Usuku 10

Kuningi okufanele sikubabaze ngoMariya, unina kaJesu, eNcwadini kaLuka. Lapho ingelosi uGabriyeli imtshela ukuthi yena, njengentombi, wayezokhulelwa “iNdodana yoPhezukonke,” ukusabela kwakhe kokuqala kwaba ukushaqeka okuxubile okuhlangene nokwesaba. Kodwa ekuphenduleni kwakhe kokugcina kuGabriyeli, washo lamazwi athobisayo kuLuka 1:38: “Ngiyinceku yeNkosi, sengathi izwi lakho kimi lingagcwaliseka.”

Umbhali u-Tim Keller encwadini yakhe ethi “Ukhisimuzi Ofihlakele,” uchaza ukubaluleka kwamagama akhe lapha:

“Ezihumushweni ezindala uMariya uthi, “Makube kimi njengezwi lakho” (NgokukaLuka 1:38, King James Version). Lawo asondelene kakhulu namazwi indodana yakhe eyayiyowasho ngelinye ilanga: “Kungabi njengoba kuthanda mina, kodwa njengoba kuthanda wena (NgokukaMathewu 26:39) Wazinikela engakakwazi lokho uJesu ayezomenzela kona. Umhlatshelo uMariya amenzele wona, uMariya wamenzela okwengeziwe okungenakulinganiswa ukuthi wayezofika emhlabeni—kodwa cabanga ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yehla kangakanani, isuka ezulwini yeza emhlabeni, wayazi ukuthi wayeyamukela intando kaNkulunkulu ngisho nalapho ebeka ukuphila kwakhe engozini, kodwa uJesu wamukela intando kaNkulunkulu azi ukuthi yayizomlahlekisela ngakho konke... inkazimulo kithi sonke.”

UMariya wayezoqhubeka ezwa ubuhlungu obungacabangeki bokulahlekelwa ingane. Wakubuka ukufa kwaKhe ngesihluku kodwa kamuva wayezothola ithuna lakhe elingenalutho futhi abone umzimba waKhe ovusiwe! Wayebazi ubuhlungu nokulahlekelwa, kodwa futhi wayeyazi injabulo engenakulinganiswa. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwendaba yakhe, akazange avumele ubuhlungu noma izimo zakhe zamanje zimvimbe ekulaleleni. Yena, njengoJesu, wanikela intando yakhe kuBaba ngoba, ngaphezu kwakho konke, wayefuna intando Yakhe, hhayi eyakhe.

Isinyathelo Sokwenza: Ingabe sikhona isimo empilweni yakho osivumelayo ukuthi sithiye ukulalela kwakho uNkulunkulu? Thandaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu akusize “uzifele” njengoba ubheka intando Yakhe ngempilo yakho. Thandaza amazwi kaJesu, “kungabi njengokuba ngithanda mina, kodwa njengokuba kuthanda wena” (NgokukaMathewu 26:39), kunoma yiziphi izimo ezinzima ekuphileni kwakho namuhla.