I-Epiphany kaYesu kunye nomthandazo oya kwiZazi
Ukungena kwabo endlwini bambona umntwana enoMariya unina. Bathoba, baqubuda kuye. Emva koko bavula ubuncwane babo bamnika izipho zegolide, intlaka yokuqhumisa nemore. UMateyu 2:11
"Epiphany" kuthetha ukubonakaliswa. Kwaye i-Epiphany yeNkosi kukubonakaliswa kukaYesu hayi kwezi zintathu kuphela zeMagi zaseMpuma, kodwa ikwangumfuziselo kodwa ubonakaliso lokwenene lukaKristu kwihlabathi liphela. Ezi Magi, zihamba zisuka kwilizwe lasemzini nelingengomaYuda, zibonisa ukuba uYesu weza kubo bonke abantu kwaye wonke umntu ubizelwe ukuba amnqule.
Ezi Magi "zazizizilumko" ezazifunda iinkwenkwezi kwaye zazisazi inkolo yamaJuda yokuba uMesiya uyeza. Ngebabephalazelwe okuninzi kubulumko belo xesha kwaye babeya kuba nomdla kwinkolelo yamaJuda kuMesiya.
UThixo wasebenzisa oko bakwaziyo ukubabiza ukuba banqule uKristu. Wasebenzisa inkwenkwezi. Babeziqonda iinkwenkwezi kwaye xa bebona le nkwenkwezi intsha ikhethekileyo ngaphezu kweBhetelehem bazi ukuba kukho into ekhethekileyo eyenzekayo. Ke isifundo sokuqala esisithathayo koku kubomi bethu kukuba uThixo uya kusebenzisa oko kuqhelekileyo kuthi ukusibizela kuye. Jonga "inkwenkwezi" esetyenziswa nguThixo ukukufowunela. Kukufuphi kunokuba unokucinga.
Into yesibini ekufuneka uyiqaphele kukuba iiMagi zawa phantsi phambi kukaKristu Umntwana. Babushiya ubomi babo phambi kwakhe ngokuzinikela okupheleleyo nokunqula. Basinika umzekelo ogqibeleleyo. Ukuba aba bavumisi ngeenkwenkwezi abavela kwilizwe lasemzini banokuza bamnqule ngokunzulu uKristu, nathi simele senze okufanayo. Mhlawumbi unokuzama ukulala phantsi ngomthandazo namhlanje, uxelisa iiMagi, okanye ubuncinci uyenze entliziyweni yakho ngomthandazo. Unqule ngokuzinikela ngokupheleleyo kubomi bakho.
Ekugqibeleni, iiMagi zizisa igolide, intlaka yokuqhumisa nemore. Ezi zipho zintathu, zinikezelwe kwiNkosi yethu, zibonisa ukuba bayamamkela lo Mntwana njengoKumkani oNgcwele oza kufa ukuze asisindise esonweni. Igolide yeyenkosi, intlaka yesiqhumiso ngumnikelo otshiswayo kuThixo, kwaye imore isetyenziselwa abafayo. Ke ngoko, unqulo lwabo lusekwe kwiinyani malunga nokuba ngubani lo Mntwana. Ukuba sifuna ukumnqula ngokwaneleyo uKristu, kufuneka simnike imbeko kwezi ndlela zintathu.
Cinga namhlanje ngezi Magi kwaye uziqwalasele njengophawu lwento obizelwe ukuyenza. Ubiziwe kwindawo yasemzini yeli lizwe ukuba ufune uMesiya. Usebenzisa ntoni uThixo ukukubizela kuye? Xa ukufumanisa oku, unganqikazi ukuyamkela yonke inyaniso yokuba ungubani, ulele phantsi phambi kwakhe ngokuzithoba okupheleleyo nokuthobekileyo.
Nkosi, ndiyakuthanda kwaye ndiyakuthanda. Ndibeke ubomi bam phambi kwakho ndaye ndanikezela. UnguKumkani wam onguMsindisi. Ubomi bam bobakho. (Thandaza kathathu emva koko uguqe phambi kweNkosi) Yesu, ndiyathemba kuwe.