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Ngiphule
Kuhle ukuthandazela ukuphepha nezibusiso, kepha kuthiwani uma ufuna okuningi? Kuthiwani uma ufisa amandla avela kuMoya oNgcwele, amandla avela ezulwini, ukholo olungantengantengi, ukusondelana kwangempela noYihlo?
Esikhundleni sokumane ucele uNkulunkulu ukuthi akugcine uphephile, akunikeze okuningi, futhi uvikele impilo yakho, kungenzeka ukuthi ucele uNkulunkulu ukuthi akuphule.
Uma ngicabanga ngokuthandaza lo mthandazo, "Nkosi, ngiphule," ngicabanga ngesipiliyoni u-Amy nami esake saba naso eqenjini lethu elincane. Eblustery, ebandayo ngoLwesithathu ebusuku ngoJanuwari, besihleli sizungeze igumbi elifudumele nelithokomele elinezinye izithandani eziyisikhombisa noma eziyisishiyagalombili ezikhuluma ngalo mthandazo oyingozi ngqo.
Sivumelene ukuthi sonkesasifunaukuyikhuleka — futhi siyisho — kepha asinakuphika ukuthi besaba imiphumela. Owesifazane wokuqala owakhuluma walithatha leli thuba ngokungathi sína kodwa wavuma ukuthi ulwa. Unkosikazi onothando nomama wezingane ezine, wayelandele uJesu ngokwethembeka kwazise wayengumfundi wesikole esiphakeme. Wayekhonza enkonzweni yezingane esontweni, wanikela ngokwethembeka okweshumi, wasiza izingane zokutholwa, waya esifundweni seBhayibheli samasonto onke, futhi wayevame ukuzithandela ukuthandaza ngokuzwakalayo ngamaqembu.
Kepha lapho ebhekene nenketho yokucela uNkulunkulu ukuba amephule, wenqaba. "Uxolo, kodwa kufanele ngithembeke," kusho yena. “Angifuni ukucela uNkulunkulu ukuthi angiphule. Ngiyesaba okuzokwenzeka. Ngingumama onezingane ezine. Ngibathanda kakhulu. Ukucela uNkulunkulu ukuthi angiphule kumane nje kuyesabisa kakhulu kimi ukuthi ngithandaze. Kuthiwani uma ngigula noma ngicindezelekile noma ngihlukana nomndeni wami?
Abanye abantu abaningi eqenjini elincane banqekuzise amakhanda ngokuvumelana.
Kepha umbuzo wami-ke uhlala unjalo kithina sonke namuhla: yini esilahlekayo ngokubambelela entofontofo yethu?
Yini esilahlekelwa yiyo ngoba sizibophezele kakhulu ekugwemeni ubuhlungu nokungaphatheki kahle?
Ujesu wathi, "Ngoba noma ngubani ofuna ukusindisa impilo yakhe uzolahlekelwa yiyo, kepha noma ngubani olahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami uzoyithola" (Math. 16:25). Ujesu akasimemeli empilweni yobuntofontofo nobulula, kodwa eyokuzinikela nokuzidela. Isifiso sethu esikhulu kakhulu akumele kube ukuthi kwenziwe intando yethu, kodwa kwenziwe intando yakhe. Futhi uJesu usimemela ukuthi sife ezimpilweni zethu, ngakho-ke singamphilela umzuzu nomzuzu, usuku nosuku — ngaye. Ukushiya amakamelo ethu okuhlala athokomele nemithandazo ephephile ukuze wazi ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuphulwa ngenxa yabanye.
Ngokuyidlala iphephile, sizibeka engcupheni yokulahlekelwa okuthile okuyigugu kakhulu kunokuvikela kwethu nokunethezeka. Asazi ukuthi yiziphi izibusiso ezingaba ngakolunye uhlangothi lokwephuka kukaNkulunkulu.
Uluka wathi, “[Ujesu] wathatha isinkwa, wabonga, wasihlephula, wabanika, wathi,‘ Lokhu kungumzimba wami onikelwe nina; lokhu kwenzeni ukuba ningikhumbule ’” (Luka 22:19). Cishe zonke izazi zeBhayibheli ziyavuma ukuthi imiyalo kaJesu yokuthi "benze lokhu" inikeza amakholwa indlela yokukhumbula, ukuhlonipha, nokubungaza ukufa nokuvuka kwakhe. Kodwa abanye bakholelwa ukuthi “ukwenza lokhu” kukaJesu kubhekisa nasendleleni okumele siphile ngayo. Kuthiwani uma uJesu wayengakhulumi ngesiko esikwenza ngezikhathi ezithile esontweni? Kuthiwani uma naye ebemema ukuthi siphulwe futhi sithululwe nsuku zonke? Kuthiwani uma besinesibindi, isibindi, ukholo lokuthandaza, "Nkulunkulu, ngiphule"?
Asikhumbuli nje uJesu ngesikhathi seSidlo esingcwele esontweni. Simkhumbula ngendlela esiphila ngayo impilo yethu nsuku zonke. Ngoba umzimba kaJesu wawuphukile, ngoba igazi lakhe lathululwa ngenxa yethu, nathi kufanele siphile ngaye nsuku zonke, siphukile futhi sithululiwe.
Lokhu kungazwakala kukhanga lapho uthi shazi. Ngubani ofuna "ukuphulwa" futhi "athululwe"? Lokho kuzwakala kubuhlungu kakhulu, futhi kudabukisa kakhulu. Kodwa kungokunikela ngempilo yethu lapho sithola khona injabulo yangempela. Esikhundleni sokuphishekela intando yethu, sizinikela kuye. Esikhundleni sokuzama ukugcwalisa izimpilo zethu ngakho konke esikufunayo, sichitha izimpilo zethu ukwenza umehluko ezimpilweni zabanye.
Ukwephuka kwangempela phambi kukaNkulunkulu akuwona umcimbi wesikhathi esisodwa; kuyisinqumo sansuku zonke. Upawulu wathi, “Ngifa nsuku zonke” (1 Kor. 15:31). Kusho ukuthini lokho? Nsuku zonke, wayekhetha ukubethela izifiso zakhe ukuze aphilele uNkulunkulu ngokugcwele. Uma unesibindi sokuthandaza lo mkhuleko, lungela. Zilungiselele ukwazi uNkulunkulu, futhi waziwe uNkulunkulu, ngendlela ongakaze ube nayo ngaphambili.
Ungayidlala iphephile. Kepha ithumbu lami ufuna okungaphezulu kwalokho. Ngikhetha okwehlukile. Ngingumuntu ozibeka engcupheni, ngibheja epulazini. Angisoze ngathuka uNkulunkulu ngokucabanga okuncane noma ngokuphila okuphephile. Uma kunezibusiso ngakolunye uhlangothi lokwephuka, bese ungiphule.
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