UMbuso MawuzeIsampula

UMKHULEKO:

Nkulunkulu, ngifuna ukufana nawe. Ngisize ngithole izindlela zokuxhuma futhi ngikhule nawe.

UKUFUNDA:

Uke wayibona imuvi ethi The Karate Kid? Yindaba yengane yesikole samabanga aphezulu okuthiwa uDaniyeli elwa neziqhwaga zesitayela sama-1980s. Ngokushesha uDaniyeli uthola ukuthi umqaphi wefulethi lakhe, uMnu. Miyagi, uchwepheshe wekarate, futhi uDaniyeli ubona ikhambi eliphelele lenkinga yakhe. UMnu. Miyagi uyavuma ukuqeqesha uDaniyeli futhi amnikeze umsebenzi wokuwasha izimoto, ukupenda uthango, kanye nokulungisa ibala. UDaniyeli usebenza izinsuku eziningi enza le misebenzi ekhandlayo nephindaphindwayo. Ugcina ekhungathekile futhi egxeka umqeqeshi wakhe omusha ngokuthi uwenza kanjani wonke lo msebenzi ngaphandle kokufunda lutho nge-karate. Kodwa uMnumzane uMiyagi wembulela uDaniyeli ukuthi imisebenzi ephindaphindayo abeyenza izinsuku eziningi imfundisa ikarati! UMnu. Miyagi uzama ukugadla, futhi uDaniyeli uthola ukuthi usethuthukise amandla nenkumbulo yemisipha yazo zonke izinhlobo zokuvinjwa ezazingaphezu kwamandla akhe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili.

I-Karate Kid isebenza njengomfanekiso omuhle wokuthi imikhuba yomoya isebenza kanjani ezimpilweni zethu. Sifunda ngothando, injabulo, ukuthula, ukubekezela, nezinye izinto eziningi ezimangalisayo esizifunayo ekuphileni kwethu. Kodwa ukubamba lezi zinto akuyona into esingayithola ngomzamo oqondile. Asikwazi ukumane singene enjabulweni, okungenani hhayi ngesikhathi eside. Ngakho, njengoba uPawulu abhalela uThimothewu endimeni engenhla, ‘siqeqeshela kanjani ukumesaba uNkulunkulu’? Sisebenzisa umzamo wethu ezintweni ezingokomoya. 

Izenzo zokomoya zinguJesu olingana nokugcoba izimoto kanye nokulungisa iphansi. Kungase kungabonakali sengathi kukhona okwenzayo lapho uchitha isikhathi usuku nosuku ukuze uthule phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukuze ufunde iBhayibheli futhi uthandaze. Kodwa ngolunye usuku, lapho uhlaselwa yisimo obungasilindele, uzomangala ukuthola ukuthi awusabeli ngendlela obujwayele ukwenza ngayo. Kunalokho, uzozithola uphatha lesi simo ngesineke—futhi uzizwe unokuthula phakathi kwaso.

Njengokuqeqeshwa ngokomzimba nokuzivocavoca, izinqubo zokomoya zisenza, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, senze izinto ezazingaphezu kwamandla ethu. Futhi, akukho cala kuMnu. Miyagi, kodwa imikhuba yomoya yenza okungaphezu kokulola nokuqinisa amakhono ethu emvelo. Kunalokho, isisiza ukuba singene emandleni kaMoya oNgcwele, osebenza kithi ukuze sihlakulele izici eziningi zikaJesu.

Umbhali u-Dallas Willard uchaza imikhuba engokomoya, abhekisela kuyo ngokuthi “izigwegwe,” ngale ndlela: “Iziyalo ziyimisebenzi yengqondo nomzimba eyenziwa ngenhloso, ukuletha ubuntu bethu nobukhona bethu obuphelele ekusebenzisaneni okuphumelelayo nesimiso saphezulu. Zisenza siqhubeke siphila emandleni, okungukuthi, ngaphezu kwethu, kuphuma endaweni yomoya uqobo.”

