Fezekisa umsebenzi wethu
“Ngoku ke, Nkosi yam, mndulule umkhonzi wakho enoxolo, ngokwelizwi lakho; ngokuba amehlo am alubonile usindiso lwakho, olulungisileyo emehlweni ezizwe zonke; isikhanyiso sokutyhilela iintlanga, nozuko lwabantu bakho. Sirayeli". Luka 2:29-32
Namhlanje sibhiyozela isiganeko esizukileyo sikaYesu esiziswa eTempileni nguMariya noYosefu. USimeyon, indoda “esesikweni nezinikeleyo,” wayelinde lo mzuzu ubomi bakhe bonke. Esi sicatshulwa singasentla seso wathetha ngaso lakufika ixesha.
Le yintetho enzulu ephuma kwintliziyo ethobekileyo nezaliswe lukholo. USimon wayethetha ngolu hlobo: “Nkosi yezulu nomhlaba, ngoku ubomi bam buphelele. Ndayibona. Ndayigcina. Nguye kuphela. UnguMesiya. Akusekho nto ndiyidingayo ebomini. Ubomi bam banelisekile. Ngoku ndikulungele ukufa. Ubomi bam bufikelele kwinjongo yabo nakwincopho yabo. “
USimon, njengaye nawuphi na umntu oqhelekileyo, wayeza kuba namava amaninzi ebomini. Wayeza kuba namabhongo kunye neenjongo ezininzi. Zininzi izinto awayezisebenzele nzima. Ngoko ke ukuba athi ngoku sele ekulungele “ukuhamba ngoxolo” kuthetha ukuba injongo yobomi bakhe ifezekisiwe kwaye yonke into ayisebenzeleyo nayilwelayo ifikelele esiphelweni ngalo mzuzu.
Oku kuthetha kakhulu! Kodwa ngokwenene bubungqina obukhulu kuthi kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla kwaye isinika umzekelo wento emasiyizame. Siyabona kula mava kaSimeyon ukuba ubomi bumele bube kukuhlangana noKristu nokufeza injongo yethu ngokwecebo likaThixo.” Kuba uSimon, owatyhilwa kuye ngesipho sokholo lwakhe, yayikukumamkelela uNyana okaKristu etempileni. ekunikeleni kwakhe aze emva koko amngcwalise lo Mntwana kuYise ngokomthetho.
Yintoni injongo kunye nenjongo yakho ebomini? Akayi kufana noSimeyon kodwa uya kuba nezinto ezifanayo. UThixo unesicwangciso esigqibeleleyo ngawe azakuthi akutyhile kuwe ngokholo. Olu bizo kunye nenjongo ekugqibeleni iya kuba malunga nokuba wamkele uKristu kwitempile yentliziyo yakho kwaye emva koko umdumise kwaye umnqule ukuze wonke umntu abonwe. Iya kuthatha uhlobo olulodwa oluhambelana nentando kaThixo ngobomi bakho. Kodwa iya kubaluleka kwaye ibaluleke njengobizo lukaSimeyon kwaye iya kuba yinxalenye yecebo elingcwele losindiso lwehlabathi.
Camngca namhlanje ngobizo lwakho kunye nomsebenzi wakho ebomini. Ungaphoswa ngumnxeba wakho. Ungaphoswa ngumsebenzi wakho. Qhubeka uphulaphula, ulindele, kwaye wenze ngokholo njengoko icebo liqhubeka liqhubeka ukuze nawe ngenye imini ube nokuvuya kwaye “uhambe ngoxolo” uqinisekile ukuba olu bizo luzalisekile.
Yehova, ndisisicaka sakho. Ndifuna intando yakho. Ndincede ndikuphendule ngokholo nangokuvuleleka undincede ndithi “Ewe” kuwe ukuze ubomi bam bufezekise injongo endayilelwa yona. Ndiyabulela ngobungqina bukaSimeyon kwaye ndithandazela ukuba nam ngenye imini ndivuyiswe kukuba ubomi bam buye kuzaliseka. Yesu ndiyakholwa kuwe.