Ngaba iNkosi ilala xa siphulukene nolwandle?
Buya kuba buhluke njani ubomi bethu ukuba uxolo lukaKristu lunkampu ngeenxa zonke kuthi xa kuvela ingozi.
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Masithi ulahlekile elwandle kwaye iphenyane lakho, libethwe ngumoya nangamanzi, beliza kutshona. Ungathini? Awunaso unomathotholo, ngenxa yoko awunakho ukunika ingxelo ngoncedo. Kwaye, ukwenza izinto zibe mbi ngakumbi, awunakukhangela. Okanye qubha. Isikhephe, okwangoku, esinokuthi sizenze zombini, silele bubuthongo kwigumbi lakhe kwaye asizukuphuma.
Ngaba kunokubakho umlingane wevangeli kule nto? Kuthiwani ngesiqendu sokulala kukaYesu emkhombeni njengoko isaqhwithi sasihlasela kwaye abafundi besongelana? "Baza bamvusa", uMarko oyiNgcwele usixelela esithi, "Nkosi, sisindise! Siyafa! "
Kwaye uyaphendula? Ngaba uya kubagcina bekhuselekile? Okanye iya kufana nomnye umkhumbi-moya owathi, xa efika kwingozi yokuqala, athabathe umhlala-phantsi kwigumbi lakhe eliphakathi apho, phakathi kokubhomboloza komoya nolwandle, avume nje ukuphuma? Impendulo icace ngokwaneleyo: UYesu uvuka kwangoko kwaye, ebuza ukuba kutheni besoyika, ngokukhawuleza uqala ukukhalimela umoya namaza. “Kwaye kwabakho ukuzola okukhulu”, iVangeli iyasixelela, eshiya abafundi bedidekile ngokumangalisayo. “Baza boyika kakhulu, bathi omnye komnye,“ Ngubani na ke lo, le nto alulanyelwa nangumoya nalulwandle? ”(Marko 4: 39-41)?
Impendulo icacile, kunjalo. Yiyo loo nto, xa uThixo engena phakathi kwethu eyindoda, ungena kuyo yonke idrama yemeko yomntu, kubandakanya lonke usizi noloyiko olusongela ukusigubungela mzuzu weengozi. "U-Thixo akanakuba ngumntu nangayiphi na enye indlela," kubhala uHans Urs von Balthasar kwi-The Christian and Anxiety, "endaweni yokwazi uloyiko lomntu nokuzithathela kuye". Inokwenzeka njani ukuba ibe ngomnye wethu ukuba uye wema ngezantsi kwalowo mbundu? "Ngenxa yoko, kwafuneka ukuba afane nabantakwabo ngandlela zonke," Ileta eya kumaHebhere isixelela, "ukuze abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu onenceba nothembekileyo enkonzweni kaThixo, ehlawulela izono zabantu. Ngokuba weva ubunzima, wahendwa; unako ukubasiza abahendwayo. (2: 17-18).
NguThixo kuphela onokwenza loo nto. Yiyo kuphela inkcazo enokwenzeka ukuba kufuneka siphendule ngomntu othi, ngokungakhathali, aqalise uhambo lokoyisa ulwandle. Ngaba umntu nje onokuyenza? Kwaye umntu ofayo ngekhe abe nohlobo lokulingana olumvumela, phakathi kwezaqhwithi ezinobundlobongela zolwandle, ukuba alale ngoxolo engaphazanyiswa. Ewe, uYesu ungaphezu kwawo nawuphi na umngeni.
Buya kwahluka njani ubomi bethu ukuba uxolo lukaKrestu belungangqonga xa kuvela ingozi. Ndinqwenela ukuba isibindi esinjalo singabusonwabisa ubomi bethu. Omnye kufuneka abe ngcwele, ndicinga ukuba. NjengoSanta Martin waseTours, owathi ngenye imini wazifumana elahlekile ezintabeni, efunyanwa ngabaphangi abazimisele ukumbulala. Ukanti kwaukucinga ukuba isiphelo sobundlobongela nesikhohlakele ngokungekho sikweni ngekhe simshukumise. "Andizange ndizive ndikhuselekile ebomini bam," wabaxelela. “Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke into ngexesha lokulingwa ukuba inceba yeNkosi uThixo wam ibonakalisiwe, ingandikhathalela. Nguwe olusizi kakhulu kuba ngokundenzakalisa ungaphulukana nenceba leyo. "
Khawufane ucinge xa uthembele kuNkosi ukuba ungaze ubenako ukuzibamba undixelele! Kwaye ngokucacileyo iyasebenza. Bamkhulula kwaye baphila ukubalisa ibali.
Iyintoni loo ntsomi ukuba ayizizo iindaba ezimnandi zokuba akukho mntu ufuna ukuba okanye ekugqibeleni azive elahlekile ngenxa yokuba uThixo, wenziwe wabonakala emzimbeni nasegazini lomntu onguYesu, mkhulu kwaye ubandakanya ngokwaneleyo ukwamkela bonke abasokolayo. Ndiyoyika. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, akazange eze kukhangela zonke ezilahlekileyo kunye noloyiko? "Kuba ndiqinisekile", njengoko uPaul Saint engqina kumaKristu angqingiwe eRoma, "ukuba akukho kufa, nakubomi, nazingelosi, nazilawuli, nazinto zikhoyo, nazinto zizayo, namandla, nobude, nobunzulu, nantoni na enye eyindalo ayinako ukusohlula eluthandweni lukaThixo olukuye uKrestu Yesu iNkosi yethu ”(KwabaseRoma 8: 38-39).