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Isigqi Somthandazo

Lapho ngibuza abantu umbuzo othi, “Uyini umthandazo?” abaningi basabela ngokuthi kusho ukukhuluma noNkulunkulu. Iningi labantu engike ngabaxoxisana nalo lathi lithandaza kakhulu uma lisesikhathini sokuswela. Lezi kungaba yizimpendulo zami ezimbili ezijwayelekile, futhi.

Njengoba kade ngihlola isigqi somthandazo, nokho, uNkulunkulu ungibonise ukushiyeka kwale mibono empilweni yami. Yebo, siyaqondakala isidingo sokuthandaza phakathi kobunzima. Kodwa uma ngivumela lokhu kube ukuphela kokuqonda kwami ​​nokwenza umkhuleko, ngizinciphisela izinzuzo nezibusiso ezimangalisayo zempilo yomkhuleko. Lapho ngibheka umthandazo njengokukhuluma noNkulunkulu, ngiyazi ukuthi uhlobene nenkulumo yami noma izicelo engizicela kuye. Eqinisweni akukho okuningi engikulalele ukuzwa kuye. Uma ngikhuluma neNkosi ngomthandazo, ngidinga ukuma ukuze ngithole isiyalo. Futhi, uma ukuphela kwesikhathi engifuna ngaso ukuthandaza kuNkulunkulu ngiphakathi kobunzima, ngiphuthelwa izinzuzo ezinhle zenhlanganyelo naye phakathi kokuthula.

Umthandazo wethu awusona nje isivikelo ebunzimeni nasezivivinyweni zokuphila. Umthandazo uba yindlela esingahamba ngayo futhi siqhubekele phambili ngenhloso. Njengoba sizama ukuphila ngaphandle kokuphumula esikutholile kuKristu, kungomkhuleko lapho sizogcina khona ingxoxo nalowo oholayo nohola izimpilo zethu. Kufanele sihlale singabantu bomthandazo. Uma thina njengabalandeli bakaJesu sivumela isidingo sethu somthandazo ukuba sinciphe, siyoqala ukuncika emvelweni yethu ebuthakathaka newohlokile, kunokuba sincike emandleni kaNkulunkulu amakhulu namangalisayo.

Njengoba izAga 3:5-8 zisho, “Themba kuJehova ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, ungenciki ekuqondeni kwakho. Mazise yena ezindleleni zakho zonke, uyakuqondisa imikhondo yakho. Ungabi ngohlakaniphileyo emehlweni akho; yesaba uJehova, udede ebubini. Kuyakuba yimpiliso enyameni yenu nokuqabuleka emathanjeni enu.” Sidinga ukuhlakanipha kweNkosi uma sifisa ukuphila ngenjongo nokucaca kokunye esikuthole kuye. Lapho sinikezela izinhliziyo zethu emthandazweni, singaqiniseka ukuthi uJehova uzoqondisa izinyathelo zethu.

Sike sawubona lo mkhuleko ongapheli nethemba uholela emvuselelweni. Ngeminyaka yawo-1800, indoda okuthiwa u-E. M. Bounds yayifuna uNkulunkulu ukuze athole isu lokunqamula ubumnyama obugubuzele umuzi wayo. Umbono wakhe wokuqala wawuwukusungula izikhathi zomkhuleko zamasonto onke ngezinye izikhathi ezazithatha amahora ambalwa. uNkulunkulu wenza umsebenzi omangalisayo eFranklin, eTennessee, ngalesi sikhathi. Lapho ebhala ngalenkathi emangalisayo yemvuselelo, uBounds wacashunwa ethi, “Umthandazo wethu udinga ukucindezelwa futhi siphishekele ngamandla angakhathali, ukuphikelela okungeke [that] kwenqatshwe, nesibindi esingapheli.”[2]

Njengoba isho kuZaga 3:5-8, ukwethemba ukuholwa namandla eNkosi kuyoletha ukuphulukiswa nokuvuseleleka. Abaningi bethu banokulimala ngokomoya noma ngokomzwelo ezimpilweni zethu ezidinga ukubuyiselwa. Lapho sithandaza, siba nesipiliyoni sokubona izinto zikamoya zenzeka phakathi kwethu. Kukhulisa ukholo lwethu njengabantu futhi kusiholela ekuhambeni ngesibindi phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi.

Kunendaba eBhayibhelini lapho indoda okuthiwa uJakobe ibambana noNkulunkulu ngokomzimba. (Ngaphandle kwanoma yimuphi umongo, ngiyazi ukuthi lokho kuzwakala kungakholakali kangakanani.) Enye yezinto esiyibonayo kule ndaba uJakobe ethi kuLowo alwa naye, “Ngeke ngikuyeke” uze ungibusise. Ngicabanga ukuthi kukangaki esifisweni sethu sokuthandaza sithandaza ngokungananazi, imithandazo engaphelele kanye noma kabili, futhi sikhale ngokuthi asiboni nzuzo noma umphumela ekutshalweni kwezimali. 

Angizami, nganoma iyiphi indlela, ukusho ngokuqinisekile ukuthi hlobo luni lomzamo okufanele luboniswe ukuze ngithole impendulo yomthandazo, kodwa ngiphawula ubuqiniso nokuqina okuboniswa ethembeni lokuzwa kuNkulunkulu kule ndaba. Kuyisibonelo sokungaguquki kuze kube yilapho iNkosi ikhuluma, unganyakazi kuyo njengokuphela komthombo wempendulo. Ukuzijwayeza isigqi somthandazo kuzobeka izinhliziyo zethu ukuba zithembele kuNkulunkulu njengowukuphela komthombo wesixazululo somthandazo wethu, kunciphise isifiso sethu sokubona izinto zenzeka ngomugqa wethu wesikhathi.

UmBhalo: NgokukaMathewu 6:5–15

U-E. M. Bounds, Imisebenzi Ephelele Ka-E. M. Imingcele Emkhulekweni: Izwa Izimangaliso ZikaNkulunkulu Ngomthandazo (Grand Rapids: Baker Books), 2004.