Indoda Ephakathi NEsiphambano: Uhlelo lokufunda iPhasika Lezinsuku Ezingu-7Isampula

EKUPHAKAMENI EMATHUNZINI

“Kwakukhona indoda, igama layo linguJosefa, evela emzini wabaJuda wase-Arimatheya. Wayeyilungu lomkhandlu, indoda elungile nelungile, eyayingazange ivume isinqumo nesenzo sabo; futhi wayebheke umbuso kaNkulunkulu. Le ndoda yaya kuPilatu yacela isidumbu sikaJesu. NGOKUKALUKA 23:50-52 (ESV)

Ukungcwatshwa kukaJesu kwakungesona neze isiphetho esingalindelekile ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili eziyinhloko. Okokuqala, ukubethelwa kwezigebengu esiphambanweni ngokuvamile kwakungesona isiphetho sokuthotshiswa kwazo; ngokuvamile babengavunyelwe ukungcwatshwa ngendlela efanele. Okwesibili, ukukhululwa kwesidumbu kwakuxhomeke kuphela ekubeni isihlobo noma umngani ocela imvume yokungcwaba isidumbu—futhi ubani owasala ukuba angcwabe uJesu? Abafundi base bebalekile, isixuku sihlakazekile, nabesifazane babengakulungele ukwenza isicelo esinjalo.

Kulesi sikhathi somlando, umuntu uvela ngokuzumayo nangokuthula—umuntu “owayengumfundi kaJesu, kodwa ngasese ngenxa yokwesaba abaJuda” (NgokukaJohane 19:38).

Ukwesaba kwamthulisa uJosefa wase-Arimathiya kuze kube manje. Ukuphila kukaJesu nokufundisa kwakhe kwamkhanga futhi kwamlethela okholweni olusindisayo, kodwa ukholo lwakhe lwahlala luyimfihlo. Waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe wokomoya ngasese—okungukuthi, kwaze kwaba yilapho isiphambano simveza obala. Ngakho, ngemva kwesikhathi eside elenga ethunzini, uJosefa “waya kuPilatu wacela isidumbu sikaJesu.”

Ukulandisa kweVangeli kuchaza indlela uJosefa aphatha ngayo ngokucophelela isidumbu sikaJesu lapho ‘esethula’ esiphambanweni, “esisonga ngendwangu yelineni, wambeka ethuneni eliqoshwe etsheni, lapho okwakungakaze kubekwe muntu khona. ” (NgokukaLuka 23:53). Sifunda ngokufanayo ngoNikhodemu, “owayefike kuJesu ngaphambili ebusuku … ephethe ingxube yemore nenhlaba” ukusiza uJosefa ekungcwatshweni kwakhe (NgokukaJohane 19:39).

Ukubukeka kukaJosefa kafushane futhi ebunyeni nakho kuyisikhumbuzo esicacile kithi sokuphatha kukaNkulunkulu emsebenzini ngazo zonke izikhathi nakuzo zonke izindawo. UNkulunkulu walungiselela uJosefa wona kanye lomzuzu. UJosefa wayesaba futhi efihla, kodwa uNkulunkulu wamsebenzisa ukuze enze okuhle, njengoba enza nathi. Cishe uJosefa wayelahlekelwe amathuba amaningi okumela iNkosi yakhe; ngokunokwenzeka wayethule izikhathi eziningi lapho kwakufanele akhulume. Nokho kwakulendoda uNkulunkulu aqinisekisa ukuthi yayizoba khona ngalolu suku ukuze enze lo msebenzi obalulekile. Futhi uJosefa wasukuma, ebeka engozini yonke into—isikhundla sakhe, isithunzi, nokuphepha—ukuhlonipha uJesu ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi ungcwatshwa ngendlela efanele.

Ungazithola usufana noJosefa: ubuphila njengomfundi oyimfihlo, okholwayo kodwa wesaba ukwazisa noma ubani endaweni yakini noma emsebenzini ngokholo lwakho. Uma kunjalo, namuhla, cela iNkosi uJesu Kristu ukuba ithethelele ukwesaba kwakho futhi ikuvumele, njengoJosefa, ekukhanyeni kwesiphambano, ukuba ume ngesibindi Ngaye othandweni lukaKristu. Kungenzeka ukuthi uke waphuthelwa izikhathi esikhathini esidlule lapho uthola ithuba lokumela iNkosi yakho, kodwa uNkulunkulu uhlale ekulungele ukukunikeza umsebenzi wokuhlonipha iNdodana Yakhe, futhi akufanele uyeke ithuba elilandelayo.

• UNkulunkulu ungibiza kanjani ukuthi ngicabange ngendlela ehlukile?
• UNkulunkulu uhlela kanjani kabusha uthando lwenhliziyo yami—engikuthandayo?
• UNkulunkulu ungibizela ukuba ngenzeni njengoba ngiqhubeka nosuku lwami namuhla?