Ngakho-ke, uma ulingeka ukuthi weqe kuleso sikhathi somthandazo wansuku zonke nokufunda imiBhalo, khumbula nje amazwi kathisha wakho: “gcoba, susa.”  Ukudlala nje… omunye uthisha: “Uma nihlala kimi nami kini, niyothela izithelo eziningi” (NgokukaJohane 15:5).  

UKUZINDLA:

Nansi imikhuba engokomoya ekhethiwe eye yaba usizo kubalandeli bakaJesu phakathi namakhulu eminyaka. Ihlukaniswe yaba izigaba ezimbili, izinqubo zokuxoxisana kanye nemikhuba yokuvimbela. Bheka ohlwini bese ubheka umkhuba omusha ongawuqala njengendlela yokuxhumana noNkulunkulu.

Imikhuba Yokuxoxisana  

Lezi zenzo zisisiza ngokwengeza izigqi ezintsha zokuxhumana noNkulunkulu ezindleleni zethu ezijwayelekile ngenjongo yokusondela kuye.

• Ukufunda IBhayibheli: Ukuchitha isikhathi ufunda futhi uzindla ngemiBhalo ukuze uvumele uNkulunkulu ukuba akhulume, asiqondise futhi asifundise. Lokhu kuhlanganisa izindlela ezihlukahlukene zokufunda, ukutadisha, ukuhlaziya, ngisho nokuzindla ngamazwi emiBhalo. 
• Ukudumisa: Ukugubha kanye nokubonga ngalokho uNkulunkulu ayikho nalokho akwenzile. Lokhu kungenziwa ngasese noma ngokubambisana ezinkonzweni zokukhonza. Ukudunisa kuvame ukuhlanganisa, kodwa akugcini nje, ekukhulumeni ngomculo. 
• Umkhuleko: Ukukhuluma noNkulunkulu ngalokho esibhekana nakho. Umthandazo ungabandakanya ukukhonza, njengoba kuchazwe ngenhla, ukunxusa (ukuthandazela izidingo zabanye), ukuvuma izono, nezinye izici eziningi. Ayikho indlela yokuthandaza njengoba ingekho indlela yokuxhumana nabantu esinobudlelwane nabo. Umkhuleko ekugcineni umayelana nokwakha ukuxhumana okungokwengqondo, okungokomzwelo, nokomoya noBaba wethu osezulwini ukuze siyazi futhi sithembele entandweni yakhe kangcono. 
• Ukuphana: Uthando lwethu ngoNkulunkulu luhloselwe ukuchichima othandweni ngabanye. Enye yezindlela esibonisa ngazo ukuthi sinothando iwukuba nesandla esivulekile ngesikhathi, amandla ethu nangezinto esinazo.

Imikhuba Yokuzibamba 

Le mikhuba iyizindlela zokuzincisha okuthile esikufunayo noma esikudingayo ukuze senze isikhala sokugxila futhi sixhumane noNkulunkulu. Empeleni, isisiza ukuba sixhumane noNkulunkulu ngokususa izinto ezinhlelweni zethu ezijwayelekile.  

• Ukuba wedwa: Ukusuka ukuze ube wedwa noNkulunkulu futhi ugxile kuye nalokho afuna ukukusho kithi.  
• Ukuzila ukudla: Ukuhamba isikhathi esimisiwe ngaphandle kokudla, noma esinye isifiso noma isidingo, ukuze ugxile kangcono emthandazweni nasekuxhumaneni noNkulunkulu. 
• ISabatha/Ukuphumula: Ukubekela eceleni njalo isikhathi lapho singeke sisebenze noma sigxile ekukhiqizeni ukuze sikhonze, siphumule, futhi sikhuthazeke kabusha. UNkulunkulu wamisa iSabatha lika-Israyeli ukuba ligcinwe usuku olulodwa olugcwele isonto ngalinye, kodwa ingqikithi yokuphumula kweSabatha ingase isetshenziswe izikhathi ezimfushane.