Amandla omthandazo ngexesha lobhubhane
Kukho uluhlu olubanzi lweembono kunye neenkolelo malunga nomthandazo. Amanye amakholwa awujonga nje umthandazo "njengonxibelelwano noThixo", ngelixa abanye befanisa nomthandazo besithi "ngumnxeba oya ezulwini" okanye "isitshixo esiyintloko" ukuvula umnyango kaThixo. Kodwa nokuba uwubona njani umthandazo, eyona nto iphambili malunga nomthandazo yile: Umthandazo sisenzo esingcwele sokunxibelelana. Xa sithandaza sifuna ukuviwa nguThixo, xa kusehla intlekele, abantu basabela ngendlela eyahlukileyo xa kufikwa kumthandazo. Okokuqala, ukukhala kuThixo kukuphendula ngokukhawuleza kubantu abaninzi benkolo ngexesha lentlekele. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ubhubhane oqhubekayo we-COVID-19 uvuse abantu beenkolo ezahlukeneyo ukubhenela kwizidalwa zabo. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, amaKristu amaninzi kufuneka ukuba ayikhumbula imiyalelo kaThixo kwiZibhalo: “Ndibize xa kuvela ingxaki. Ndiza kukuhlangula. Kwaye uya kundibeka. ”(Iindumiso 50:15; jonga iNdumiso 91:15) Ke, umgca kaThixo kufuneka uzaliswe ziinkxwaleko zabakholwayo, njengoko abantu bethandaza ngenzondelelo enkulu nangokulangazelela usindiso kula maxesha anzima. Nokuba abo bangaqhelanga kuthandaza banokuziva benqwenela ukufikelela kumandla aphezulu ngobulumko, ukhuseleko kunye neempendulo. Kwabanye, intlekele inokubenza bazive belahliwe nguThixo okanye bangabinamandla okuthandaza. Ngamanye amaxesha, ukholo lunokudibana okwethutyana kumanzi esiphithiphithi sangoku.
Kwakunjalo ngomhlolokazi wesigulana esasikhe sagula kakhulu endadibana naso kwiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi eyadlulayo. Ndiqaphele izinto ezininzi zonqulo ekhayeni labo ukufika kwam ukuza kunika inkxaso yenkxwaleko yokwalusa: izicaphuno ezikhuthazayo ezibhalwe ezindongeni, iBhayibhile evulekileyo, kunye neencwadi zonqulo ebhedini yabo ecaleni komzimba womyeni wakhe ongaphiliyo - zonke ezo zinto zingqina ukuvalwa kwazo. ukholo-hamba noThixo de ukufa kwashukumisa ilizwe labo. Ukufelwa ngumfazi okokuqala kubandakanya ukudideka cwaka kunye neenyembezi ngamanye amaxesha, amabali ohambo lwabo lobomi, kunye nothando oluninzi lwengxoxo oluthi "kutheni" kubuzwa kuThixo. Impendulo yakhe iqinisekisile ukukrokra kwam. Uye wandijonga wathi, "Umthandazo? Umthandazo? Kum, uThixo akekho ngoku. "
Ungahlala njani unxibelelana noThixo ngexesha lobunzima
Iziganeko eziyintlekele, nokuba kukugula, ukusweleka, ukuphulukana nomsebenzi okanye ubhubhane wehlabathi, zinokuyenza mandundu imithambo-luvo yomthandazo kwaye ifumane amandla nakumaqhawe omthandazo. Ke, xa "ukufihla kukaThixo" kuvumela ubumnyama obungqingqwa ukuba bungene kwiindawo zethu ngexesha lentlekele, singahlala njani sinxibelelana noThixo? Ndicebisa ezi ndlela zilandelayo: Zama ukucamngca kwangaphambili. Umthandazo awusoloko unxibelelana ngomlomo noThixo. Endaweni yokuzibuza nokubhadula kwiingcinga, guqula ukuqaqanjelwa kwakho kukuqaqadeka. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, i-subconscious yakho isabazi ngokupheleleyo ubukho bukaThixo obungaphaya. Yenza incoko noThixo. UThixo uyazi ukuba usentlungwini enzulu, kodwa usenokumxelela ukuba uziva njani. Ebuhlungu emnqamlezweni, noYesu ngokwakhe waziva elahliwe nguThixo, kwaye wayenyanisekile malunga nokubuza uYise oseZulwini: "Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiyeleni na?" (UMateyu 27:46) Thandazela iimfuno ezithile. Impilo kunye nokukhuseleka kwabo ubathandayo kunye nokuba sempilweni kwakho.
Ukukhuselwa kunye nokomelela kwimigca yangaphambili enakekela abantu abosuleleke yintsholongwane. Isikhokelo esivela kuThixo kunye nobulumko kwezopolitiko zethu zelizwe kunye nehlabathi njengoko zisikhokela ngeli xesha linzima.
Ukwabelana ngemfesane ngokubona nokwenza izinto ngokweemfuno zabo basingqongileyo. Oogqirha nabaphandi basebenzela isisombululo esizinzileyo kwintsholongwane. Jikela kubathandazeli bomthandazo. Isibonelelo esibalulekileyo senkolo yamakholwa ngumthandazo wentsebenziswano, enkosi apho unokufumana khona intuthuzelo, ukhuseleko kunye nenkuthazo. Fikelela kwinkqubo yakho yenkxaso esele ikho okanye uthathe ithuba lokwenza nzulu unxibelelwano nomntu omaziyo njengomphumi-mkhosi onamandla womthandazo. Kwaye, ewe, kuyathuthuzela ukwazi okanye ukukhumbula ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele kaThixo uyabathethelela abantu bakaThixo ngexesha lobunzima bomthandazo. Singafumana intuthuzelo noxolo kwinto yokuba yonke ingxaki inexesha lokuphila. Imbali isixelela. Olu bhubhane lwangoku luza kudamba kwaye ngokwenza njalo, siya kuba nakho ukuqhubeka nokuthetha noThixo ngejelo lomthandazo.