Ukuzinikela namhlanje ngoDisemba 30, 2020: ngaba siya kuhlala kubabalo lukaThixo?

Ukufunda kweZibhalo-2 kwabaseKorinte 12: 1-10

Ndayicela kathathu iNkosi ukuba isuse kum; Kodwa wandixelela: Ubabalo lwam lukwanele, kuba amandla am enziwa agqibelele kubuthathaka. - 2 KwabaseKorinte 12: 8-9

Kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo umntu othile kwindawo yethu wandinika incwadi ethi In The Grip of Grace kaMax Lucado. Iziganeko ezibi ezimbalwa zibuyise lo mntu kunye nosapho lwakhe eNkosini nasecaweni. Xa wandinika incwadi, wathi: "Siyifumene indlela yethu yokubuyela kuba besibanjelwe lubabalo lukaThixo." Wayefundile ukuba sonke sibambeke kubabalo lukaThixo ngalo lonke ixesha. Ngaphandle kwalonto, akukho namnye kuthi ebeya kuba nethuba.

Ubabalo lukaThixo yile nto mna nawe sidinga ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na into. Ngaphandle kwayo asiyonto, kodwa enkosi kubabalo lukaThixo esinokujongana nayo nantoni na eyenzekayo kuthi. Le nto itshiwo yiNkosi ngokwayo kumpostile uPawulos. UPawulos wayephila nento awayeyibiza ngokuba "liliva enyameni yakhe, umthunywa kaSathana," owayemngcungcuthekisa. Wayemana ecela uNkosi ukuba asuse elo liva. Impendulo kaThixo yayinguhayi, esithi ubabalo lwakhe luya kwanela. Nokuba kwenzeka ntoni, uThixo wayeza kumgcina uPawulos ekubambeni kobabalo lwakhe kwaye uPawulos wayeza kuba nakho ukwenza umsebenzi awayewunikwe nguThixo.

Esi sisiqinisekiso sonyaka olandelayo kananjalo: nokuba yintoni na eyenzekayo, uya kusibamba ngamandla, asigcinele ekubambeni kobabalo lwakhe. Into ekufuneka siyenzile kukujika kuYesu ngenxa yobabalo lwakhe.

I-Preghiera

Bawo waseZulwini, siyabulela ngesithembiso sakho sokuhlala usibamba. Nceda usigcine ekubambeni kobabalo lwakho. Amen.