphezu kwezimo zethu. Sifunda ukukholelwa ezithembisweni zikaNkulunkulu.

Ukukholwa kuNkulunkulu kungaba isisekelo sakho esiqinile.

Uma usafuna ukukholwa, uNkulunkulu uzohlangana nawe phakathi kwemizamo yakho yokukholwa. Ngisho noma ungaphonsa iBhayibheli lakho phansi bese ufinqela uNkulunkulu ngesibhakela noma umbuza, njengoba kwenza uHabakuki, uNkulunkulu uyobuhlonipha ubuqotho bentshiseko yakho. Uma ngempela ufuna ukuzwa ukusondela kukaNkulunkulu kanye nokukunakekela njengoba udlula ezilingweni—futhi umfisa ngaphezu kwezimo ezihlukile—khona-ke uyoza nawe ngesinyathelo ngasinye. 

Thandaza: Nkulunkulu, ngikhetha ukukholelwa ebuhleni nothando lwakho. Ngiyakholwa kuJesu, iNdodana yakho, nalokho akwenza ukuze angisindise. Ingabe uzoba yisisekelo sempilo yami na? 

Uma usanda kuthandaza ukwenza uJesu isisekelo sempilo yakho, funda lokhu.  

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Hope In The Dark

Lolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli olwanoma ubani ozwa ubuhlungu futhi ongaqondi ukuthi kungani. Uma ulahlekelwe okuthile, othile, noma ukholo lwakho luzwakala luntengantenga kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lokuphuka, khona-ke lolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli Oluvela encwadini kaMfundisi weLife.Church uCraig Groeschel, Hope in the Dark, ingase ibe yilokho kanye okudingayo. Uma ufuna ukukholwa, kodwa ungaqiniseki ukuthi kanjani, lokhu kungokwakho.

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