Umthandazo wosuku: EyoMdumba 1, 2021
XA UBOMI BUKUZIMA, BEKA ITHEMBA LAKHO KUTHIXO
"Wanga uThixo wethemba anganizalisa ngalo lonke uvuyo noxolo ekukholweni, ukuze ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele niphuphume ethembeni." KwabaseRoma 15:13 (ESV)
Ndiyazi ukuba kukho into engalunganga kakhulu xa ndiphendula umnxeba. Usibali wam wazibamba iinyembezi njengoko wayendixelela ukuba ugqirha usandula ukufumanisa ukuba umama wam oneminyaka engama-88 ubudala unesifo esisongela ubomi. "Unemizuzu engama-20 yokuthetha nomntwana wakhe ngamnye kwaye athathe isigqibo sokuba enze utyando okanye hayi," utshilo usibali wam. Imizuzu engamashumi amabini yokukhetha phakathi kobomi okanye ukufa. Ikloko iwotshi.
Ukuvuka kwam kwakusasa, ndandingenasizathu sakukrokrela ukuba isiquphe singabetha usapho lwam ngaphambi kwemini. Zange ndacinga ukuba ngeeyure nje ezimbalwa ndiza kuphuma endlwini ndiye kuma ecaleni kwebhedi kamama de ade aphefumle emhlabeni emva kweveki.
Ubomi abunakulindeleka. Malunga neli xesha kunyaka ophelileyo, umama wayengumfazi omdala okhutheleyo owayeqhuba kwaye ehlala ngokuzimeleyo. Kwaye akukho namnye kuthi owayekrokrela ukuba intsholongwane engaqondakaliyo yayiza kuhlasela kwaye izise iyantlukwano, ukuphoxeka kunye nelahleko. Ngubani onokucinga ukuba ubhubhane ungasinyanzela ukuba singahlali sodwa, ukuguqula izicwangciso zethu, kusiphose kwingxwabangxwaba kwaye usishiye sifuna ithemba?
Ubomi butshintsha kwi-nanosecond kwaye uhlangule iihits esingazilindelanga. Kulula kakhulu ukuzifumana ukwindawo yokuphelelwa lithemba, unqwenela uhlobo oluthile lwentuthuzelo. Ndiye ndasokola nam, kuba ndililele umama kunye nelahleko ezifunyanwa ngabantu abaninzi emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngethamsanqa, ngexesha lam lentlungu, ndafumana amaRoma 15:13 ebaluleke kakhulu: "Wanga uThixo wethemba anganizalisa ngalo lonke uvuyo noxolo ekukholweni, ukuze ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele niphuphume ethembeni."
Ithemba alikhankanywa kube kanye, kodwa kabini kule vesi. Isichazi magama seBhayibhile siyichaza ngokuthi "kukulindela ngokuzithemba, ngakumbi ngokubhekisele ekuzalisekeni kwezithembiso zikaThixo. Ithemba eliseBhayibhileni kukulindela iziphumo ezilungileyo phantsi kolawulo lukaThixo." Oku kuthelekiswa nenkcazo yesichazi-magama sethemba "njengokuziva ukuba le nto sifuna ukuba yenzeke iyakwenzeka".
Ukukhankanywa okokuqala kwethemba kwindinyana yanamhlanje kubhekiswa kuThixo njengemvelaphi yethemba. Silindele isiphumo esihle esingaxhomekekanga kwiimeko, kodwa kumntu wakho. Siza kujongana nokuphoxeka okanye ukujika okuya kutshintsha ubomi bakho. Siza kuva ukufa kwephupha okanye ukuswelekelwa ngumntu esimthandayo. Kodwa nokuba zinzima kangakanani iimeko zethu, sinokuba nethemba ngenxa yokuba ngubani uThixo onamandla, olumkileyo, owongamileyo, olungileyo.
UThixo sisikhokelo sethu, umthuthuzeli wethu, iliwa lethu eliqinileyo xa yonke into esijikelezileyo isiwa. Uliqabane lethu elihlala lithembisile ukuba soze asishiye, nditsho nomzuzwana.
Ukukhankanywa kwesibini kwethemba kubhekiswa kuthi njengabamkeli. UThixo uthulula ithemba kuthi xa sikhetha ukukholelwa ukuba unguye kwaye uthi uhlala ezigcina izithembiso zakhe. Xa sisenza njalo, akasiniki themba lokuba yonke into izakulunga ngandlela thile, kodwa ngolindelo oluqinisekileyo lwesiphumo esihle phantsi kolawulo lwaKhe.
Kwaye kuba siphila phakathi koluntu sinxanelwe ithemba, Ufuna ukuba ukubonelelwa kwethu kuphuphume kwaye kubhentshe abo basingqongileyo, kudala kubo ukwazi ukwazi imfihlo yethu. Asinakuyila eli themba ngamandla ethu; UThixo wenza ukuba ithemba libe khona ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele ohleli kuthi. Khawufan 'ucinge: la magunya ikwangalaa mandla avusa uKrestu ekufeni! (KwabaseRoma 8:11; Kwabase-Efese 1:19, 20)
Okukhona ndicinga ngamaRoma 15: 13, kokukhona uThixo eyiphilisa intliziyo yam eyonzakeleyo. Ufuna ukwenza okufanayo nakuwe, mhlobo wam. Singahlala sinethemba lokuba ngenye imini uYesu uyakubuya enze yonke into ilunge. Ngenye imini iya kusula zonke iinyembezi emehlweni ethu. (ISityhilelo 21: 4) Okwangoku, sinokuhlala ethembeni kuba umthombo wethemba uhlala kuthi.
Thixo othandekayo, siyakuqonda njengesizathu sethemba. Xa ubomi buhlungu, sincede sigcine iingcinga zethu zimiliselwe kwiNyaniso malunga nokuba ungubani. Usikhumbuze ukuba uhlala kuthi ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele wakho. Kwaye usizalise ukuba siphuphume ngethemba elibonisa abo basingqongileyo. Egameni likaYesu, amen.