Usuku 8

Ubuhlungu bamanje bungenza abantu benze izinto ezihlekisayo. Lapho siqala ukulimala, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kungokomzimba noma ngokomzwelo, abantu abasizungezile ngokuvamile baba nozwelo nokuqonda. Kodwa njengoba ubusha buphela, ububele bungaphela futhi ukucabanga kungase kumile. Ingabe kukhona esikwenzile ukuze kubangele isimo sethu? Ingabe kuyisijeziso? Ingabe asinakwanga yiNkosi?

U-Elizabeth noZakariya badlula iminyaka yobunyumba. Babengagcini nje ngokulangazelela umntwana njengezithandani eziningi, kodwa ukuba yinyumba kwakucasula ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sabo okwakunezela ebuhlungwini benhliziyo yabo. Ukuba khona kobuhlungu kwaqhubeka isikhathi eside ngemva kokuba beqala ukubona ukuthi ukuba nengane kwakungeke kwenzeke ngendlela ababethemba ukuthi kuzokwenzeka ngayo.

Sihamba kanjani ebuhlungwini ngobuqotho nangokwethembeka lapho izinkathi zonyaka ziphenduka iminyaka noma amashumi eminyaka?

U-Elizabeth noZakariya bahlala bethembekile ethembeni labo lomntwana (ngisho nanjengoba kwakubuhlungu njengoba kumelwe ukuba kwakubuhlungu ukuyibona ingagcwaliseki usuku nosuku) nendima yabo njengomndeni wabapristi. Zisibonisa ukuthi ukudumala nethemba kungaba khona ndawonye ezweni eliphukile. Singathembela eNkosini ngezimpilo zethu, ngisho nalapho singaqondi ukuthi kungani sinobuhlungu, ngoba uyiNkosi.

Ngelinye ilanga, imithandazo yabo yekusasa labo yaba yiqiniso labo lamanje. Ingelosi yatshela uZakariya ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyizwile imithandazo yabo yokucela umntwana. Okwakubonakala kungenakwenzeka kumuntu kwavele kwaba ngokoqobo kuNkulunkulu. Lapho izwe likunikeza izizathu zokuyeka ukuba nethemba, khumbula ukuthi isihe esikhulu sandulelwa ukukhala kobuhlungu obukhulu ngokuphindaphindiwe kuwo wonke umlando. Yena lowo Nkulunkulu owezwa u-Israyeli ebugqilini, uDavide ebalekela uSawulu, nobuhlungu benhliziyo ka-Elizabeth nguyena Nkulunkulu olalela wonke amazwi aphuma emlonyeni wakho.

Kuleli viki, sincike ezinhlungwini zamanje. Hhayi ngoba sigajwa isihawu, kodwa ngoba ubuhlungu bethu bamanje bunikeza ithuba lokuba sixhumane neNkosi futhi siveze ukholo lwethu (kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lukhulu noma luncane kangakanani) ukuthi uqinisile eZwini laKhe nokuthi kukhona intokozo ezayo. izilingo zethu. Kunokuba sibheke izimo zethu njengezingakhululeki okufanele sizigweme, masincike ekufuneni induduzo uNkulunkulu angayinikeza labo abamphishekela ngenhliziyo yonke.

Isinyathelo Esenziwayo: Yibuphi ubuhlungu obukhona manje obubona empilweni yakho nasezindaweni esizungezile? Ungayilahli imithandazo yakho futhi uphishekele induduzo yobukhona bukaNkulunkulu. Phinda ubeke ithemba lakho eNkosini ngokuletha lezo zinhlungu kuye ngomthandazo futhi namuhla.