Ukuthola Ukuphumula Ngezigqi ZokuphilaIsampula

Isigqi Sokuzindla

Ingqondo iba sezingeni eliphezulu uma ingaphazamiseki. Lapho sizimisela ukuzindla, kuyasisiza ukuba silungiselele ukuba ‘nezindlebe zokuzwa’ lokho uNkulunkulu angase afune ukukusho kithi. Lapho singakwazi ukuqonda uthando olukhulu nokunakekela uNkulunkulu asiphathele kona, siyakhumbula ukuthi uyafisa ngempela ukukhuluma nokuxhumana nathi. Umsindo, ukushesha, nezixuku kungaba izitha zethu ezinkulu lapho sizama ukuzwa okuvela kuNkulunkulu. U-Thomas Merton wathi “bonke abantu badinga ukuthula okwanele nokuba bodwa ezimpilweni zabo ukuze izwi elijulile langaphakathi labo lizwakale okungenani ngezikhathi ezithile.” Kudingeka silazi kahle ingaphakathi lethu ukuze singenise uNkulunkulu. 

Ukuzindla kwakhelwe ekucabangeni nasekulaleleni. Lapho iBhayibheli lithi thanda uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ngayo yonke ingqondo yakho [U-Duteronomi 6:4–5; NgokukaMathewu 22:37–40; NgokukaMarku 12:30–31; NgokukaLuka 10:27], ngicabanga ukuthi ukuzindla kuyisihluthulelo sokuhlanganyela leli qiniso ngenkuthalo. Ukucabangela iqiniso langempela kanye nencazelo yothando olukhulu lukaNkulunkulu ngathi kuletha ukuphumula.

Abalandeli abaningi bakaJesu bangase bawuzwe kancane umqondo wokuzindla ngenxa yokuhlobana kwakho neminye imikhuba yenkolo ehlukahlukene. Ukuzindla, nokho, kuwumkhuba ophelele weBhayibheli futhi ojulile ngokomoya. Ukuzindla kwakujwayelekile kubabhali boMbhalo, futhi kuvela eBhayibhelini izikhathi ezingamashumi amahlanu nesishiyagalombili. AmaHubo 119:97, Ugenesise 24:63, AmaHubo 63:6, AmaHubo 119:148, kanye namaHubo 1:2 ayizibonelo ezimbalwa nje ezivamile lapho kukhulunywa khona ukuzindla. Amanye amaKristu angase akholelwe ukuthi ukuzindla kuwukusebenzisa isikhathi okungenampumelelo, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi izibonelo ezingokomBhalo zisibonisa ukuthi kunesidingo esibalulekile sokuthuthukisa lo mkhuba.

Ngikholwa ukuthi kukhona okuhlukile okubalulekile okumele ukunake uma ufuna ukukhula ekuzindleni. Ukuzindla kwaseMpumalanga, emnyombeni wako, kuwumzamo wokuthulula ingqondo. Inhloso yokuzindla kobuKristu ukugcwalisa ingqondo. Indlela yaseMpumalanga iwukuzihlukanisa nezwe futhi ukhululeke emithwalweni ngethemba lokuthola i-nirvana; akakho unkulunkulu onganamathela kuye. Ingozi kulokhu iqala ukuthakaselwa ukungazihlanganisi nezwe. Indlela yobuKristu ithi kunesidingo sokuqonda phakathi kokudideka kwezwe, okuholela ekunamatheleni okucebile kuNkulunkulu. Njengoba uThomas Merton esho, “Ukuzindla akusizi ngalutho ngaphandle uma kugxilile ekuphileni.” Iphuzu lokuzindla liwukuthola isiqondiso sendlela yokuhamba emhlabeni—hhayi ukuzinqamula futhi sizisuse emhlabeni. . . . Urichard Foster uyabhala, “Ukuzindla kobuKristu kuyikhono lokuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu nokulalela izwi lakhe.” . . . [6]

Abaningi bethu bakhule beneliseka ukwamukela umyalezo kaNkulunkulu ngesandla. Sinabefundisi abakhulu, ababhali, nabaholi ababelana ngamazwi ezinhliziyweni zabo aphuma ngesikhathi sabo abasichitha noKristu. Kodwa sidinga ukulangazelela ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu ngokwethu. Ukuzindla kusibiza ukuba sihlanganyele ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Sonke singabapristi bakaNkulunkulu, futhi ukuzindla kuyindlela yokuzwa izwi lakhe.

KwabaseRoma 5:17 isikhumbuza ukuthi ukulunga kuvela ngaphandle kwethu, futhi ukuzibamba ukuze sicabange leli qiniso kusinika umbono. Kuwo wonke umBhalo, sibona izibonelo zendlela uNkulunkulu akhuluma ngayo nabantu ngoba babezimisele ukulalela. Isifiso sokuzwa izwi lakhe nokuzindla kuyisipho somusa. Kufanele sithandaze futhi sikucele.

[6] U-Richard Foster, Umgubho Wokuziphatha: Indlela eya Ekukhuleni Ngokomoya (New York: Harper) 1998.