Advent UkudumisaIsampula

joy.

There is no joy like the joy of discovery.

“I just discovered this new restaurant!”

“I just discovered this new TV show!”

“I just discovered this new band!”

“I just discovered I have extra vacation time!”

“I just discovered I had a wealthy relative who left me millions of dollars in inheritance!”

Joy is quite possibly the deepest, most common motivator of all people in all times. We go to great lengths for joy, for happiness. When you discover something really good, you can’t help but respond. It’s like it draws something out of you. That moment of discovery, that spontaneous split-second flutter of delight in something truly good— that’s joy.

injabulo.

Ayikho injabulo efana nenjabulo yokutholwa.

"Ngisanda kuthola le ndawo yokudlela entsha!"

"Ngisanda kuthola lolu hlelo olusha lwe-TV!"

"Ngisanda kuthola leli bhendi elisha!"

"Ngisanda kuthola ukuthi nginesikhathi esengeziwe seholide!"

"Ngisanda kuthola ukuthi nginezihlobo ezicebile ezingishiyele izigidi zamaRandi njengefa!"

Injabulo kungenzeka iyisisusa esijule kakhulu, esivame kakhulu kubo bonke abantu ngazo zonke izikhathi. Siya ebangeni elide ngenjabulo, ngenjabulo. Uma uthola okuthile okuhle ngempela, awukwazi ukusiza kepha uphendule. Kufana nokuthi idonsa okuthile kuwe. Lowo mzuzu wokutholwa, lowo mshophi ohlukaniseka ngokuzenzakalela wento enhle ngempela- leyo yinjabulo.

Sivame ukuphuthelwa yithuba lethu lokujabula ngenxa yento eyodwa: ukwesaba. Indaba kaKhisimusi yindaba ephathelene nokuthile okuhle ngempela, nokuthi kwenzekani lapho sithatha uNkulunkulu ngezwi lakhe, phakathi kokwesaba kwethu: sithola injabulo, futhi leyo njabulo idonsela ukudunyiswa.

ULuka 2: 8-20

“… kwakukhona abelusi endle, beqapha umhlambi wabo ebusuku.”

Abelusi babephakathi kwabokuqala ukuzwa lezi zindaba ezinhle. Kwakungekho lutho olukhethekile ngabo. Babesemsebenzini. Isimo sasingejwayelekile. Le mininingwane ibalulekile.

UNkulunkulu uza kuwe lapho ukhona. Akakwenzi ugqoke. Akakuniki ikheli ekhoneni elikude lomhlaba, lapho angatholakala khona. Uyakuthola. Ufika ngqo endaweni lapho kubonakala sengathi mancane amathuba okuthi afike.

Futhi lapho Efika, niyakwazi.

ULuka 2: 9

“Futhi ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kubo, inkazimulo yeNkosi yabakhanyisa nxazonke, futhi bagcwala ukwesaba okukhulu.”

Akungabazeki ukuthi umuntu uphambi kukaNkulunkulu. Kunesimo esihambisanayo: ukwesaba. Inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nokwesaba komuntu kuhambisana.

Sigwema ukwesaba okunjengesifo, futhi ngesizathu esihle. Ngubani othanda ukwesaba? Kepha ukwenqena kwethu ukwesaba kunomphumela ongahlosiwe.

Ukuzonda kwethu ukwesaba kusenze sangakwazi ukuzwa umlayezo owenziwa uzwakale kuphela ngokusebenzisa ukwesaba kwethu. Siyakugwema ukwesaba, kepha ngokwenza kanjalo, siphuthelwa yinjabulo yethu.

ULuka 2: 10a

“Ingelosi yathi kubo,“ Ningesabi… ”

Ukwesaba, uma kungekho okunye, kusenza sibe khona. Kusenza siqaphele okwamanje. Njengokuzwa umsindo omangazayo lapho ungawulindelanga. Ngokungazelelwe, nonke niyizindlebe.

Sivame ukuzama ukucasha kulokho esikwesabayo, noma sizikhathaze ngabo, noma sizame ukubona zonke izimo ezingaba khona futhi silawule konke okungahle kwenzeke ukuze sinciphise ukwesaba. Kepha kuthiwani uma uNkulunkulu esinikeza lokhu kwesaba ukusenza sibe khona, ukusisiza silalele? Uyabona, lapho silalela uNkulunkulu phakathi kokwesaba kwethu, umyalezo uyamangalisa: ungesabi.

ULuka 2: 10b

“… ngoba bheka, ngikulethela izindaba ezinhle zenjabulo enkulu ezoba ngeyabantu bonke.”

Injabulo akuyona i kuphela yokuthi asinakwesaba - injabulo isekubukeni ukuthi isifiso sethu esihle kakhulu, lowo ofisa ukulawula zonke izifiso, sigcwaliseke kanjani.

Bheka! Kukhona izindaba ezinhle okufanele ufakaze ngazo! Uma wenza kanjalo, kuzoba injabulo yakho enkulu!

ULuka 2:11

“Ngoba nizalelwe namuhla emzini kaDavide uMsindisi, onguKristu iNkosi.

