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“Hamba Ngokuzethemba”
“Ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi,” kuphendula uMariya. “Akube kimi njengezwi lakho.” — ULuka 1:38
Wake wacabanga ukuthi kwakunjani ukuba njengentombi uMariya? Ukudela izinhlelo zakho ngokuphelele futhi uhambe ngokwethemba ikusasa, wethemba ngokugcwele uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu?
UMariya wadela okuningi ukuze akhonze uNkulunkulu. Ngaphambi kokuvakashelwa kwakhe yingelosi, amaphupho akhe kanye nalokho ayekulindele ngekusasa kanye nezinhlelo zakhe ngengane yakhe cishe kwakuhluke kakhulu kulokho uNkulunkulu ayekuhlelile ekugcineni. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayengazi ukuthi ikusasa lakhe liyoba njani, kodwa wathembela kuNkulunkulu futhi wazithoba entandweni yakhe, hhayi ngenxa yokwesaba, kodwa ngenxa yokukhulekela. Wayethembele kuNkulunkulu nakuba ikusasa lalingacacile futhi linokwesabisa. Esikhundleni sokudangala ngaphansi kwengcindezi nokwesaba ikusasa elingaqinisekile, wahamba phambili ngokholo. Wayethembekile futhi enesibindi naphezu kwezimo zakhe. Waqaphela ukuthi ukuphila kwakhe kwakungokukaNkulunkulu nokuthi uNkulunkulu wayenaye.
Ngifisa sengathi ngingafana noMariya. Wathembela kuNkulunkulu ngezici zokuphila kwakhe ezaziyigugu kakhulu. Akazange azame ukuxoxisana noNkulunkulu noma afune ulwazi olwengeziwe. Akazange alinganise ubuhle nobubi. Walandela uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokungabaza.
Ngingathanda ukucabanga ukuthi nginganikela ngempilo yami ngendlela efanayo, kodwa ngivame ukuzama ukubambelela ekulawuleni. Kungani kuwumkhuba wethu ukungabaza uNkulunkulu ezindaweni ezibaluleke kakhulu? Ingabe singabaza ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu? Noma ingoiba simane singamethembi ezikhathini zokungaqiniseki?
Yini ekithina esigcina sibambelele ekulawuleni esikhundleni sokuthi sizinikele ngokuphelele? Ngifuna ukufika lapho ngingasho khona ngaphandle kokungabaza, “Umbuso wakho mawuze. mayenziwe intando yakho.”
Ukuthula kuyinto sonke esiyifunayo. Lapho ukuphila kungaqinisekile, sifuna ukuba nokuthile okusinika isiqiniseko, okuthile okuzosigxilisa futhi kusenze sizizwe silondekile. UKristu usinika lelo themba ngezikhathi zokungaqiniseki, futhi usinika isibindi sokuhamba ngokuqiniseka esikhathini esizayo—njengoba kwenza uMariya. Ngoba uNkulunkulu unathi.
“Intombi iyakukhulelwa izale indodana, bayakuyiqamba igama lokuthi u-Emanuweli” (okusho ukuthi “uNkulunkulu unathi”)— Mathewu 1:23
Leah Selby
Inethiwekhi Yokunakekela
“Ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi,” kuphendula uMariya. “Akube kimi njengezwi lakho.” — ULuka 1:38
Wake wacabanga ukuthi kwakunjani ukuba njengentombi uMariya? Ukudela izinhlelo zakho ngokuphelele futhi uhambe ngokwethemba ikusasa, wethemba ngokugcwele uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu?
UMariya wadela okuningi ukuze akhonze uNkulunkulu. Ngaphambi kokuvakashelwa kwakhe yingelosi, amaphupho akhe kanye nalokho ayekulindele ngekusasa kanye nezinhlelo zakhe ngengane yakhe cishe kwakuhluke kakhulu kulokho uNkulunkulu ayekuhlelile ekugcineni. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayengazi ukuthi ikusasa lakhe liyoba njani, kodwa wathembela kuNkulunkulu futhi wazithoba entandweni yakhe, hhayi ngenxa yokwesaba, kodwa ngenxa yokukhulekela. Wayethembele kuNkulunkulu nakuba ikusasa lalingacacile futhi linokwesabisa. Esikhundleni sokudangala ngaphansi kwengcindezi nokwesaba ikusasa elingaqinisekile, wahamba phambili ngokholo. Wayethembekile futhi enesibindi naphezu kwezimo zakhe. Waqaphela ukuthi ukuphila kwakhe kwakungokukaNkulunkulu nokuthi uNkulunkulu wayenaye.
Ngifisa sengathi ngingafana noMariya. Wathembela kuNkulunkulu ngezici zokuphila kwakhe ezaziyigugu kakhulu. Akazange azame ukuxoxisana noNkulunkulu noma afune ulwazi olwengeziwe. Akazange alinganise ubuhle nobubi. Walandela uNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokungabaza.
Ngingathanda ukucabanga ukuthi nginganikela ngempilo yami ngendlela efanayo, kodwa ngivame ukuzama ukubambelela ekulawuleni. Kungani kuwumkhuba wethu ukungabaza uNkulunkulu ezindaweni ezibaluleke kakhulu? Ingabe singabaza ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu? Noma ingoiba simane singamethembi ezikhathini zokungaqiniseki?
Yini ekithina esigcina sibambelele ekulawuleni esikhundleni sokuthi sizinikele ngokuphelele? Ngifuna ukufika lapho ngingasho khona ngaphandle kokungabaza, “Umbuso wakho mawuze. mayenziwe intando yakho.”
Ukuthula kuyinto sonke esiyifunayo. Lapho ukuphila kungaqinisekile, sifuna ukuba nokuthile okusinika isiqiniseko, okuthile okuzosigxilisa futhi kusenze sizizwe silondekile. UKristu usinika lelo themba ngezikhathi zokungaqiniseki, futhi usinika isibindi sokuhamba ngokuqiniseka esikhathini esizayo—njengoba kwenza uMariya. Ngoba uNkulunkulu unathi.
“Intombi iyakukhulelwa izale indodana, bayakuyiqamba igama lokuthi u-Emanuweli” (okusho ukuthi “uNkulunkulu unathi”)— Mathewu 1:23
Leah Selby
Inethiwekhi Yokunakekela
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