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Ithemba lisho ukulinda futhi ukulinda kunzima

Isaya 40:31 NKJV ithi “...abamethembayo uJehova bayathola amandla amasha”. Lona leli vesi ku-NLT lihumusha igama elithi linda ukuze uthembe. Futhi kuyi-NIV, igama elithi themba. Ngakho ikuphi? Linda, themba, noma ithemba? Kubalulekile ukwazi, ngoba ukwenziwa kabusha kwamandla ethu kusengozini!

Igama lesiHeberu ku-Isaya 40:31 lithi qavah, isenzo, okusho ukulinda ngokulindela okunethemba. Lokhu akukhona ukungenzi lutho, okuhlala ungenzi lutho, ukulinda kodwa kuwukulinda ngenkuthalo, ukulindela, ukubheka ngokulangazela nokuncika kukho, njengomgijimi okhathazekile ekuqaleni komjaho. 

Ukulinda ngethemba phakathi nezimo ezinzima kunzima kakhulu. Singenza njengoDavide kumaHubo 13:1 lapho ebuza, “Koze kube nini, Nkosi?” Kunini ngaphambi kokuba usizi lwami lungakhuli? Kunini ngaphambi kokuba indodana yami esakhula iyeke ukuhlupha? Koze kube nini ngaphambi kokuba umngani wami womshado ongakholwa aphendukele Kuwe? Kuyoze kube nini ngingawutholi umsebenzi? Kufanele ngibekezelele lobu buhlungu kuze kube nini?  

Ukulinda ekuhluphekeni kwethu kudinga ukubekezela nokubika, kokubili okunzima ukukuhlakulela. Uma sisebenzisa izikhwepha zethu, kungase kudingeke ukuthi siqale ngesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-5 noma angu-10 ngenhloso yokwandisa ukusuka lapho njengoba siba namandla, kodwa ukukhula ngeke kwenzeke ngaphandle komzamo. Ngendlela efanayo, njengoba sikhetha ukubonisa ukubekezela nokukhuthazela, ngokushesha izikhala phakathi kokuntula isineke nokufuna ukuyeka ziya ziba mfushane futhi zibe mfushane njengoba imisipha yethu engokomoya ikhula. Kudinga ukulwa noNkulunkulu, kaningi, sikhala ngemicabango yethu emnyama kanye nemithandazo edabukisa inhliziyo Kuye, singaqhubeki phambili, kodwa simnike indawo yokunyakaza esimweni sethu. Futhi Yena uzonyakaza, ngesikhathi Sakhe futhi kube yinzuzo yethu, uma siqhubeka simlindile.

Kulokhu kukhuthazela nokulinda okunzima, uPawulu usinikeza enye indlela yokuthola amandla: ngokujabula ethembeni! Kufanele azi. IzEnzo 16 zisitshela ngesikhathi lapho yena noSila beboshiwe futhi bevalelwe kanye nabanye lapho imithandazo yabo nokuhlabelela kuhambisana nokuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla okwavula iminyango yetilongo, “futhi amaketanga abo bonke agqashuka”! Lokhu kwakungenzeka ngoba ekuhluphekeni kwabo babelindele uNkulunkulu weThemba. 

Usinika isithembiso esifanayo futhi asihlangabeze ngomusa nomusa lapho ekugcineni sikhala ngaphansi kwencithakalo yokuphelelwa ithemba kwethu, “Sikhetha Wena! Ungumnqobi wethu! Sizonqoba ngawe! Nguwe wedwa Ithemba lethu.” 

Singakwazi ukuhamba phakathi kwezindlela zokuphila sizama ukuphila ngokwethu, noma singalinda uNkulunkulu ngenkuthalo, sibeke ithemba lethu Kuye futhi sithole amandla amasha. Futhi lapho sintengantenga futhi sihluleka ekulindeni kwethu noma Ithemba lethu kuNkulunkulu lifiphala ngenxa yokwesaba kwethu, akukho mahloni. Ukhona lapho esilindele ukuba siphenduke emicabangweni yethu engalungile futhi sibuyele kuye.

Ithemba lakhe ngathi alipheli. 

“...ningadabuki, ngokuba intokozo kaJehova ingamandla enu. Nehemiya 8:10 NIV