Impilo Ekahle Yomzwelo Nokomoya
Ukuthola ithemba nokuqala ukulwa
Johane 16:33; Johane 10:10; neHubo 40:1–3
ENingizimu Afrika, abantu abadala abangu-14,135 bancika emithini yokudangala ngokwezinsiza zezempilo zangasese ngo-2011. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imithi yokudangala ephiwe abantu ifinyelela ku-253 million eMelika kuphela, futhi lelinombolo liyanda njalo. Ukudangala nokukhathazeka akukhethi ubuhlanga, ubudala, ukholo, isimo, noma isigaba sempilo esikuso. Imibuzo esingayibuza yile:
- UNkulunkulu ufunani ngesimo sengqondo nemizwa yethu?
- Ingabe uNkulunkulu unemithi yokudangala, ukukhathazeka, ingcindezi, kanye nemicabango yokuzibulala?
Impendulo ngu-Yebo ngokuqinisekile. Kodwa-ke, asikwazi ukuzikhipha kulezizifo ngoba nje sizibiza ngamaKristu.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi kukhona ithemba, ngoba uJesu uyathembisa futhi anike impilo eyengeziwe, egcwele injabulo, injongo, nokuthula.
Kukhona izingxenye ezengeziwe ngaphezu kokuthandaza nokufunda iBhayibheli, okungukuthi ezomoya, ezengqondo, ezemizwa, nezomzimba. Konke lokhu kudinga ukuba nempilo enhle ukuze kutholakale ukululama okugcwele nenkululeko.
UNkulunkulu wasidala ukuba siphile impilo egcwele ukholo, ukuthula, injabulo, ubuhle, nethemba. Singabuza lombuzo: Ingabe kungenzeka ukuba umlandeli kaJesu kepha usalwa nokudangala? Impendulo ingu-yebo ngokuqinisekile, ngoba abaholi abaningi abakhulu nabaprofethi baseBhayibhelini kwadingeka babhekane nokuphelelwa yithemba, ukudangala, nokudideka. Nokho uNkulunkulu wabasebenzisa bonke ngempumelelo enkulu. Ungacabanga ngezibonelo zabantu abanjalo eBhayibhelini ababonise ukudangala?
Okubalulekile ukukukhumbula ukuthi asisodwa; ukholo lwethu alwaphukile; uNkulunkulu ukanye nathi, hhayi kimelene nathi; futhi ufuna ukuhamba nathi siye ekunqobeni. Kudingeka sibhekise amehlo ethu kuJesu, sigqume eBhayibhelini, futhi siqale ukulwa.
Lwela inhliziyo yethu
IHubo 51:10; Johane 14:27; neHubo 94:19
Kufanele siqale ngokubuza: ubani ophethe inhliziyo yethu?
Izaga 4:23 – kudingeka sivikele inhliziyo yethu ngoba konke kuphuma kuyo.
Njengomlandeli kaJesu, kufanele sibheke iZwi ukuze sithole isiqondiso senze lokho uDavide akwenza kwiHubo 42. Akazamanga ukubulala imizwa yakhe kepha wadumisa uNkulunkulu naphezu kwalezizinselelo.
IHubo 42:5 linikeza indlela emangalisayo yokubhekana nesimo, hhayi kakhulu ngokuthi ubani okufanele sigxile kuye. UDavide usikhombisa ukuthi kudingeka sivuleke kuNkulunkulu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, siqotho ngokuphelele. UDavide wafinyelela ekukhulumeni naye ngokwakhe, wabe esezikhumbuza ukuthi kufanele abeke lonke ithemba lakhe kuNkulunkulu futhi amkhonze. UNkulunkulu mkhulu kunanoma yiziphi izinkinga zethu, futhi uyasiza ngaso sonke isikhathi sesidingo. UNkulunkulu usebenza njalo ukuze konke kube kuhle.
Lwela ingqondo yakho
Filipi 4:6–8; no-2 Korinte 10:5
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi siba nemicabango engu-50,000 kuya ku-80,000 ngosuku. Lokhu kuletha lombuzo: Ngicabangani na? Uma singalawuli imicabango yethu, iyosilawula. Imicabango ingenza izinto ezimbili eziholela emiphumeleni ehluke kakhulu – inamandla okubangela ingcindezi, ukukhathazeka, ukwesaba, usizi, kanye nokwesaba, kepha futhi ingaletha ukuthula, injabulo, ukubonga, uthando, nenkululeko empilweni yethu. Kuwukukhetha kwethu.
UNkulunkulu usinika izindaba ezinhle zokuthi asidingi ukugcina lemicabango emibi engqondweni yethu. UNkulunkulu ufuna sinike yona lemicabango emibi.
1 Petru 5:7 ithi kufanele siphonse imithwalo yethu kuye, njengoba esinakekela. Manje into enhle yokwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayazi ukuthi sizoba nokukhathazeka, ukukhathalela, nokuxhamazela. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyasinakekela futhi uyasithanda. Akumnandi yini ukwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu akafuni sithwale lemithwalo sodwa? Ukuphonsa ukukhathazeka kwethu kuNkulunkulu ngomthandazo kuvumela ukuthula kwakhe ukuvikela inhliziyo nengqondo yethu.
Lapho uJesu efundisa abafundi bakhe ukuthandaza, wathi kufanele bacele isinkwa sabo sansuku zonke. Lokhu kugcizelela iqiniso lokuthi lona umsebenzi wansuku zonke, wamahora wonke, womzuzu ngamunye esidinga ukuwenza. Kudingeka sivumelanise lokho uNkulunkulu akushoyo ngathi usuku ngalunye ngeZwi lakhe.
