Umonde uthathwa njengesiqhamo soMoya oyiNgcwele
KwabaseRoma 8:25 - "Kodwa ukuba asinakulinda into esingenayo okwangoku, kufuneka silinde ngomonde nangokuzithemba." (NLT)
Isifundo esivela eZibhalweni: AmaYuda kwiEksodus 32
AmaJuda ekugqibeleni akhululeka eYiphutha kwaye ahlala emazantsi eNtaba yeSinayi elinde uMoses ukuba abuye ezehla entabeni. Uninzi lwabantu aluzange luxole kwaye baya kuAron becela ukuba abanye oothixo benziwe ukuba babalandele. UAron ke wathatha igolide yabo waza wenza umfanekiso wethole. Abantu baqala ukubhiyozela "kwiziyunguma zobuhedeni". Le nto ke yamcaphukisa uNdikhoyo, wathetha noMosis ngelithi uza kutshabalalisa abantu. UMoses wathandazela ukusindiswa kwabo kwaye uNdikhoyo wabavumela abantu ukuba baphile.
UMosis waba nomsindo kakhulu, waphelelwa ngumonde, waza ke wayalela ukuba bambulale. INkosi yathumela "isibetho esikhulu ebantwini ngenxa yokuba banqula ithole elenziwe nguAron."
Izifundo zobomi
Umonde sesinye seziqhamo ezinzima zoMoya ukuba ubenaso. Ngelixa kukho amanqanaba ahlukeneyo omonde kubantu abohlukeneyo, yinto elungileyo ulutsha oluninzi lwamaKristu olunqwenela ukuba nayo ngobuninzi. Uninzi lolutsha lufuna izinto "ngoku". Siphila kwindawo ekhuthaza ukwaneliseka kwangoko. Nangona kunjalo, kukho into ethi: "izinto ezinkulu ziza kwabo balindileyo".
Ukulinda kwizinto kunokudandathekisa. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ufuna la mfo akubuze kwangoko. Okanye ufuna loo moto ukuze uye kwiimuvi ngokuhlwanje. Okanye ngaba uyayifuna loo skateboard uyibonileyo kwiphephancwadi. Intengiso isixelela ukuba "ngoku" ibalulekile. Nangona kunjalo, iBhayibhile isixelela ukuba uThixo unamaxesha akhe. Kufuneka silinde amaxesha okanye ngamanye amaxesha iintsikelelo zethu zilahleke.
Ekugqibeleni, ukungabi namonde kwala maYuda kwawaphulukanisa nethuba lokungena kwiLizwe Lesithembiso. Kwadlula iminyaka engama-40 ngaphambi kokuba inzala yabo inikwe umhlaba. Ngamanye amaxesha ixesha likaThixo lelona libalulekileyo kuba unezinye iintsikelelo anokuzinika. Asinakuzazi zonke iindlela zaKhe, ke kubalulekile ukuba nokholo lokufika emva kwexesha. Ekugqibeleni, okuzayo yindlela yakho kuya kuba ngcono kunokuba ubucinga, kuba iza neentsikelelo zikaThixo.
Ukugxila emthandazweni
Unokwenzeka ukuba unezinto ozifunayo ngoku. Cela uThixo ukuba avavanye intliziyo yakho, ubone ukuba uzilungele na ezo zinto. Kwakhona, cela uThixo kwimithandazo yakho kule veki ukuba akuncede ufumane umonde kunye namandla wokulinda izinto azinqwenelela zona. Vumela ukuba asebenze entliziyweni yakho ukuze akunike unyamezelo olufunayo.