Cinga kwaye uthathe isigqibo malunga nendlela abaNgcwele abaqhuba ngayo
Emva koko uTomas, obizwa ngokuba nguDidymus, wathi kwabanye abafundi: "Masiye nathi siye kufa kunye naye." Yohane 11:16
Onjani wona umgca! Umxholo kubalulekile ukuwuqonda. UTomas wayitsho le nto emva kokuba uYesu exelele abaPostile baKhe ukuba uzokunyuka aye eJerusalem kuba umhlobo wakhe uLazaro wayegula kwaye esezokufa. Ngapha koko, njengoko ibali liqhubeka, uLazaro wasweleka ngaphambi kokuba uYesu afike ekhayeni lakhe. Ewe siyayazi isiphelo sebali lokuba uLazaro wavuswa nguYesu.Kodwa abaPostile bazama ukumnqanda uYesu ukuba angayi eYerusalem kuba babesazi ukuba baninzi ababemchasile kwaye befuna ukumbulala. Kodwa uYesu wagqiba kwelokuba ahambe. Kwakukule meko apho uSt.Thomas wathi kwabanye: "Masiye nathi nathi sife". Kwakhona, ngowuphi umgca omkhulu!
Umgca omkhulu kuba uTomas wayebonakala eyithetha ngokuzimisela ukwamkela nantoni na ebalindeleyo eYerusalem. Wayebonakala eyazi ukuba uYesu wayeza kudibana nenkcaso nentshutshiso. Kwaye wabonakala ekulungele ukujongana nentshutshiso kunye nokufa kunye noYesu.
Ewe uTomas uyaziwa ngokungathandabuzeki. Emva kokufa nokuvuka kukaYesu, akazange avume ukwamkela ukuba abanye abapostile babembonile uYesu.Kodwa nangona esaziwa ngokungathandabuzeki, akufuneki siphelelwe sisibindi nokuzimisela awayenako ngela xesha. Ngelo xesha, wayekulungele ukuhamba noYesu ukuya kujongana nentshutshiso nokufa kwakhe. Kwaye wayekulungele nokujongana nokufa yena. Nangona ekugqibeleni wabaleka xa uYesu ebanjwa, kukholelwa ukuba ekugqibeleni waya kuba ngumthunywa wevangeli eIndiya apho ekugqibeleni wafela ukholo.
Eli nqaku kufuneka lisincede siqwalasele ekuzimiseleni kwethu ukuqhubela phambili noYesu ukuze sijongane nayo nayiphi na intshutshiso ezayo. Ukuba ngumKristu kufuna inkalipho. Siza kwahluka kwabanye. Asizukuziqhelanisa nenkcubeko esingqongileyo. Kwaye xa singavumi ukuhambelana nomhla neminyaka esiphila kuyo, siyakuthi sihlupheke ngohlobo oluthile. Ngaba ukulungele oku? Ngaba ukulungele ukunyamezela?
Kufuneka sifunde kwiSt.Thomas ukuba nokuba siyasilela, singaqala ngokutsha. UTomas wayezimisele, kodwa emva koko wabaleka wabona intshutshiso. Wagqiba ukuthandabuza, kodwa ekugqibeleni waphila ngokukhalipha ukuzithemba kwakhe ukuba ahambe ayokufa kunye no Yesu. Endaweni yoko, yindlela esilugqiba ngayo ugqatso.
Cinga namhlanje ngesisombululo esisentliziyweni kaSt.Thomas kwaye usisebenzise njengokucamngca ngesigqibo sakho. Sukuba nexhala ukuba uyasilela kwesi sisombululo, ungahlala uphakama kwaye uzame kwakhona. Kwakhona jonga kwisigqibo sokugqibela esenziwe nguSt.Thomas xa wafela ukholo. Yenza ukhetho lokulandela umzekelo wakhe kwaye nawe uya kubalwa phakathi kwabangcwele baseZulwini.
Nkosi, ndinqwenela ukukulandela naphi na apho ukhokelela khona. Ndinike isigqibo esiqinisekileyo sokuhamba ezindleleni zakho kwaye ndilingise inkalipho kaSt. Xa ndingakwazi, ndincede ndibuyele emva ndilungise kwakhona. Ndiyakuthanda, Nkosi othandekayo, ndincede ndikuthande ngobomi bam. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.