Ngaba uThixo uyikhathalele indlela endisebenzisa ngayo ixesha lam lesimahla?
"Ke nokuba niyatya, nokuba niyasela, nokuba nenza yiphi na into, zenzeleni uzuko lukaThixo izinto zonke" (1 kwabaseKorinte 10:31).
Ngaba uThixo uyakhathala ukuba ndiyafunda, ndibukele iNetflix, igadi, ukuhamba, ukumamela umculo okanye ukudlala igalufa? Ngamanye amagama, ngaba uThixo uyikhathalele indlela endilisebenzisa ngayo ixesha lam?
Enye indlela yokucinga ngayo yile: ngaba ikho indawo ebonakalayo okanye yasemhlabeni eyahlukileyo kubomi bethu bokomoya?
CS Lewis kwincwadi yakhe ethi Beyond Personality (eyathi kamva yadityaniswa neThe Case for Christianity and Christian Behaviour to form the classic Mere Christianity), yahlula ubomi bendalo, abubiza ngokuba yiBios, nobomi bokomoya, abubiza ngokuba yiZoe. Uchaza uZoe njengo "Ubomi bokomoya obukuThixo kwasephakadeni kwaye obudala indalo iphela". Ngaphaya kobuntu, usebenzisa isikweko sokuba nabantu abane-Bios kuphela, njengemifanekiso eqingqiweyo:
“Indoda eyayeka ukuba ne-Bios yaza yaba ngu-Zoe ngewayenze utshintsho olukhulu njengomfanekiso oqingqiweyo osuka ekubeni lilitye eliqingqiweyo waba yindoda yokwenene. Kwaye yile nto kanye ubuKristu. Eli hlabathi ivenkile ye nomkroli enkulu. Siyimifanekiso eqingqiweyo kwaye iindaba zihamba-hamba ukuba abanye bethu ngenye imini baya kuphila “.
Okokwenyama nangokomoya akuhlukanga
ULuka nompostile uPawulos bobabini bathetha ngezinto zomzimba, njengokutya nokusela. ULuka ubhekisa kubo njengezinto "ilizwe lobuhedeni elibaleka emva" (uLuka 12: 29-30) kwaye uPawulos uthi "konke kwenzeleni uzuko lukaThixo". Omabini la madoda ayaqonda ukuba ii-Bios zethu, okanye ubomi benyama, abunakuqhubeka ngaphandle kokutya nokusela, ukanti xa sele sibufumene ubomi bokomoya, Oo Zoe, ngokholo kuKrestu, zonke ezi zinto zibonakalayo zezomoya, okanye ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo.
Ukubuyela kuLewis: “Isithembiso esipheleleyo sobuKrestu yile: ukuba, ukuba sivumela uThixo abe nendlela yakhe, sithathe inxaxheba kubomi bukaKristu. Ukuba senza njalo, siza kwabelana ngobomi obuzelweyo, obungadalwanga, obabusoloko buhlala buhlala buhleli buhlala buhleli… Onke amaKristu kufuneka abe nguKrestu omncinci. Eyona njongo yokuba ngumKristu yile: ayikho enye into ”.
KumaKristu, abalandeli bakaKrestu, abanobomi bomoya, abukho ubomi benyama eyahlukileyo. Bonke ubomi bungokukaThixo, kuba zivela kuye, zikholo kuye, zabakho ngenxa yakhe. Malube kuyo uzuko, kude kube ngunaphakade. Amen "(KwabaseRoma 11:36).
Ziphilele uThixo, hayi ezethu
Eyona nyaniso inzima ukuyiqonda yeyokuba xa sizifumene "sikuKristu" ngokholo kuye, kufuneka "sibulale, ke ngoko, konke okwethu" (KwabaseKolose 3: 5) okanye ubomi bomzimba. Asiyi "kubulala" izinto zomzimba okanye zebhayoloji njengokutya, ukusela, ukusebenza, ukunxiba, ukuya ezivenkileni, ukufunda, ukwenza umthambo, ukuzonwabisa, ukonwabela indalo, njl. Kodwa kufuneka sibulale izizathu ezindala zokuphila nokonwaba ubomi bomzimba: yonke into enxulumene nolonwabo kuphela kuthi nakwinyama yethu. (UPaul, umbhali wabaseKolose, udwelisa ezi zinto: "Ukuziphatha okubi ngokwesini, ukungahlambuluki, inkanuko, iminqweno emibi, nokubawa".
