Ungaze uvumele ukuphelelwa lithemba, ukudana okanye iintlungu zikhokele izigqibo zakho
UTomas, ekuthiwa nguDidimo, omnye wabalishumi elinababini, wayengekho kunye nabo ekufikeni kukaYesu. Bathi ke abanye abafundi kuye, Siyibonile iNkosi. Uthe ke uTomas kubo, Ngaphandle kokuba ndibone uphawu lwezikhonkwane ezandleni zakhe, ndifake umnwe wam kwizikhonkwane, ndibeke isandla sam ecaleni kwakhe, andisayi kukholwa. UYohane 20: 24-25
Kulula ukugxeka uSt.Thomas ngenxa yokungazithembi kwakhe okuboniswe kwingxelo yakhe engentla. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba uvumele ukucinga kakubi ngaye, cinga ngendlela obuya kuphendula ngayo. Lo ngumsebenzi onzima ukwenza njengoko sisazi ngokucacileyo isiphelo sebali. Siyazi ukuba uYesu wavuka kwabafileyo kwaye noTomas ekugqibeleni wakholwa, ekhala "Nkosi yam, Thixo wam!" Kodwa zama ukuzibeka kwimeko yakhe.
Okokuqala, uTomas mhlawumbi wayethandabuza, ngokuyinxenye, ngenxa yentlungu enkulu kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba. Wayenethemba lokuba uYesu wayenguMesiya, wayezinikele kwiminyaka emithathu yokugqibela yobomi bakhe ekumlandeleni, kwaye ngoku uYesu wayefile… Le yingongoma ebalulekileyo kuba amaxesha amaninzi ebomini, xa sihlangabezana nobunzima, ukuphoxeka okanye iimeko ezibuhlungu, ukholo lwethu luyavavanywa. Silingwa ukuba sivumele ukuphelelwa lithemba kusiqhubele ekuthandabuzeni, kwaye xa oko kusenzeka senza izigqibo ezisekwe ngakumbi kwiintlungu zethu kunaselukholweni lwethu.
Okwesibini, uThomas ukwabizelwe ukuba akhanyele inyani ayibonileyo ngamehlo akhe kwaye akholelwe into "engenakwenzeka" kwaphela ngokwembono yasemhlabeni. Abantu abavuki nje kwabafileyo! Oku akwenzeki, ubuncinci kuphela ngokwembono yomhlaba. Kwaye nangona uTomas wayembonile uYesu esenza imimangaliso enjalo ngaphambili, kwathatha ukholo oluninzi ukukholwa ngaphandle kokubona ngamehlo akho. Kungoko ukuphelelwa lithemba kunye nokubonakala kungenakwenzeka kuye kwaya entliziyweni kaThomas kwaye kuyicima.
Cinga namhlanje ngezifundo ezibini esinokuzifumana kule ndima: 1) Ungaze uvumele ukuphelelwa lithemba, ukudana okanye iintlungu zikhokele izigqibo okanye iinkolelo zakho ebomini. Andisosikhokelo esihle. 2) Ungathandabuzi ukuba amandla kaThixo akwazi ukwenza nantoni na ayithandayo. Kule meko, uThixo ukhethe ukuvuka kwabafileyo kwaye wenjenjalo. Kubomi bethu, uThixo angenza nantoni na ayifunayo. Kufuneka siyikholelwe kwaye sazi ukuba oko isityhilela kona ngokholo kuya kwenzeka ukuba asithembeli kunonophelo lwayo.
Mnumzana, ndiyakholelwa. Ndincedise ukungakholelwa kwam. Xa ndilingwa ukuba ndinikezele ukuphelelwa lithemba okanye ndithandabuze amandla akho amakhulu kuzo zonke izinto ebomini, ndincede ndifikelele kuwe kwaye ndikuthembe ngentliziyo yam yonke. Ndingakhala, kunye noSt.Thomas, "Nkosi yam noThixo wam", kwaye ndingayenza naxa ndibona kuphela ngokholo obeka kulo umphefumlo wam. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.