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UMTHANDAZO:

Nkulunkulu, wangidala ngenjongo. Ngisize ngiphile ngaleyo njongo engqondweni. Vula amehlo ami ngezindlela engingathanda ngazo abanye kahle futhi ngibabonise wena.

FUNDA: 

UNkulunkulu usidale ngenjongo—ngenhloso. Uyakukholwa noma cha, usezilungisile kakade izindlela ongabonisa ngazo futhi wabelane nabanye ngothando lukaNkulunkulu. (Futhi uma uzibuza, uyazi lapho usebenza khona!)

Abalandeli bakaJesu abaningi baphila izimpilo ezihluke kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma kuziwa empilweni yabo yomsebenzi kanye nokholo lwabo. Kodwa kuthiwani uma umsebenzi wakho ungenye yezindlela eziyinhloko uNkulunkulu afuna ukukhulisa ngazo ukholo lwakho? 

Ingabe bewazi ukuthi umuntu ojwayelekile uchitha amahora angaba ngu-90,000—cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yobudala bakhe—emsebenzini? Uma ukholo lwethu lungakhulumi ezimpilweni zethu zomsebenzi, ngakho-ke alusho lutho ngalokho esikwenzayo ngengxenye enkulu yesikhathi sethu. UNkulunkulu uwukhathalela kakhulu umsebenzi wethu nendlela thina njengabalandeli bakaJesu esiwenza ngayo umsebenzi wethu. 

Amabandla abelokhu enza umsebenzi omuhle ngokusiza abantu bathole incazelo nenjongo enkulu emsebenzini wabo. Eqinisweni, ezinye izintshumayelo zikushiya unombono wokuthi ukuphela kwendlela yokukhonza uNkulunkulu iwukushiya umsebenzi wakho uyosebenza esontweni. Kodwa lokhu akuyeli eqinisweni.

Umgqugquzeli webandla uMartin Luther wabhala, “Umthungi wezicathulo ongumKristu wenza umsebenzi wakhe hhayi ngokubeka iziphambano ezincane ezicathulweni, kodwa ngokwenza izicathulo ezinhle, ngoba uNkulunkulu unesithakazelo ebungcwetini obuhle.”

UDorothy Sayers, isishoshovu nombhali, wazwakalisa imizwa efanayo lapho ebhala, “Indlela yebandla kumbazi ohlakaniphile ivame ukuphelela ekumnxuseni ukuthi angadakwa futhi angabi ongahlelekile ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphumula kodwa eze ebandleni ngamaSonto.. Okumele ngabe ibandla limtshela kona yilokhu: into yokuqala okumele ilandelwe yinkolo yakhe ukuthi enze amatafula amahle.”

Iqiniso liwukuthi, cishe yonke inhlobo yomsebenzi inikela ngandlela thize ekuzuzeni okuhle kwabanye. Ngakho, umsebenzi wethu ungenye yezindlela uNkulunkulu adlulisela ngazo uthando nokunakekela kwakhe endalweni yakhe. Ukuze ukhonze uNkulunkulu ngomsebenzi wakho, akudingekile ukuba uyeke umsebenzi wakho futhi uyosebenza esontweni—ungakhonza uNkulunkulu emsebenzini ngokushintsha okulula ekuboneni kwakho izinto. Mhlawumbe udinga ukubuka umsebenzi wakho ngeso lengqondo lomthelela omuhle onawo kwabanye. Mhlawumbe udinga ukuvuselela ukuzibophezela kwakho ekwenzeni umsebenzi osezingeni eliphezulu ngobuqotho. Noma mhlawumbe udinga nje ukuqaphela ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukubeke lapho ukhona ngesizathu futhi ‘ukulungiselele imisebenzi emihle’ ukuze uyenze lapho okungenzeka ukuthi uchithe amahora angu-40 isonto ngalinye.

ZINDLA:

Nansi imibuzo embalwa ongayibuza njengoba ucabanga ukuthi impilo yakho nomsebenzi wakho kuhlangana kanjani:

• Umsebenzi wakho ubasiza ngaziphi izindlela abanye?

• Kungabukeka kanjani ukugxila kakhulu ekukhonzeni abanye ngomsebenzi wakho?

• Ungalithonya kanjani isiko lendawo yakho yokusebenza ngendlela eyakhayo?

Chitha isikhathi ubhala izimpendulo zakho. Ingase ibonakale njengemibuzo elula ngokwanele, kodwa ungasheshi ukuyiqeda. Mema uNkulunkulu engxoxweni ngokukhuleka njengoba ubhala phansi imicabango yakho. Cela uMoya oNgcwele ukuba akwenze ukwazi kakhudlwana ukuba khona kwakhe nokuhola phakathi namahora akho omsebenzi. Cabanga ukwenza umkhuba wansuku zonke ukubuza uNkulunkulu, “Ubani ongathanda ngimbonise uthando lwakho namuhla?” Bese ukulungela ukuphendula ekuholeni kwakhe.