Cinga namhlanje ngokuthobeka kwakho kunye nokuthembela
Nkosi, andikufanelekeli ukuba ungene phantsi kophahla lwam; thetha nje ilizwi kwaye isicaka sam siyaphiliswa. "UMateyu 8: 8
Eli binzana liqhelekileyo liphindaphindeka rhoqo xa silungiselela ukuya kwiNxalenye eNgcwele. Sisibhengezo sokuthobeka okukhulu nokuthenjwa ngumphathi-khulu waseRoma owacela uYesu ukuba aphilise umkhonzi wakhe ekude.
U-Yesu uchukunyiswe lukholo lwale ndoda ithi "akukho namnye kwa-Israeli ofumene ukholo olunje". Kufanelekile ukuba siqwalasele ukholo lwalo mntu njengemodeli yokholo lwethu.
Okokuqala, masiqwalasele ukuthobeka kwakhe. Umthetheli-khulu wavuma ukuba "akakufanelanga" ukuba uYesu eze endlwini yakhe. Lena Yinyaniso. Akukho namnye kuthi owufaneleyo ubabalo olukhulu kangaka. Indlu ekubhekiselwa kuyo apha ngokomoya ngokomoya ngumphefumlo wethu. Asimfanelanga uYesu oza kwimiphefumlo yethu ukuba enze ikhaya lakhe apho. Kwasekuqaleni kunokuba nzima ukwamkela. Asifanelanga nyani le? Ewe, hayi, asinguye. Le yinyani nje.
Kubalulekile ukuba sazi ukuba le yimeko ukuze, ekuqondeni okuthobekileyo, sikwazi nokwazi ukuba uYesu ukhetha ukuza kuthi nokuba kunjalo. Ukuqonda ukungafaneleki kwethu akufuneki kwenza nto ngaphandle kokusizalisa ngombulelo omkhulu ngesibakala sokuba uYesu esiza kuthi kule meko ithobekileyo. Lo mntu wayegwetyelwe ngengqondo yokuba uThixo wathulula ubabalo lwakhe kuye ngokuthobeka kwakhe.
Wayenentembelo enkulu kuYesu, kwaye nenyaniso yokuba umthetheli-khulu wayesazi ukuba ubengalifanelanga olu lubabalo kwenza ukuba nentembelo yakhe ibe ngcwele ngakumbi. Ingcwele kuba wayesazi ukuba wayengafanelekanga, kodwa wayesazi nokuba uYesu umthanda ngandlela zonke kwaye wayefuna ukuza kuye aphilise isicaka sakhe.
Oku kusibonisa ukuba ukuthembela kwethu kuYesu akufuneki kuxhomekeke ekubeni sinalo okanye akunjalo ilungelo lobukho bakhe ebomini bethu, endaweni yoko, kusibonisa ukuba ukuthembela kwethu kusekwe kulwazi lwethu ngenceba nemfesane yakhe engapheliyo. Xa sibona loo nceba nemfesane, siya kukwazi ukuyifuna. Kwakhona, asiyenzi kuba sinelungelo; endaweni yoko, sikwenza kuba kuyile nto ifunwa nguYesu. Ufuna sifune inceba yakhe nangona singafanelekanga.
Cinga namhlanje ngokuthobeka kwakho kunye nokuthembela. Ngaba ungawenza lo mthandazo unokholo olufana nolomakhulu? Mayibe ngumzekelo kuwe ngakumbi ngalo lonke ixesha ulungiselela ukwamnkela uYesu "phantsi kophahla lwakho" kuMthendeleko oNgcwele.
Mnumzana, andikufanelanga. Andifanelanga ukuba ndikwamkele kuMthendeleko oNgcwele. Ndincede ndiyazi ngokuthobeka le nyaniso kwaye, kuthobeko olo, ndincede kananjalo ndiyazi into yokuba ufuna ukuza kum nakanjani na. Yesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.