Uba kanjani UmakhelwaneIsampula

Sonke Singabatholwa

Indlela eyodwa isonto lethu elizama ngayo ukulandela imiyalo kaJesu iwukululeka, ukukhuthaza, nokutholwa. Iningi labasebenzi bethu kanye nabanakekelia noma bakhulise izingane. Amakhampasi ethu asebenza nabalingani bendawo ukuxhuma abantu bethu kuzo zonke izici zala mathuba. Phakathi nochungechunge lwethu ndlela yokuba Umakhelwane, sethula ubambiswano ukuze senze kube nokwenzeka ngabantu ukuthi bathole futhi basize ngokuqondile imindeni yokusingatha neyokutholwa ngewebhusayithi elula. Nakhu okuphambene nokho-sonke samukelwa. Hhayi nje abasebenzi bethu, ibandla lethu lonke, nawo wonke amakholwa. NgokukaGalathiya 4:5 ngaphambi kukaKristu sasinjengabantwana, siboshelwe emthethweni wezwe, singenayise. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wathumela uJesu ukuthi azothenga inkululeko yethu ukuze asithathe sibe ngabakhe. Ngamanye amazwi, ngaphandle kukaJesu sonke siyizintandane, izithunjwa ezisengozini. Bonke bonile futhi baphuma emndenini kaNkulunkulu—bonke bamenyiwe ukuthi baphinde bangene. Thina sonke singatholwa.

Uke wazibuza ukuthi kungani umBhalo—itestamente elidala nelisha—uhlale usibiza ukuthi sinakekele abathunjiwe, abampofu, abasengozini, nabanesizungu? Cabanga ngakho. U-Isaya 58, uMathewu 25, uJakobe 1, AmaHubo 68 , neminye imiBhalo eminingi kakhulu ichaza ukunakekela laba njengenkolo emsulwa, ukuzila ukudla kweqiniso, nalokho okuhlukanisa izimvu ezamukelwayo nezimbuzi ezilahliwe. Mhlawumbe le miBhalo imane isikhumbuza ukuba silandele imiyalo kaJesu emibili emikhulu. Mhlawumbe sonke siyizintandane, siphukile, silahlekile, futhi siyizithunjwa. Mhlawumbe sibizelwa ukuthanda umakhelwane wethu njengoba uKristu asithanda—indlela uNkulunkulu asamukela ngayo. Indlela uMoya oNgcwele ucwebisa ngayo ubuntu bethu obuphukile ngamandla kaNkulunkulu.

Sonke siyatholwa futhi sonke siphukile ngandlela thize. Nokho, ngasizathu simbe, amehlo ethu ngokuvamile awaboni ukuphuka kwethu kuyilapho evuleleke kakhulu ekushiyeni komakhelwane bethu. Kwesinye isikhathi siyakhohlwa ingxenye ethi “njengathi”. Sifinyelela phansi esikhundleni sokuwela. Sigcina esikhundleni sokukhonza. Siyatakula esikhundleni sokulandisa. UDkt. Brené Brown, umbhali, isikhulumi se-TED, kanye nesazi sefilosofi sabasengozini ukusho kahle, “… sihlukanise umhlaba waba 'yilabo abadinga usizo' kanye 'nalabo abanikeza usizo.' Iqiniso liwukuthi sisobabili." Kuhle kakhulu, Brené.

Umbhali nomshumayeli, u-Oswald Chambers ukubeke kwelinye izinga, “Idwala embusweni kaJesu Kristu ubumpofu, hhayi ukuba nezinto. ... Ulwazi ngobumpofu bethu lusiletha emngceleni wokuziphatha lapho uJesu Kristu esebenza khona.” Yilapho sifuna ukuba khona, akunjalo? Impilo yobumnandi emngceleni lapho uJesu asebenza khona. Yibuphi ubumpofu ongabuqapheli empilweni yakho? Ingabe unokuzibona? Yini ekuvimbela ukuba uthande umakhelwane wakho njengoba uthandwa wena?

Isinyathelo sanamuhla: Buka ingxenye yesibili yendaba ka-Bobby noPhyllis, bese usesha inhliziyo yakho nesikhathi esidlule ukuze uthole okuhlangenwe nakho okuphukile nobudlelwano. Thatha isinyathelo sokuqala sokuvumela uNkulunkulu ukuba asebenzise lokhu kuphuka ukuze aphulukise abanye.