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UKUZINDLA

"Angisakwazi ukulinda ukuthi ekugcineni ngithathe umhlalaphansi," umata omncane engihlala naye wayevame ukusho ngandlela-thile ngokuncokola, ngokungxamile, nakuba ayesasele amashumi ambalwa eminyaka omsebenzi ngaphambi kokuba isifiso sakhe sifezeke. "Umhlalaphansi kakade!" ngezinye izikhathi ungachaza isimo sethu sengqondo lapho sicabanga ngokuphumula esithenjiswe kona lapho sinikela ukuphila kwethu kuNkulunkulu, iZwe Lesithembiso elisilindile ngemva kokufa. Kungase kubonakale kukude kakhulu lapho sicabanga ngokuphila njengohambo olukhathele ogwadule. 

Nokho, umlobi weNcwadi eya kumaHeberu uyasigqugquzela ukuba singene ekuphumuleni Kwakhe njengamanje (KumaHeberu 4:11). Kusasele ukuphumula kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu ngempela ( KumaHeberu 4:9), “lokho kusho ukuthi kukhona ukuphumula okungokomoya uNkulunkulu asibizela kukho” ( Johannes Calvin). Ngakho-ke, kukhona okuthile ngokuphumula kweSabatha osekuvele kutholakala kithi njengesibuko salokho okuyoba ngokoqobo futhi okuzoqhubeka futhi kwande ngokuphindwe kashumi ephakadeni elithenjisiwe. 

KumaHeberu 4 “ukuphumula” kubhekiselwa endaweni ethenjisiwe yesikhathi esizayo, izwe eliphephile nelikhazimulayo kubantu bakaNkulunkulu, kanye nesimo esikhona manje esixhumene nakho konke okunye uNkulunkulu akudalile ngemva kokuqeda indalo Yakhe kanye nokugubha umsebenzi Wakhe. Kokubili kuyiZwe Lesithembiso lobisi noju kanye nomzuzu wokuthokoza okuhlanganyelwe ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Ngolunye usuku siyofika esiphethweni sohambo lwethu, njengoba nje abantu bakaNkulunkulu bafika eZweni laseKhanani. Nokho, kusukela kulolu suku kuqhubeke futhi ikakhulukazi namuhla, siyamenywa ukuba sinambithe lokhu kuphumula futhi siphendukele kuNkulunkulu simangale ngenkazimulo Yakhe, sikhunjuzwe ngomsebenzi Wakhe futhi sibeke ithemba lethu Kuye. Lesi sakamuva sibalulekile ngoba umlobi wencwadi yamaHeberu uxwayisa umfundi ukuthi njengoba nje ama-Israyeli aphuthelwa ithuba lokungena eZweni Lesithembiso eKadeshi Barineya, singaphuthelwa ithuba lethu lapho senza lukhuni izinhliziyo zethu. Ngokuthembela kuNkulunkulu nokukhetha ukwenza njalo usuku nosuku, ukuphumula kweSabatha kuzosiphelezela kusukela kulolu suku kuqhubeke kuze kufike esimweni sako sangempela ebukhoneni Bakhe baphakade. 

Masingabi ngabangenalwazi ekukhonzeni kwethu, kodwa masikhuleke kuNkulunkulu ngoMoya nangeqiniso. Funda iBhayibheli futhi uzwe izwi likaNkulunkulu. Funda iBhayibheli futhi ubone uJesu. Funda iBhayibheli futhi uthole amandla kaMoya oNgcwele.

IMIBUZO YOKUZINDLA  

• Kusho ukuthini ukuphumula okungokomoya kimi?   
• Izikhathi zami zeSabatha zilikhulisa kanjani ithemba lami na?   
• Ingabe zikhona izici empilweni yami eziholele ekutheni ngenze inhliziyo yami ibe lukhuni?  

IZIHLOKO ZOMTHANDAZO  

• Siyakhuleka ukuba uNkulunkulu asiphe ukuphumula namuhla.   
• Sithandazela intethelelo ngezikhathi lapho sivumela izinhliziyo zethu zibe lukhuni futhi sifulathele uNkulunkulu.   
• Sithandazela intethelelo kanye nesithembiso sakhe sokusinika ukungena eZweni Lesethembiso, indawo yokuphumula kanye nendawo lapho ezohlala khona nathi ingunaphakade.   
• Sithandazela usizo lokukhuthazana ukuze sibe yisibonelo esihle sokwethembeka esizukulwaneni esilandelayo.  

UMTHANDAZO OPHAKANYISIWE  

Baba, ngithemba wena, noma ngisehlane, ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi uyakungiholela ekuphumuleni kwakho, ekulondekeni kwakho okukhazimulayo. Ngifuna ukuphila ebukhoneni Bakho ukuze ngithole leli themba nokuphumula kweSabatha nsuku zonke. Ameni.

U-Michael Mutzner, Omele Unomphela e-UN e-Geneva, i-World Evangelical Alliance, e-Switzerland.