I-Advent: Ukuthola kabusha uKhisimusi EzinxushunxushwiniIsampula

Ukulinda Ngethemba

Inkathi ye-Advent ihlanganisa amasonto amane ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi futhi isikhathi esenzelwe ukulungisa izinhliziyo zethu ukugubha ukuzalwa kukaKristu. Ngesonto lokuqala le-Advent, sigxila eTHEMBENI.

Ithemba lisho ukulinda. Ithemba lidinga ukubekezela.

UJehova muhle kwabamethembayo,
kulabo abamfunayo.
Kuhle ukulinda ngokuthula
ukuze uJehova asindise.
- IsiLilo 3:25-26 (NCV)

Igama elihunyushwe ngokuthi ITHEMBA kula mavesi yigama lesiHebheru elithi qavah. Ngezinye izikhathi lihunyushwa ngokuthi “ukulinda.” Incazelo yayo yezwi kaStrong ethi Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible ithi “ukuhlanganisa (mhlawumbe ngokusonta)” futhi isuka egameni elisho intambo.

Igama lisho ukuthi, empeleni, umuzwa wokulangazela onawo uma ulindele okuthile okuhle ukuthi kwenzeke. I-Qavah lingaqhathaniswa nokushuba okuvikelekile okuzwayo lapho ubambe intambo futhi omunye umuntu ebambelele ngokuqinile komunye umkhawulo wayo. Emqondweni wami, ngibona ngeso lengqondo intambo eqinile, ephothiweyo isibambe yasiqinisa kuNkulunkulu.

Cabanga ukuthi kwenzekani uma udedela intambo noma uvumela ukuxega okukhulu. Akusekho ukungezwani. Alisekho ithemba.

Ngamanye amazwi, ithemba lidinga ukuthi senze okuthile ngasohlangothini lwethu.

Ukulinda ngokuthula kungase kungabonakali njengesenzo. Eqinisweni, kumuntu onjengami (umhleli ophelele), ukulinda kubonakala kufana kakhulu nokungasebenzi. Nokho, lena yindlela esibizelwa ngayo ethembeni—empeleni sidinga ukwenza ngamabomu kakhulu ekulindeni kwethu ngesineke.

Ukulinda buthule ngeke kwenzeke njengoba sigijima ezindaweni ngezindawo futhi sibhaka, sithenga, sicula, futhi sidla phakathi nesikhathi samaholide.

Ukulinda buthule kudinga isikhathi, indawo lapho singeke siphazamiseke khona, nezindlebe ezilalelayo ukuze zithole izinyathelo ezincane uNkulunkulu azibeke phambi kwethu zalolu suku, esikhundleni sokugijimela entanjeni sisodwa

Futhi njengoba silinda ngokubekezela ngokulangazela, uNkulunkulu uthembisa ukusiqinisa…

Kepha abathemba [qavah] eNkosini
bayothola amandla amasha.
Bayakundiza ngamaphiko njengezinkozi,
bayogijima bengakhathali,
bayohamba bangapheli amandla.
- Isaya 40:31 (NIV)

Ngiyanimema kulesi sikhathi se-Advent, njengoba niqala ukwenza uhlu lwezinto okufanele nizenze, ukuze nizibekele isikhathi lindani ngokuthula. Beka eceleni izikhathi ezithule ukuze umfune. Thola isihlalo esithokomele futhi ube nengxoxo nomuntu oyedwa noNkulunkulu imizuzu embalwa usuku ngalunye. Bambelela entanjeni YETHEMBA, futhi uzwe ukuthi kunjani ukumthola Ebambelele evikelekile ngakolunye uhlangothi.