Yintoni inqaku? Inqaku yile, ukuba ukholo lwakho likuKristu, ukuba utshintshile "indalo yasemhlabeni" yakudala okanye ubomi benyama ngobomi bakhe bomoya, ewe, yonke into iyatshintsha. Oku kubandakanya indlela ochitha ngayo ixesha lakho lasimahla. Ungaqhubeka nokuzibandakanya kwizinto ezininzi owawuzenza ngaphambi kokuba wazi uKrestu, kodwa injongo oyenzayo kufuneka itshintshe. Kulula kakhulu, kuya kufuneka ajonge kuye endaweni yakho.
Ngoku siphila ngenxa yozuko lukaThixo. Siphila "ukosulela" abanye ngobu bomi basemoyeni sibufumeneyo. "Amadoda zizipili okanye 'abathwali" bakaKristu kwamanye amadoda, utshilo uLewis. U-Lewis walubiza ngokuba "ulosuleleko olulungileyo".
“Kwaye ngoku masiqalise ukubona ukuba iTestamente eNtsha ihlala ithini. Uthetha ngamaKristu "ngokuzalwa ngokutsha"; uthetha ngabo "enxibe uKristu"; kaKristu "obunjwe kuthi"; malunga nokuza kwethu 'ukuba nengqondo kaKristu'. Imalunga nokuza kukaYesu nokuphazamisa isiqu sakho; bulala isiqu sendalo kuwe kwaye ubeke endaweni yohlobo lwaso esinalo. Ekuqaleni, kuphela ixesha. Ke ixesha elide. Okokugqibela, ngethemba, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kujika ube yinto eyahlukileyo; kuKrestu omtsha omncinane, umntu othi, ngendlela yakhe encinci, aphile ubomi obufana nobukaThixo: owabelana ngamandla akhe, uvuyo, ulwazi nobungunaphakade ”(Lewis).
Kwenze konke ukuze kuzukiswe
Usenokuba ucinga ngoku, ukuba le nto iyinyani ngobuKristu, andiyifuni. Into endandiyifuna bubomi bam ngokudibanisa uYesu kodwa lento ayinakwenzeka. UYesu akalongezi, njengesincamathelisi seentlanzi okanye umnqamlezo onokuwunxiba kwityathanga. Ungummeli wotshintsho. Nam! Kwaye akafuni nxalenye yethu, kodwa sonke, kubandakanya nexesha lethu "lasimahla". Ufuna ukuba sifane naye kwaye ubomi bethu bube kufutshane naye.
Kuyinyani ukuba iLizwi lakhe lithi, "Ke nokuba niyatya, nokuba niyasela, nokuba nenza ntoni na, yenzeleni uzuko lukaThixo konke oko" (1 kwabaseKorinte 10:31). Ke impendulo ilula: Ukuba awukwazi ukuyenzela uzuko lwaKhe, sukuyenza. Ukuba abanye abakujongayo abayi kutsalwa nguKristu ngomzekelo wakho, musa.
Umpostile uPaulos wayeqonda xa wayesithi, "Mna ndingokaKristu" (KwabaseFilipi 1:21).
Ke, unokufunda uzuko lukaThixo? Ngaba ungayibukela iNetflix kwaye uyenze ngendlela ayithandayo kwaye ibonakalise indlela yakhe yokuphila? Akukho mntu unokukuphendula ngokwenyani umbuzo, kodwa ndiyakuthembisa: buza uThixo ukuba aqale ukuguqula iiBios zakho zibe yiZoe yakhe kwaye uya kuyenza! Kwaye hayi, ubomi abuzukubi ngakumbi, buza kuba ngcono kunokuba ubucinga. Ungalonwabela izulu emhlabeni. Uya kufunda ngoThixo, uthengise ngeento ezingento, zilize ngesiqhamo saphakade;
Kwakhona, akukho mntu umbeka njengoLewis: “Sizizidalwa ezingaqinisekanga, ezizikhohlisa ngokusela, ngesondo kunye namabhongo xa sinikwa uvuyo olungapheliyo, njengomntwana ongazi nto ofuna ukuqhubeka nokwenza iipie zodaka kwenye. ityotyombe ngenxa yokuba engacingi ukuba kuthetha ntoni ngokunikela ngeholide yaselwandle. Sonke sanelisekile ngokulula. "
UThixo ukukhathalele ngokupheleleyo ubomi bethu. Ufuna ukuyiguqula ngokupheleleyo kwaye ayisebenzise! Onjani wona ukuzuka umbono!