Ukuqala Okuthobekile

Ngo Danny Saavedra  

“Ingelosi yathi kuye: “Ungesabi, Mariya, ngokuba uthole umusa kuNkulunkulu! Uzokhulelwa uzale indodana, uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJesu ’. . . UMary waphendula wathi, ‘Ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi. Sengathi konke okushilo ngami kungagcwaliseka.’”—NgokukaLuka 1:30–31, 38 (NLT)

Phakathi kwawo wonke amaqhawe amakhulu wezinganekwane, uFrodo, ovela- ku Mafilimu e-Lord of the Rings, ungomunye wabalingisi abavelele kakhulu. Kungani? Ngoba engafani noHercules, Wonder Woman, Thor, noma uSuperman, akayena unkulunkulu omkhulu, onamandla amakhulu. Ngokungafani no-Anakin noma uLuka Skywalker, akazange azalwe enamandla amakhulu. Ngokungafani noBatman, akayona i-ninja, eqeqeshwe kakhulu enemali yokwenza izikhali zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu nezikhali zempi. UFrodo wayengekho kulezi zinto. Wayengumuntu nje olula evela Shire, enovalo, onomusa, umfana omncane emnene. Kepha, njengoba uGaladriel esho ku- Ifilimu ye-The Fellowship of the Ring, “Ngisho nomuntu omncane kunabo bonke angalishintsha ikusasa.”  

Nansi into: Okwenza ukuthi uFrodo akhetheke kwakungewona amakhono akhe angaphezu komuntu, ubuhlakani bakhe obukhulu, noma ilungelo lobuzibulo. . . kwaba ukuzimisela kwakhe ukuphuma ngokholo. Uyiqhawe phakathi kwamaqhawe ngoba yize azi ukuthi akahlonyiselwe lo msebenzi ongenakwenzeka (wayengayazi ngisho nendlela eya kuMordor), wenyuka ngokuzithoba futhi walwamukela ucingo lapho selufikile.

Leli qhawe elincanyana lifaka okuthile okuseBhayibhelini: uNkulunkulu angasebenzisa noma ngubani, ngisho nabantu abathobeke kakhulu, ukuletha umsebenzi omangalisa kakhulu. Kusuka kumfana omncane ongumalusi owehlisela isigebenga kumfelokazi owatshengisa ukwethembeka okumangalisayo kuninazala kwintombazanyana oyintombi waseNazaretha — lapho okusobala ukuthi akukho okuhle okungaqhamuka khona ( NgokukaJohane 1:46) - lowo “uNkulunkulu wambusisa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abesifazane ”( NgokukaLuka 1:42) —UNkulunkulu unebhizinisi lokwenza izinto ezinkulu ngokusebenzisa abantu abancane, abathobeke kunabo bonke.

Manje kungani uMariya? NjengoFrodo, wayengenalutho isintu esingaluthatha njengolukhethekile. Wayengaqhamuki emndenini ohlonishwayo. Wayengathathwa njengomkhulu phakathi kwabantu. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wamthanda kakhulu. Ngenkathi uGabriyeli etshela uMariyi ukuthi uzoba nengane ngoMoya oNgcwele, impendulo yakhe yembula kahle ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu emkhethile nokuthi kungani ethandwa kakhulu futhi ebusiswa ngalolu dumo.

KuLuka 1:38 (NLT), uthi, "Ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi. Kwangathi konke okushilo ngami kungagcwaliseka. ” Bheka ukuthobeka akukhombise lapha! Impendulo yakhe kulezi zindaba ezingezinhle, ezingenakwenzeka, nezesabekayo (wayeyintombi eganisiwe, engashadile, cishe phakathi kuka-12 no-14, ngesikhathi etshelwa ukuthi uzoba nengane) wathi "Ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi.”

Wayazi ukuthi akekho ozomkholwa, ukuthi lokhu kungaba yinto ehlazisayo futhi eyingozi (uJosefa wayengamhlazisa esidlangalaleni noma amkhande ngamatshe aze afe ngoba ekhulelwe njengoba ayemthembisile, ngoba wayengeyena ubaba omzalayo), kodwa wathembela kuNkulunkulu . Wayekholelwa kuYe naseZwini laKhe. Wayezenza atholakalele ukusetshenziswa nguNkulunkulu ukwenza umsebenzi waKhe. Wayazi ukuthi akahlonyiselwe ubizo uNkulunkulu ayemnike lona, kodwa wanikela ngempilo yakhe, nentando yakhe, kanye nekusasa lakhe ezandleni Zakhe, ngoba wayenethemba lokuthi uzoba naye zonke izindlela.

Lokhu yikho konke iNkosi ekudingayo kithina ukuze sifeze izimangaliso ezimpilweni zethu nasezimpilweni zabantu abasizungezile. Akadingi ukuthi sibe namakhono aphakeme kakhulu, abaqeqeshi abaphezulu ngokweqile. Ngokuqinisekile usebenzisa abantu abanamakhono amangalisayo, amathalente, izinsiza, kanye namakhono njengoba nje esebenzisa abadobi abangaqeqeshiwe, abafelokazi abampofu, nabakhishwa inyumbazane, kodwa akuyona imfuneko yokuthi enze umsebenzi Wakhe ongcono kakhulu. Esikhundleni salokho, uNkulunkulu wenza umsebenzi Wakhe omuhle kakhulu ezimpilweni zalabo abathobekile, abatholakalayo, futhi abazimisele ukusetshenziswa. Akukhona mayelana nokuthi yini ongayenza, kodwa lokho umvumela ukuthi akwenze nakuwe. Ubusisa labo abathi, “Ngiyinceku yeNkosi. . . Sengathi konke okushilo ngami kungagcwaliseka.”

NjengoMariya, sonke sinengxenye kule ndaba emangalisayo yokuhlengwa uNkulunkulu akubhalayo. Sonke sinobizo olumangalisayo lokwenza abafundi, ukushumayela ivangeli, futhi sibe ngofakazi Bakhe. Ngabe kufanele sibe yizifundiswa noma izikhulumi ezinamandla ukuze sikufeze? Cha! Sidinga nje ukuthi, “Nangu mina, Jesu. Ngiyinceku yakho.”