Bheka! UNkulunkulu ulapha. Uzele ukukusindisa unomphela. Uzele ukuzokwenza kahle esithembisweni Sakhe. Izinsuku zobubi zibaliwe. Usizi luzophela. Ubulungiswa buzofika ekugcineni. Ukwesaba ngeke kusaba khona. Lapho ukhohlwa, Uzokukhumbuza. Awudingi ukuzichaza. Awudingi ukuphendula ngezono zakho. Igama eliwujuqu obukade ulilindele ukuzwa impilo yakho yonke selikhululiwe.

Injabulo enkulu yomhlaba isilapha.

Kepha kubukeka kwehlukile kunalokho ongakulindela.

ULuka 2:12

“Futhi lokhu kuzoba yisibonakaliso kuwe: uzothola ingane isongwe ngezindwangu futhi ilele emkhombeni.”

Akukho esigodlweni.

Akubukhali, akukukhulu.

Akukho kusibonisi sewindi le-Macy.

Akukho endlini enkulu noma emotweni enhle.

Akukho kusithembiso esingenalutho sokuhamba phezulu.

Akukho ezimpilweni ezicatshangelwayo zephupho labacebile nabadumile.

Akukho ngisho nasemizamweni yakho enesizotha yokuba ngumuntu ongcono. Incane futhi kulula ukuyikhumbula.

Kufihlwe endaweni engeke yenzeke.

Lapho, kulowo mkhombe, kulele yonke injabulo owake waba nesibindi ngayo.

ULuka 2: 15-16

“Lapho izingelosi zisuka kubo zaya ezulwini, abelusi bathi omunye komunye:“ Masiwele siye eBetlehema, siyobona le nto eyenzekileyo, iNkosi esazisile yona. ” Bahamba ngokushesha futhi bathola uMariya noJosefa, nengane ilele emkhombeni.

English Zulu

After beholding, the shepherds took a risk. They staked something on this news.

This is where it gets hard for us.

Modern marketing plays to our desire for joy all the time. Our minds are littered with counterfeit promises: “Buy into this trend, this relationship, this career path, this new phone, this political leader, this new method of raising kids… and you will have joy!”

And so we buy in. Time and again we invest too much in too small a promise, and are let down. We spend a fortune with so little return. We get our political leader in office and after a bit, we still feel something is missing. No wonder it’s so hard to hear the goods news. No wonder we are skeptical.

But we need not be skeptical of God. His word will not let us down. His word is “good news of great joy.” It is news concerning an event.

When we stake our lives on this good news, this marvelous discovery, we find great joy. And this joy draws something forth in us: praise.

Luke 2:20

“And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.”

Ngemuva kokubona, abelusi bazibeka engcupheni. Babeke okuthile ngalezi zindaba.

Yilapho kuba nzima khona kithi.

Ukumaketha kwanamuhla kudlala esifisweni sethu senjabulo sonke isikhathi. Izingqondo zethu zigcwele izethembiso mbumbulu: “Thenga kulo mkhuba, lobu budlelwano, le ndlela yokusebenza, le foni entsha, lo mholi wezepolitiki, le ndlela entsha yokukhulisa izingane… futhi uzoba nenjabulo!”

Ngakho-ke siyathenga. Ngokuphindaphindiwe sitshala imali eningi esithembisweni esincane kakhulu, futhi sehliswa. Sisebenzisa imali eningi ngokuthola okuncane kakhulu. Sifaka umholi wethu wezepolitiki esikhundleni futhi ngemuva kwesikhashana, sisazizwa ukuthi kukhona okushodayo. Akumangalisi ukuthi kunzima kangaka ukuzwa izindaba zezimpahla. Akumangalisi ukuthi singabaze.

Kepha asidingi ukungabaza uNkulunkulu. Izwi lakhe ngeke lisiphoxe. Izwi lakhe "izindaba ezinhle zenjabulo enkulu." Kuyizindaba eziphathelene nomcimbi. Lapho sibeka izimpilo zethu engcupheni ngalezi zindaba ezinhle, lokhu kutholakala okumangalisayo, sithola injabulo enkulu. Futhi le njabulo idonsela okuthile kithi: indumiso.

ULuka 2:20

“Futhi abelusi babuya, bedumisa futhi bedumisa uNkulunkulu ngakho konke abezwile nabakubonile, njengoba nje babetsheliwe.”

Injabulo ihlale yandulela ukuncoma. Noma ngabe unenjabulo encane, njengesidlo esimnandi, awukwazi ukuveza ngokuzwakalayo injabulo yakho. “Mmmm! Kumnandi lokhu! ” Kakhulu kangakanani-ke le njabulo eyinhloko izokhipha udumo kithi na?

Lo Khisimusi, ungesabi ukuthatha uNkulunkulu ngezwi lakhe lapho ukhona, phakathi kokwesaba kwakho. Bheka lezi zindaba ezinhle bese uthola injabulo yakho enkulu! Thatha leyo ngozi bese ubeka konke okukuyo engcupheni.

Ngeke udunyazwe. Ngenjabulo yakho, uzobe uqhuma kakhulu ngokudumisa.

...

Umkhuleko:

Nkulunkulu, noma ngesaba, ngisize ngikuthathe ngokwezwi lakho. Ngisize ngithole injabulo.

Ukuzijwayeza:

Yenza uhlu lwezindlela otshalile ngazo kakhulu kokuncane kakhulu. Cela uNkulunkulu akusize uzilalele ngokuzimisela lezi zindaba ezinhle futhi ungesabi.

——————————