Lwela ubudlelwane bakho
Galathiya 6:2; Izaga 17:17; neZaga 27:17
Kudingeka sichithe isikhathi nabantu abafanele, futhi, njengoba iBhayibheli lisho, kudingeka sibe yingxenye yomphakathi. IBhayibheli likhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi asikwazi ukuhamba lelihambo sodwa; siyadingana, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, siyamdinga uNkulunkulu.
Ukuzihlukanisa yindlela yokubhujiswa – ngokuya sifuna ukuhoxa, kudingeka silwe kakhulu. Khumbula, ukuhleka, ukusekelwa, indlebe elalelayo, nezandla ezivulekile kuyizinsiza ezinamandla zokwelapha. Buka futhi Izaga 17:17.
Kufanele sikhethe lababantu ngokucophelela, ngoba kuzodingeka sibe sengozini futhi sivuleke. Cela uNkulunkulu akwakhele ukuphoqeleka kuwe ukuze ukwazi ukuqhubekela phambili futhi ulwele ubudlelwane.
Lwela ukukhonza
Galathiya 5:13; 1 Petru 4:10; neFilipi 2:3–4
Kudingeka silwe nalomphakathi ozigxilise kuwo wodwa esiphila kuwo. Ukukhonza kulwisana nobugovu ngoba kususa amehlo ethu ezinkingeni zethu siqu. Isayensi nayo isifakazele ukuthi ukukhonza kuthuthukisa impilo yomzwelo.
Mathewu 20:28 ithi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yeza ukuzokhonza, hhayi ukukhonzwa. Ungakhohlwa ukuthi sibizelwe ukuba njengoKristu, ngakho izenzo zethu kufanele zibonise ezakhe.
Ukudangala, ukukhathazeka, nezifo zengqondo kaningi kwenza siphile futhi sicabange sigxile kithi, hhayi njengoba uJesu wathi: “Phila ubheke ngaphandle, unakekele abagulayo nabampofu; amehlo asuke kuwe abheke kwabanye. Inhliziyo yakho izovuselelwa futhi ikhuthazwe.”
Umphakathi uthi “Konke kumayelana nami”, kepha uMsindisi wethu usibiza ukuba siphile nge-“Mbono woMbuso”. Konke kumayelana noNkulunkulu nabanye. Kudingeka sikwenze lokhu – uma kungenjalo, singakhonza kanjani futhi sibonise uthando lwakhe?
Lwela ukuphila ngokugcwele
Johane 4:13–14; IHubo 16:11; noRoma 8:11
Umkhethwa u-Irenaeus wake wathi, “Inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ngumuntu ophila ngokugcwele.”
UNkulunkulu akenzi izilinganiso ezingaphelele, ngakho-ke kufanele siphile impilo ephelele – echichimayo, egcwele impela, ecindezelwe, nepheleleyo.
Abantu badinga ukuba nalokho wena nami esinakho. Ekugcineni, uNkulunkulu wasinika amandla okunika abanye: ukwabelana. Impilo ebuthuntu, engenanjongo, nefiphele akusiyo eyethu.
Ukudangala nokukhathazeka kusiphelisa amandla kangangokuthi siyagxeka, ngezinye izikhathi size siyekele ngaphambi kokufinyelela emgqeni wokunqoba. UJesu unika impilo eyengeziwe, uNkulunkulu uyasilwela, futhi kudingeka nje senze ingxenye yethu.
Lwela ukuvuka, ukuma, ukuzibonakalisa, ukuba khona kumndeni nabangane, ubudlelwane bakho noJesu, ukuya esontweni, nokuphila ngokugcwele. Khumbula: ukulandela uJesu akufiki nesiqinisekiso sokuthi izinkinga ziyoyeka ukuba khona, njengoba iHubo 16:11 lisixwayisa.
UJesu ulinqobile izwe futhi uphila kithi. Ngakho-ke, singanqoba noma yini. Ake sigone ukuthula akunika ngesihle.
Khetha impilo
Duteronomi 30:19–20; IHubo 118:24; noJohane 10:10
Usuku ngalunye, sinokukhetha phakathi kokwehla siye endaweni engaphansi emnyama noma ukukhwela siye ekukhanyeni.
Endaweni engaphansi usathane uzokubhekana nawe akutshele amanga. Yilapha okudingeka sinqume ukuzithoba kuye silahlekelwe yiconsi, noma sikhethe ukugxila kuNkulunkulu siphile. Ngokwami ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele sisho ngezwi eliphezulu, “Cha Sathane, wehlulekile. Ngiyala ukuyeka. Ngikhetha uJesu nokuphila. Ngiyakhuphuka ngiphume kulendawo engaphansi. UJesu wangifela wabe esevuka futhi ukuze ngiphile futhi ngiphile ngokugcwele.”
Umthandazo
Jesu, ngiyakuncenga, joyina nami endleleni yami yokunqoba. Ngisize kuso sonke isinyathelo sokuphuma kulendawo engaphansi, futhi ungisize ngiqinise ukholo lwami kuwe. Ngipha ukuthula, ngiyathandaza. Ngigcwalise ngenjabulo yakho eNgcwele. Kumele ubuhle nethemba kukhule kimi, kungenze ukukhanya okukhanyayo kubo bonke ukuze babone. Amen.