Cinga namhlanje nangayiphi na indlela ozifumana uxhathisa ubizo lothando lokuzincama
Wajika uYesu wathi kuPetros: “Suka uye emva kwam, Sathana! Usisithintelo kum. Awucingi njengoThixo, kodwa ucinga njengabantu ”. UMateyu 16:23
Le yaba yindlela uYesu awamphendula ngayo uPetros emva kokuba uPetros ethe kuYesu: “Nakanye! Ayisoze yenzeke loo nto kuwe ”(Mateyu 16:22). UPetros wayethetha ngentshutshiso nokufa okwakusele kumbovu okuxelwa kwangaphambili nguYesu ebusweni bakhe. UPeter wothuka kwaye wakhathazeka kwaye wayengayamkeli le nto yayithethwa nguYesu. Wayengenako ukwamkela ukuba kungekudala uYesu uza kuya "eJerusalem aphathwe kabuhlungu ngamadoda amakhulu, ababingeleli abaziintloko nababhali, abulawe aze avuswe ngomhla wesithathu" (Mateyu 16:21). Ke ngoko, uPetros wavakalisa inkxalabo yakhe kwaye wahlangatyezwa ngokukhalinywa nguYesu.
Ukuba oku kuthethwe ngomnye umntu ngaphandle kweNkosi yethu, umntu unokugqiba kwangoko ukuba amazwi kaYesu ayemaninzi. Kutheni le nto uYesu kufuneka abize uPetros ngokuba 'nguSathana' ngokuvakalisa inkxalabo yakhe ngentlalontle kaYesu? Nangona oku kunokuba nzima ukukwamkela, kutyhila ukuba ukucinga kukaThixo kuphakame kakhulu kunezethu.
Inyani yile yokuba ukubandezeleka nokufa kukaYesu kwakusisenzo esikhulu sothando esakha saziwa. Ngokwembono yobuthixo, ukwamkela kwakhe ukubulaleka nokufa yayisesona sipho singaqhelekanga anokusinika uThixo emhlabeni. Ke ngoko, xa uPetros wamthabathela ecaleni uYesu wathi, “Nakanye! Akukho nto injalo iya kuze ikwenze, ”u-Petros wayevumela uloyiko nobuthathaka bomntu ukuba buphazamise ukhetho lobungcwele loMsindisi lokuncama ubomi baKhe ngenxa yosindiso lwehlabathi.
Amazwi kaYesu kuPeter ngewaveze "umothuko oyingcwele". Oku kothuka yayisisenzo sothando esaba nefuthe lokunceda uPetros ukuba oyise uloyiko lwakhe kwaye amkele ikamva elizukileyo kunye nothumo lukaYesu.
Cinga namhlanje nangayiphi na indlela ozifumana uxhathisa ubizo lothando lokuzincama. Uthando alusoloko lulula, kwaye amaxesha ngamaxesha kunokuthatha ukuzincama okukhulu kunye nesibindi kwicala lakho. Ngaba ukulungele kwaye ukulungele ukwamkela iminqamlezo yothando ebomini bakho? Kananjalo, uzimisele ukuhamba nabanye, ubakhuthaze endleleni, xa nabo babizelwe ukwamkela iminqamlezo yobomi? Funa amandla kunye nobulumko namhlanje kwaye uzame ukuhlala ngokwembono kaThixo kuzo zonke izinto, ngakumbi ukubandezeleka.
Nkosi yam, ndiyakuthanda kwaye ndithandaza ukuba ndihlale ndikuthanda ngendlela yokuzincama. Ndingangaze ndoyike iminqamlezo endiyinikiweyo kwaye ndingaze ndibathintele abanye ekulandeleni amanyathelo akho okuzincama. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.