ITHEMBA NAMANDLA AVUSELELWE

Ngu-Denise Trio  

“Anazi na? Anizwanga? UJehova unguNkulunkulu waphakade, uMdali wemikhawulo yomhlaba. Akayikukhathala noma adinwe, nokuqonda kwakhe akekho ongakuqonda. Unika okhatheleyo amandla, andise amandla kwababuthakathaka. Ngisho nabasha bayakhathala futhi babe ntekenteke, nezinsizwa ziyakhubeka ziwe; kepha abamethembayo uJehova bayathola amandla amasha. Bayakundiza ngamaphiko njengezinkozi; bayogijima bangakhathali, bayohamba bangapheli amandla.”— Isaya 40:28-31 (NIV)

“Isishiyagalombili . . . ayisishiyagalolunye. . . yishumi!” Ngibala ngekhanda lami njengoba ngibuyisela izinsimbi phansi ku-rack futhi ngisula umjuluko esiphongweni sami. Ngiphakamisa izinsimbi ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi kuyilungele impilo yami futhi kwandisa amandla ami omzimba. Indlela imisipha yami eba namandla ngayo ukumelana nesisindo. Izinyembezi ezincane emisipheni yami ekupheleni kokujima kanzima zibuhlungu. Izingalo nemilenze yami kuzwakala ikhathele.

Nezinhliziyo zethu zinjena. Ngezinye izikhathi isisindo sokuphila sisenza sidangale futhi sikhathale. Mhlawumbe ulahlekelwe umsebenzi futhi ukhathazekile ngokuthi uzophila kanjani ngenyanga ezayo. Mhlawumbe umngani noma ilungu lomndeni liyagula futhi odokotela abanalo ithemba ngokugula kwabo. Noma mhlawumbe uhlushwa buthule ngenxa yokucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka, nesizungu. Kufana nokuthi sewenze konke kodwa o futhi ayikho indlela yokuthi uqhubekele phambili.

Kodwa okuxakayo ngokuphakamisa izinsimbi ukuthi kufakazelwa ukwenza imisipha yakho ibe namandla. Ukumelana kukwenza ube namandla. 

Izindaba ezinhle kakhulu ezinhliziyweni zethu ukuthi akudingeki ukuthi sibhekane nokuphikiswa sodwa. Sinomthombo wamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, aphakade, onamandla onke kuMdali wethu ongakhathali noma adangale. Isithembiso esivela ku-Isaya emBhalweni wanamuhla sithi uyonika izinhliziyo zethu ezikhatheleyo amandla futhi andise amandla ethu lapho sibuthakathaka. 

Umhubi uthi: “ingoMkhulu iNkosi yethu, inamandla amakhulu; Ukuqonda kwakhe akunamkhawulo” (AmaHubo 147:5, NIV). Singachitha izimpilo zethu zonke sifunda ngeNkosi, futhi asisoze sazuza ukuqonda ngokugcwele ukuthi ungubani. Ekukhathaleni kwethu namandla ethu ephelile, ngokuphindaphindiwe, singaphendukela kuNkulunkulu futhi sithole okwengeziwe ngesimo Sakhe nezindlela Zakhe. Ekujuleni kwalezo zikhathi zokuthola ngoBaba wethu yilapho ithemba lethu lakhelwe khona. 

“Abamethembayo uJehova bayothola amandla amasha.” Lesi sithembiso ngesakho!

Igama lesiHeberu elisho ithemba lapha lithi qavah futhi lihunyushwa ngokuthi “ukwethemba, ukulinda, ukubheka, nokulindela.” Lisetshenziswa kwezinye izindawo eBhayibhelini lapho lichaza izinto ezihlanganisayo, ukuqoqa, nokubamba ngokuqinile njengoba kusetshenziswa emandleni. 

Ithemba aligcini nje. Njengoba nje kufanele ngibambe i-dumbbell ngezandla zami ukuzilolonga, kunesenzo esihilelekile ngethemba. Ukudla okugcwele amaprotheni engikudla ngemva kokujima kunikeza umzimba wami amandla futhi kungigcwalisela amandla. Uma imizimba yethu yenyama iqiniswa yisisindo nokudla, kangakanani-ke izinhliziyo zethu ziyoqiniswa nguNkulunkulu wethu onamandla nongunaphakade? 

Beka ithemba lakho kuJehova namuhla futhi uthole amandla akho kuye.

O, ukujula kwengcebo yokuhlakanipha nolwazi lukaNkulunkulu! Yeka ukuthi aziphenyeki kanjani izahlulelo zakhe, nezindlela zakhe aziphenyeki! ‘Ngubani owazi umqondo weNkosi? Noma ubani oke waba umeluleki wakhe?’ ‘Ubani owake wanikela kuNkulunkulu, ukuze uNkulunkulu ababuyisele?’ Ngoba zonke izinto zivela kuye futhi zikhona ngaye futhi zingezakhe. Inkazimulo mayibe kuye kuze kube phakade! Ameni.”— KwabaseRoma 11:33-36 (NIV)

Yima kancane futhi ucabange: Ungabheka futhi ulindele kanjani ithemba endaweni yempilo yakho ebonakala ingenathemba?

Ziqeqeshe: Ukwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungumthombo wawo wonke amandla namandla, cabanga ukuthi yini ongayenza ukuze uhlanganise, uqoqe, futhi ubambelele emandleni.