Endaweni Yethu: Iminikelo Yokuzila Kusukela Ngesikhathi SomusaIsampula

Isikhathi

Uma kwenzeka ufika endlini yami, enye yezinto zokuqala ozoyibona ukuthi nginale nto ngamawashi—egunjini lami lokuphumula ngedwa nginayisithupha. Zonke ziyimishini; kukhona okuthile mayelana nokukitaza nokukhala okuthulisa umoya wami. Kufanele ngibe nokwesaba kwangaphakathi mayelana nokufika sekwephuzile. Mhlawumbe wonke lawowashi aqeda uvalo lwami lokuthi ngizophuthelwa okuthile okubalulekile.

UJesu wayehlala azi ukuthi yisikhathi sini-isikhathi sokuphulukisa, isikhathi sokufundisa, isikhathi sokusola, isikhathi sokuhoxa, isikhathi sokuthamela idili lomkhosi. UYise wamazisa lapho sekuyisikhathi sokufa. UJesu watshela abafundi bakhe ukuthi umsebenzi wabo wokufundisa wokujikeleza wawusuzophela. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke uJesu waqala ukuchazela abafundi bakhe ukuthi umelwe ukuya eJerusalema futhi ahlushwe ngokuningi ezandleni zabadala nabapristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho, nokuthi kumelwe abulawe, futhi ngosuku lwesithathu avuswe. ekuphileni” (Mathewu 16:21). Wayazi ukuthi ukungena kwakhe ebukhosini eJerusalema ngeSonto lePalm kwakuyoba okokugcina.

Kwenzeke isimangaliso esikhulu phakathi kwezandla. Izixuku ezinkulu zabantu zabona ukuthi indoda ethule etholeni lembongolo ethobekile kwakunguMesiya wabo, ukugcwaliseka kwayo yonke imiBhalo yeTestamente Elidala. Amahosana abo akhombisa ukuthi ayazi ukuthi kwakuyisikhathi sini-ukuthi iNkosi yabo yayigibela ezimpilweni zabo futhi ifuna ukwethembeka kwabo.

Uyazi ukuthi isikhathi sini? Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uyeke ukukhothama futhi ufune, noma uphinde ufune futhi, uJesu Kristu njengeNkosi neNkosi yakho. NgeZwi lakhe, ngokuchaphazwa kwamanzi obhapathizo, ngomzimba nangegazi lakhe anikezwa eSidlweni SeNkosi Sakusihlwa, uJesu uza kuwe siqu namuhla njengoba enza ngaleso sikhathi. Izintende ziyanibiza: mkhonzeni manje.