Ukuphila Kushintshile: Ukwethemba uNkulunkuluIsampula

Ukwethemba UNkulunkulu Lapho Ungaqondi

Themba UNkulunkulu. Lokhu kungase kube inkulumo umngani onenhloso enhle ayisho kuwe lapho ubhekene nento ongayiqondi. Nakuba bebeqonde kahle, akuhlali kuzwakala njengeseluleko esiwusizo kakhulu. Uvele uphenye kanjani inkinobho bese unquma ukuqala ukwethemba uNkulunkulu?

Awu, cabanga ngomuntu omethembayo empilweni yakho. Kungani ubathemba? Ingabe kungenxa yokuthi baye bafakazela ukuthi bayaligcina izwi labo? Noma mhlawumbe kulula ukubathemba ngoba uyazazi izisusa zabo. Ukholelwa ukuthi bayakuthanda futhi bakufunela okungcono kakhulu.

Kunjalo nangoNkulunkulu. Uyazigcina izithembiso Zakhe, izikhuthazi Zakhe zimsulwa, futhi Ukuthanda ngaphezu kwalokho ongakucabanga. Uma ufuna ubufakazi, akumele ubheke kude ukuze ubone ukuthi ukuthanda kangakanani. IBhayibheli lisitshela okuningi ngobuntu Bakhe kanye nesisusa sezenzo Zakhe.

Kulo lonke iBhayibheli, uNkulunkulu usikhombisa ukuthi uthembekile. Ubusisa u-Abrahama noSara ngomntwana ekugugeni kwabo. Usindisa wonke umndeni kaJosefa eminyakeni eyisikhombisa yendlala. Ukhulula abantu baKhe ebugqilini baseGibithe ngokuhlukanisa uLwandle Olubomvu. Futhi ekuboniseni kokugcina kothando ngathi, Uthumela iNdodana Yakhe yodwa ukuba izokufa esikhundleni sethu ukuze sihlale phakade eZulwini kanye Naye.

UNkulunkulu ufakazele kaninginingi kuyo yonke imiBhalo ukuthi ungumenzi wesithembiso futhi amacebo akhe ngathi mahle. Uma sizibheka, cishe sinezibonelo ezingenakubalwa ezimpilweni zethu zothando Lwakhe kanye nezinhloso ezinhle. Noma kunjalo, kusengaba nzima ukuthatha isinyathelo futhi simethembe, ikakhulukazi lapho sibhekene nesikhathi esinzima. Akusho ukuthi izithembiso Zakhe azilona iqiniso elincane.

Kungenzeka ukuthi kwakunzima ngabantu baseBhayibhelini ukuqhubeka bethembela kuNkulunkulu. U-Abrahama noSara bahlushwa ubunyumba amashumi eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba babe no-Isaka. UJosefa wathengiswa ebugqilini futhi waboshwa ngokungafanele ukuze akwazi ukusindisa umndeni wakhe lapho kufika indlala. Ama-Israyeli aphathwa kabi amakhulu eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba uNkulunkulu awakhiphe eGibhithe awangenise eZweni Lesithembiso. Nokho, kuzo zonke lezi zindaba, uNkulunkulu wayethembekile. Wabusisa, Wakhulula, futhi Wanakekela abantu Bakhe.

Njengoba sifunda iBhayibheli, siba nenzuzo yokwazi yonke indaba. Singakwazi ukuhlehlisa isithombe futhi sibone isithombe esigcwele. Singabona kalula ukuthi uNkulunkulu wanyakaza kanjani ezimpilweni zabantu Bakhe ukuze asebenzele konke ukuze kuzuze bona. Ngeshwa, asinalo ikhono lokubona indaba yethu egcwele. Sibona ingxenye encane yesithombe esikhulu. Lapho sisondeza futhi sigxile emzabalazweni wethu wesikhashana, kungaba nzima ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu. Kodwa uma sidonsa umoya futhi sihlehlisa ukuze sikhumbule izikhathi uNkulunkulu athembeke ngazo kithi kanye nezithembiso azenzile zokusinika ukuphila okuchichimayo kanye nengunaphakade Naye, siyothola ukuthula.

Uma uzama ukuthemba uNkulunkulu, mhlawumbe udinga ukushintsha umbono wakho. Cabanga ngalokho okwaziyo ngesimilo sikaNkulunkulu. Uma ungazazi izindaba ezimayelana nokwethembeka Kwakhe nezithembiso Zakhe ngathi, funda iBhayibheli futhi umazi kangcono. Zindla ngezikhathi lapho ubona khona uNkulunkulu ehamba empilweni yakho futhi ugxile kulezo zinkumbulo noma nini lapho uqala ukungabaza. Qaphela lapho ugxile kakhulu ezimweni zakho bese ukhetha ukuhlehlisa isithombe futhi uzindle ngothando lukaNkulunkulu. Lapho uzijwayeza ukwethemba uNkulunkulu kakhulu ezintweni ezincane, kuzoba lula ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu phakathi kwesiphepho.

Noma imuphi umshikashika, ukuhlehla, noma ukwehluleka obhekene nakho, themba ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungakuwe futhi usebenzela konke ukuze kuzuze wena. Ungase ungasiqondi isithombe esikhulu namuhla, eminyakeni emihlanu, noma nanini, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi uyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani nokuthi ukuthanda ngokujule kangakanani, ungathemba ukuthi uphephile ezandleni Zakhe.