Ukufuna uThixo phakathi kwengxaki yezempilo
Kungaphelanga mizuzu mingaphi, umhlaba wam ubuguqiwe. Iimvavanyo zabuya kwaye safumana isifo esibuhlungu: Umama wayenomhlaza. Iingxaki zempilo zinokusenza sizive singenathemba kwaye sisoyika ngekamva elingaziwayo. Phakathi kokulahleka kolawulo, xa sibuhlungu ngenxa yethu okanye sithandwa, sinokuziva ukuba uThixo usilahlile. Singamfumana njani uThixo phakathi kwengxaki yezempilo enje? Uphi uThixo phakathi kwentlungu engaka? Uphi yena kwintlungu yam?
Ukutsala nzima nemibuzo
Uphi? Ndichithe iminyaka ndiphinda lo mbuzo emithandazweni yam xa ndibukele uhambo lukamama ngomhlaza: ukuxilongwa, utyando, unyango ngamayeza, imitha. Kutheni uvumele lonto yenzeke? Kutheni usilahlile nje? Ukuba le mibuzo ivakala iqhelekile, kungenxa yokuba awuwedwa. AmaKristu ebesokola kule mibuzo amawaka eminyaka. Sifumana umzekelo woku kwiNdumiso 22: 1-2: “Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiyeleni na? Kutheni ukude ukuba ungandihlanguli, kude lee ekulileni kwam? Thixo wam, ndiyakhala emini, ungaphenduli, ebusuku, kodwa andifumani kuphumla “. Njengomdumisi, ndaziva ndilahliwe. Ndaziva ndingenakuzinceda, ndibukele abantu endibathandayo, abona bantu ndibaziyo, bebandezeleka ngokungafanelekanga ngenxa yeengxaki zempilo. Ndinomsindo kuThixo; Ndambuza uThixo; Kwaye ndaziva ngathi andikhathalelwanga nguThixo.Sifunda kwiNdumiso 22 ukuba uThixo uyazenza ezi mvakalelo. Kwaye ndifundile ukuba ayamkelekanga kuphela ukuba sibuze le mibuzo, kodwa noThixo uyayikhuthaza (iNdumiso 55:22). Kithi, uThixo wadala izidalwa ezikrelekrele ezinesakhono esinzulu sothando novelwano, ezikwaziyo ukuziva lusizi kunye nomsindo kuthi nakwabo sibakhathaleleyo. Kwincwadi yakhe, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again, uRachel Held Evans uphonononga ibali likaYakobi elwa noThixo (iGenesis 32: 22-32), ebhala “ndisasokola nangoku, njengoYakobi, Ndizokulwa de NDISIKELELWE. UThixo akandivumeli ukuba ndihambe okwangoku. “Singabantwana bakaThixo: uyasithanda kwaye usikhathalele nokuba kungokulungileyo okanye okubi; phakathi kweembandezelo zethu usenguThixo wethu.
Ukufumana ithemba kwiZibhalo
Ukuqala kwam ukuva ngesifo somhlaza kamama kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, ndothuka. Amehlo am athe saa kukuziva ndingenakuzinceda, ndajika ndaziqhelanisa nendima ebuntwaneni, iNdumiso 23: "INkosi ngumalusi wam, andisweli nto". Isithandwa sam sangeCawa, bendiyibambe ngentloko le ndinyana kwaye ndayifunda kaninzi. Intsingiselo yatshintsha kum xa yayiba yimantra yam, ngandlela thile, ngexesha lotyando lukamama, ichemotherapy kunye nemitha. Ivesi 4 lindihlasela ngokukodwa: "Nokuba ndihamba kweyona ntlambo imnyama, andoyiki nto, kuba unam." Singasebenzisa iivesi, iivesi, kunye namabali osapho ukufumana ithemba kwizibhalo ezingcwele. Kuyo yonke iBhayibhile, uThixo uyasiqinisekisa ukuba nangona sihamba kweyona ntlambo imnyama kakhulu, masingoyiki: uThixo "uthwala imithwalo yethu imihla ngemihla" (Ndumiso 68:19) kwaye usikhuthaza ukuba sikhumbule ukuba "Ukuba uThixo ungakithi, ngubani Ngaba unokuba nxamnye nathi? " (KwabaseRoma 8:31).
Njengomkhathaleli kunye nomntu ohamba ecaleni kwabo bajongene neengxaki zempilo, ndikwafumana ithemba ku-2 kwabaseKorinte 1: 3-4: "Makabongwe uThixo noYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, uYise onemfesane noThixo wentuthuzelo yonke. usithuthuzela kuyo yonke imbandezelo yethu, ukuze sikwazi ukubathuthuzela abo basengxakini ngentuthuzelo nathi esiyifumana kuThixo ”. Isaci esidala sithi ukuze sikhathalele abanye, kufuneka kuqala sizikhathalele. Ndinethemba lokwazi ukuba uThixo uya kundinika intuthuzelo noxolo ukuze ndikudlulisele kwabo balwa nobunzima beengxaki zempilo.
Yiva uxolo ngomthandazo
Kutshanje, umhlobo wam ebenesifo sokuwa. Uye esibhedlele kwafumaniseka ukuba unethumba ebuchotsheni. Xa ndimbuza ukuba ndingamxhasa njani, waphendula wathi: "Ndicinga ukuba ukuthandaza yeyona nto iphambili." Ngomthandazo, sinokuthatha iintlungu, iintlungu, iintlungu, umsindo wethu kwaye sishiyele kuThixo.
Njengabaninzi, ndibona ugqirha rhoqo. Iiseshoni zam zeveki nganye zindinika indawo ekhuselekileyo yokubonisa zonke iimvakalelo zam kwaye ndiphuma ndilula. Ndiwenza umthandazo ngendlela efanayo. Imithandazo yam ayilandeli indlela ethile kwaye ayenzeki ngexesha elimiselweyo. Ndithandazela nje izinto ezisokolisa intliziyo yam. Ndiyathandaza xa umphefumlo wam uziva udiniwe. Ndithandazela amandla xa ndingenayo. Ndiyathandaza ukuba uThixo asuse umthwalo wam kwaye andinike isibindi sokujongana nolunye usuku. Ndithandazela ukuphiliswa, kodwa ndiyathandaza nokuba uThixo andise ubabalo lwakhe kwabo ndibathandayo, kwabo babandezelekileyo phakathi kokuchongwa, ukuvavanywa, utyando nonyango. Umthandazo uyasivumela ukuba sichaze uloyiko lwethu kwaye sihambe ngoxolo phakathi kokungaziwayo.
Ndiyathandaza ukuba ufumane intuthuzelo, ithemba noxolo ngoThixo; Kwangathi isandla sakhe singaphumla kuwe kwaye sigcwalise umzimba wakho kunye nomphefumlo.