Ukuphila Kushintshile: NgoKhisimusiIsampula
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Kungaba lula ukuba matasatasa ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi bese ulahlekelwa umbono wokuthi kungani sigubha. Njengoba sifuna ukuba ukukhanya kubantu abasizungezile, ngezinye izikhathi kunzima ukuzulazula engcindezini esisindayo kulesi sikhathi sonyaka. Kunokuba siqhubeke sithwale ukukhathazeka, intukuthelo nokucasuka, ukholo lwethu kuJesu lungasisiza siphile ngendlela ehlukile kule nkathi yamaholide.
Encwadini ayibhalela abase-Efesu, umphostoli uPawulu usinikeza ukuqonda kokuthi ukholo lwethu lungalolonga kanjani umbono wethu lapho esikhuthaza ukuba sihlome ngazo zonke izikhali zikaNkulunkulu nsuku zonke. Ubala izingcezu zempi: ibhande leqiniso, isivikelo sesifuba sokulunga, izicathulo zeVangeli lokuthula, isihlangu sokukholwa, isigqoko sokuzivikela sensindiso, nenkemba kaMoya, eyiZwi likaNkulunkulu. Isiqephu ngasinye sihloselwe ukusikhumbuza amandla nesivikelo esinaso kuKristu.
Ngokuthakazelisayo, isivikelo esisodwa uPawulu asinika umongo owengeziwe yisihlangu sokholo. Uthi sinamandla “okucima yonke imicibisholo evuthayo yomubi.” Yima isikhashana ukuze uthwebule leso simo. Imicibisholo evuthayo ijikijelwa kuwe bese ngokuvikela kwesihlangu sakho, ayinabungozi ngokuphelele. Ukholo lwethu luyisikhali esinamandla sokulwa namaqhinga esitha sethu!
Ngezinye izikhathi, singase sidideke ngokuthi ubani isitha. Singase sisole umuntu othengayo eseholidini edelela, umphathi osidilize ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi, noma ilungu lomndeni elihlale lisigxeka. Kodwa abantu abasizungezile abazona izitha zethu. Isitha sethu sangempela ngusathane ozulazula njengebhubesi elibhodlayo efuna ukuntshontsha injabulo yethu, abulale ithemba lethu, aqede ukuthula kwethu. Kuyiqiniso elesabekayo okufanele silamukele, kodwa akudingeki sesabe. uNkulunkulu wethu unamandla kunanoma yini engasehlela.
Nakuba lezi zikhali ziyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu esenzelwe ukusivikela, kusamele sikukhuthalele ukuzigqoka. Kungaba lula njengomthandazo wansuku zonke ofana nalo:
“Nkulunkulu, ngiyabona ukuthi ngisempini yomoya futhi ngithembela kuwe ukuthi ungivikele. Ngibophe ibhande leqiniso; ngisize ngizwe kuphela futhi ngikhulume iqiniso. Ngafaka isivikelo sesifuba sokulunga; gcina inhliziyo yami, ungisize ngivuleleke ekuqondiseni kwakho. Ngifake izicathulo zeVangeli lokuthula; ngisize ngitshele abanye ngawe futhi ulethe ukuthula lapho ngiya khona. Ngithatha isihlangu sokukholwa; ngisize ngibeke ithemba lami kuwe futhi ungivikele ekuhlaseleni kwezitha. Ngifake isigqoko sensindiso; gcina ingqondo yami futhi ungisize ukuba ngicabange ngezinto ezinhle kuphela. Ngithatha inkemba kaMoya; ngisize ngikhumbule imiBhalo futhi ngiyisebenzise ukuze ngizivikele mina nabanye. Ameni!”
Kulo khisimusi, masihlale siqaphile ukuze sigweme ukuhlasela kwesitha. Khumbula ukuthi ukulwa kwakho akuhlangene nabantu abaseduze nawe. Hlala ugxile eqinisweni lokuthi uthandwa ngokujulile uNkulunkulu ukuze ugweme kalula noma isiphi isono esiza kuwe. Yenza konke ongakwenza ukuthanda abantu abaseduze kwakho, ikakhulukazi labo abangenanhlonipho, ngoba awubazi ubuhlungu obufihlakele umuntu abhekene nabo. Ukuhloma izikhali zikaNkulunkulu ezigcwele zonke izinsuku kuyokusiza kulokho ngakunye kwalezi zinto.
Ngaphambi kokuthi uyothenga, hloma. Ngaphambi kokuthi ungene engxoxweni enzima, hloma. Ngaphambi kokuya embuthanweni womndeni wakho, hloma izikhali. Ngaphambi kokuba uzizwe udangele, ngaphambi kokuba ukubekezela kwakho kunciphe, futhi ngaphambi kokuba uphendule ngokucasuka, phakamisa izikhali. Singaba nethemba eligcwele ngezikhali Zakhe zempi kanye nasemandleni okholo lwethu. Lapho sithembekile ekubhekeni kuNkulunkulu ukuze sithole amandla, uyothembeka ukuze asivikele.
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Kukho konke ukuphithizela kwamaholide, kungase kube lula ukulahlekelwa umbono wokuthi kungani sigubha. Kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-5 zokuza, sizongena ezithembisweni ezigcwaliseke ngokuzalwa kukaJesu nethemba esinalo ngekusasa. Njengoba sifunda okwengeziwe ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani, sizothola ukuthi singaphila kanjani phakathi nesikhathi samaholide ngethemba, ukholo, injabulo, nokuthula.
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