Cinga namhlanje ngeendlela ongakhange uthembeke ngazo kuThixo ebomini bakho
Wacela icwecwe wabhala wathi: "NguJohn igama lakhe", kwaye wonke umntu wamangaliswa. Wavuleka kwangoko umlomo wakhe, lwakhululwa nolwimi lwakhe, wathetha ebonga uThixo (Luka 1: 63-64)
UZakariya unika ubungqina obukhulu kuthi sonke kwabo bonayo ngenxa yokungabi nalukholo kuThixo, kodwa emva kokuva ukuhlazeka kwesono sakhe, wathembeka ngokwenyani waphela "esikelela uThixo".
Siyazi kakuhle imbali yayo. Umfazi wakhe wakhulelwa nguYohane uMbhaptizi ngommangaliso ebudaleni bakhe. Xa ityhilwe kuZekariya yingelosi ukuba oku kuyakwenzeka, akazange asithembe esi sithembiso kwaye wathandabuza. Iziphumo yayikukuba wahlala esisimumu de kwaba lixesha lokuzalwa kukaJohn. Kwakungelo xesha apho uZekariya wenza ngokunyaniseka kwisityhilelo sikaThixo ngokubiza umntwana wakhe ngokuthi "nguYohane" njengoko ingelosi yayicelile. Esi senzo sokuthembeka kwicala likaZekariya salukhulula ulwimi lwakhe kwaye waqala ukubhengeza iindumiso zikaThixo.
Obu bungqina bukaZekariya kufanele ukuba bubakhuthaze bonke abo bazama ukulandela ukuthanda kukaThixo ebomini babo kodwa basilele. Kukho amaxesha amaninzi xa uThixo ethetha nathi, simmamele, kodwa asikholelwa kwinto ayithethayo. Sisilele ukuthembeka kwizithembiso zakhe. Isiphumo kukuba siva ubunzima beso sono.
Ekuqaleni, iziphumo zesono ebomini bethu zisenokubonakala ngathi sisohlwayo. Ewe, ngeendlela ezininzi kunjalo. Ayisiso isohlwayo esivela kuThixo; Endaweni yoko, sisohlwayo sesono. Isono sineziphumo ezibi kubomi bethu. Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba ezo ziphumo zesono zivunyelwe nguThixo njengendlela yokusibuyisela ekuthembekeni kuye.Ukuba siyabavumela ukuba bathobe kwaye basitshintshe njengoZekariya, siyakukwazi ukusuka kubomi bokungathembeki siye kwintando UThixo ngobomi bokuthembeka. Kwaye ubomi bokuthembeka ekugqibeleni buya kusivumela ukuba sicule iindumiso zoThixo wethu.
Cinga namhlanje ngeendlela ongakhange uthembeke ngazo kuThixo ebomini bakho. Kodwa cinga ngayo kwimeko yethemba. Ndiyathemba ukuba uThixo uyakukuamkela kwaye uguqule ubomi bakho ukuba ubuyela kuye.UThixo ulindile kwaye inceba yakhe igcwele. Inceba yakhe mayikugcwalise ngentliziyo esikelela ukulunga kukaThixo.
Owu Nkosi, ndincede ndibona ukuba izono zam zangaphambili azikho kukuphelelwa lithemba kakhulu, kodwa njengezizathu zokubuyela kuwe ngokunyaniseka okukhulu. Nokuba ndingawa kangaphi na, ndincede ukuphakama, iindumiso zakho ngokunyaniseka. Yesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.