Usuku 4: Ungabhekana Kanjani Namaphupho Aphukile.

Wake waba nephupho elafiphala?

Mhlawumbe kwakuwumbono webhizinisi owazi nje ukuthi lizokwenzela izigidi. Mhlawumbe bekuwuthando lwamaphupho olwabhuntsha.

Kwesinye isikhathi asihlali ngokujabula. Amaphupho awafezeki njalo. Futhi uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, amanye amaphupho akufanele afezeke. Kodwa lokho akuwenzi alimaze kancane lapho ephahlazeka phambi kwamehlo ethu.

Amaphupho aseduze nenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu—iBhayibheli ligcwele ngawo. Ukuthi ambalwa amaphupho akho aphenduke aba mabi akusho ukuthi kufanele uyeke ukuphupha.

Kodwa khumbula ukuthi iphupho lakho kungase kudingeke life ngaphambi kokuba liphile.

EBhayibhelini, indaba kaJosefa umphuphi iphetha ngenjabulo engapheli. Kodwa uJosefa kwadingeka adlule ezikhathini eziningi zokufa ukuze afike lapho, kuhlanganise nokukhashelwa, ubugqila, iminyaka yokusebenza kanzima neminyaka ejele. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kunezikhathi ayecabanga ukuthi impilo yakhe isiphelile futhi wonke amathemba aphelile.

Kodwa lapho isikhathi sivuma, uNkulunkulu wagcwalisa iphupho lakhe ngezindlela ezinkulu kakhulu kunalokho uJosefa ayekucabanga.

Amaphupho kaNkulunkulu ahlala emakhulu kunamaphupho abantu. Kwesinye isikhathi amaphupho ethu kufanele afe, okungenani isikhashana, ukuze sife emaphusheni ethu. Okusho ukuthi, kufanele sisuse imibono yethu kanye nokuzethemba kwethu esisekelweni sikubeke e-altare. Kwesinye isikhathi ukufa kwamaphupho ethu amancane kwenza indlela yokufezeka kwephupho elikhulu likaNkulunkulu. Iphupho lethu elihle kumele lifeze ukuze kuvuleke indawo yephupho elingcono kakhulu, leliphupho elilingana noNkulunkulu.

Uma sesithole ukulondeka kwethu nokuqiniseka kwethu kuNkulunkulu esikhundleni sokufeza okuthile kwesikhashana noma ukunconywa, sizokwazi ukuphishekela amaphupho ethu ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa yithina kule nqubo.

Ngakho, uma ubhekene nokudumala nobuhlungu ngenxa yephupho elingazange lifezeke, sebenzisa lesi sikhathi ukuze usondele kuNkulunkulu. Nikeza okulindele kuye. Mvumele ahlale isikhashana ephusheni lakho.

Uphephile ezingalweni zakhe, futhi iphupho lakho liphephile ezandleni zakhe.