UKUCHIMELA ITHEMBA

Ngu-Colleen Robichaud

Manje uNkulunkulu wethemba anganigcwalisa ngenjabulo yonke nangokuthula konke ekukholweni, ukuze nivame ethembeni ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele.”—KwabaseRoma 15:13 (NKJV)

Phakathi kwengcebo eningi etholwa njengendodakazi kaNkulunkulu ulwazi, imiBhalo, noMoya oNgcwele. Masisebenzise lamathuluzi ukuze simbe ngokujula nesibusiso sethemba elichichimayo.

EmBhalweni wanamuhla, uPawulu wethula iNkosi yethu ngokuthi “uNkulunkulu wethemba,” okungabuye kuhunyushwe ngokuthi “uNkulunkulu onguye uqobo Lwakhe ithemba!” KwabaseRoma 5:5 (TPT) isitshela ukuthi “ithemba Lakhe alilona iphupho elidumazayo, ngoba manje singakwazi ukuzwa uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungapheli lungena ezinhliziyweni zethu . . .”

Gcwalisa izindlela kuze kube semkhawulweni. Sibona le ncazelo efanayo yaleli gama elisetshenziswe kuJohane 12:3 (NIV) “njengoba indlu yagcwala iphunga lamakha” asetshenziswa ukugcoba izinyawo zikaJesu. UPawulu uyaqhubeka ethi, “nigcwalise ngakho konke” ukuze aqokomise ukuthi uNkulunkulu akancishani. Ugcwalisa abamthandayo kuze kube sekupheleni!

UPawulu ube esethi uNkulunkulu unigcwalisa ngokuchichimayo “ngayo yonke intokozo nokuthula.” Intokozo yethu yokuqala ukuthethelelwa kwezono, okuholela enjabulweni yokuphila okuphakade noJesu—ubizo oluphezulu lukaNkulunkulu oluyigugu (KwabaseFilipi 3:14). Ukuphila noNkulunkulu kuveza injabulo ejulile yangaphakathi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izimo zivuma noma zingezinhle, siyojabula, “futhi akekho oyosephuca injabulo [yethu]” (NgokukaJohane 16:22 NIV )

EBhayibhelini, ukuthula kuchazwa “njengesimo sokuzwana nokubuyiselwa.” Esinye isazi seBhayibheli sakubiza ngokuthi, “Isimo somphefumulo esinokuthula sasiqinisekisa ukuthi uyosindiswa ngoKristu, ngakho ukungasabi lutho kuNkulunkulu futhi waneliseka ngendawo yawo yasemhlabeni, yanoma yiluphi uhlobo.” Ukuthula kukabili ... kufika lapho samukela intethelelo kaNkulunkulu, futhi ngaleyo ndlela sithole ukubuyiselwa kuNkulunkulu nokuzwana noNkulunkulu. Futhi kuzwakala lapho sisebusweni obuseduze bukaNkulunkulu. KuMarku 6:50-51 (NLT) kanye nomoya. ehhewula nesiphepho esinamandla, uJesu uhamba phezu kwamanzi ukuze ahlangabeze abafundi bakhe futhi uthi kubo: “‘Ungesabi! Qina isibindi!’ Wabe esegibela esikebheni, umoya wanqamuka.” Uyakubona lokho? Wathi angangena nje endaweni, kwathi nje sebesebukhoneni baKhe, kwafika ukuthula!

Manje siqhubekela endimeni ebalulekile yokukholwa. Ukwethemba, ukholo, nokukholelwa konke kuvela emsukeni wegama lesiGreki elithi pistis, okusho “ukuba nethemba eliphelele kulokho okufanele sikwethembe." Impela uNkulunkulu uyakwazi “ukwenza okukhulu kakhulu kunakho konke esikucelayo nesikucabangayo” (Kwabase-Efesu 3:20). Kufanele sikholwe kulokhu! 

Ivesi lanamuhla liphetha ngokuthi “ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele.” Cabanga ngalokhu: Amandla afanayo avusa uJesu kwabafileyo (KwabaseRoma 8:11) akuwe! Njengoba nje uMoya oNgcwele wehlela kuJesu ekuqaleni kwenkonzo Yakhe ( NgokukaLuka 3:22–23 ), lapho uMoya oNgcwele engena kuwe, kuwukuqala kwakho.

Umsebenzi wenu uwukuchichima ethembeni, nazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu usebenzela zonke izinto kube ngokuhle kwalabo abamthandayo nababiziweyo ngokwenjongo yakhe (KwabaseRoma 8:28). 

Bangani, “kwangathi uNkulunkulu, ugqozi nomthombo wethemba, anganigcwalisa ngokuchichima injabulo nokuthula okuphelele njengoba nithembele kuye. Futhi sengathi amandla kaMoya oNgcwele angazungeza impilo yakho ngokuchichimayo kwakhe kuze kube yilapho ukhazimula ngethemba!” ( KwabaseRoma 15:13 TPT). 

Yima kancane futhi ucabange: Usebenzisa amagama atholakala kwabaseRoma 15:13 (NKJV), phendula imibuzo elandelayo:

1. Ubani umthombo wethemba lakho?

2. Yini okufanele uyenze ukuze ugcwaliswe ngayo yonke intokozo nokuthula?

3. Uma ukholwa ugcwaliswa ngubani futhi ulethani na?

4. Uyini umphumela wamandla kaMoya oNgcwele kuwe? Yini ozozindla ngayo?

Ziqeqeshe: Bhala phansi kwabaseRoma 15:13 futhi uyiveze endaweni lapho ozoyibona khona usuku nosuku.

Khuleka: Njengoba uchitha isikhathi emthandazweni namuhla, cela uJehova ukuba akugcwalise ngokuthula kwakhe, amandla akhe, kanye nentokozo yakhe, ukuze uvame ethembeni.