Cinga namhlanje ngoThixo oza kuwe kwaye akumeme ukuba wabelane ngokupheleleyo ngobomi bakhe bobabalo
“Enye indoda yayinesidlo sangokuhlwa esimeme abaninzi. Lakufika ixesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa, wathumela umkhonzi wakhe ukuba aye kuxelela iindwendwe: "Yizani, konke sekulungile ngoku." Kodwa nganye nganye, bonke baqala ukucela uxolo. "ULuka 14: 16-18a
Oku kwenzeka rhoqo ngakumbi kunokuba sicinga ekuqaleni! Kwenzeka njani? Kwenzeka qho xa uYesu esimema ukuba sabelane ngobabalo lwakhe kwaye sizifumana sixakeke kakhulu okanye sixakekile zezinye izinto "ezibalulekileyo".
Thatha, umzekelo, kulula kangakanani kuninzi ukutsiba ngabom ngeCawa. Kukho izizathu ezingenakubalwa kunye nokuzithethelela abantu abazisebenzisayo ukuthethelela ukungabinayo iMisa ngamanye amaxesha. Kulo mzekeliso ungentla, isiBhalo siqhubeka sithetha ngabantu abathathu abaye baxolisa kwiqela ngenxa yezizathu "ezilungileyo". Omnye wathenga nje intsimi kwaye kwafuneka eyokuhlola, omnye wathenga iinkomo kwaye kwafuneka azigcine, kwaye omnye watshata nje kwafuneka ahlale nenkosikazi yakhe. Bobathathu babenazo izinto ababecinga ukuba zizingxengxezo ezilungileyo kwaye ngenxa yoko abazanga esidlweni.
Itheko buBukumkani bamazulu. Kodwa ikwayindlela omenywe ngayo ukuba uthathe inxaxheba kubabalo lukaThixo: Imisa yangeCawa, amaxesha emithandazo yemihla ngemihla, isifundo seBhayibhile omele ukuya kuso, intetho yobufundisi ekufuneka uye kuyo, incwadi ekufuneka uyifundile okanye isenzo sothando uThixo afuna usibonise. Zonke iindlela ubabalo olunikwa ngazo yindlela omenyelwa ngayo kwitheko likaThixo, ngelishwa ke, kulula ukuba abanye bafumane isizathu sokukhanyela isimemo sikaKristu sokwabelana ngobabalo lwakhe.
Cinga namhlanje ngoThixo oza kuwe kwaye akumeme ukuba wabelane ngokupheleleyo ngobomi bakhe bobabalo. Ukumema njani? Umenywa njani koku kuthatha inxaxheba ngokupheleleyo? Sukujonga izizathu. Phendula isimemo kwaye ujoyine ipati.
Nkosi, ndincede ndibone iindlela ezininzi ondibiza ngazo ukuba ndabelana ngokupheleleyo nobomi bakho bobabalo nenceba. Ndincede ndiqonde umthendeleko olungiselelwe mna kwaye ndincede ukuba ndihlale ndikwenza ube yeyona nto iphambili ebomini bam. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.