ITHEMBA EZWENI LIKANKULUNKULU

Ngu-Maritza Cosano

“Wena uyisiphephelo sami nesihlangu sami; ngiyethemba izwi lakho.”— IHubo 119:114

Abantu bayafuna. Ngokuvamile, bafuna izinzuzo zikaNkulunkulu: ukuthula, uthando, injabulo, nethemba. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi, ukuze uzuze lezo zinzuzo, udinga ukuba nobuhlobo bangempela Naye. Kuqala kanjani lokho? Nokho, njengabo bonke ubudlelwano, kuqala ngokumazi, okungathuthukiswa kuphela ngoJesu Kristu—iZwi likaNkulunkulu. NgokukaJohane 1:1 (NIV) uthi, “Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, uLizwi wayenoNkulunkulu, futhi uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu.” 

Umqondo olula, akunjalo? UJesu uyiZwi likaNkulunkulu. Ukuba nobudlelwane noJesu kuveza ithemba. Kodwa leli themba lithuthukiswa kanjani, futhi lihluke kanjani ethembeni elinikezwa izwe? 

Ngaphambi kokuthi ngiphendule lokho, cabanga ngomuntu okutholwe ukuthi unomdlavuza futhi oseziqedile zonke izindlela zakhe zokwelapha. Ake ucabange nje bethi, “Sengililahlile ithemba lokuthi ngizophila, kodwa ithemba lami kuJehova alisoze lafa.” Kubonisani lokhu? Ithemba lalo muntu lokululama bekuyisifiso, isifiso, kodwa ithemba labo eNkosini liwukuqiniseka okuqinile. 

UNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi ngeke siphile ngaphandle kwethemba. Akakho ebhizinisini lokufeza izifiso nje, usebhizinisini lokusinika ithemba eliphilayo. Ngisho nalapho ebhekene nokufa, amaKristu, nakuba ngezinye izikhathi edikibele, anethemba laphakade. 

Ngakho, ukuphendula leyo mibuzo. . . Njengoba nje ukholo luyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, nethemba linjalo. UMoya oNgcwele nguye osigcwalisa ngothando nethemba likaNkulunkulu. Leli themba likhiqiza injabulo nokwaneliseka, futhi ulwazi lwethu ngalo lungafezwa kuphela nguMoya oNgcwele. Alikho ikhambi lomhlaba noma ilungiselelo elingasondela kulokho.

Lesi siqinisekiso sitholakala eZwini likaNkulunkulu kuphela. “Ibheji lethu lokufinyelela kukho konke”! Kusukela kuGenesise kuya kuSambulo, uJesu usitshela izinto ezimbalwa eziphawulekayo: singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, sikhethiwe, siyafunwa, futhi asisodwa. 

ImiBhalo ibonisa ngokucacile indlela eya ekuphileni kwenjabulo nethemba: yamukela izimo zakho futhi ubonge kuzo (1 KwabaseThesalonika 5:16-18), khetha ukungakhathazeki (KwabaseFilipi 4: 6), gxilisa amehlo akho kuJesu kunesimo sakho—ulandela isibonelo Sakhe ekuhluphekeni (KumaHeberu 12:2)—futhi ubeke ithemba lakho enkazimulweni ezayo (2 KwabaseKorinte 4:16-18; KwabaseKolose 1:5; KuThithu 1:2). 

UJesu uyisiphephelo nesihlangu sethu (Kwabase-Efesu 6:10-18). Futhi lapho sihlanganyela ebudlelwaneni bangempela Naye ngokuthandaza, ukutadisha, nokuzindla ngeZwi Lakhe, sithola uhlobo lwethemba elidlula ukuqonda. 

Yima kancane futhi ucabange: Kuleli sonto, bheka impilo yakho ngombono omusha. Cabanga ngempilo yakho esikrinini saphakade, lapho iminyaka yakho engu-70+ yokuphila ingukufiphaza nje esikrinini. Yiphakade elibalulekile. 

Ziqeqeshe: Funda AmaHubo 25:3, 119:105, nabase-Efesu 6:10-18. Bese uzibuza: Ziyini izinzuzo zethemba enginalo kuJesu, eZwini likaNkulunkulu.

Khuleka: Dumisani uJesu ukuthi uyithemba lakho. Akasoze akudumaza (KwabaseRoma 5:5).