Cinga ngobomi bakho namhlanje. Ngamanye amaxesha siphatha umnqamlezo onzima
Intombazana leyo yakhawuleza yabuyela kubukho bokumkani yaza yenza isicelo sayo: "Ndifuna undinike intloko kaYohane uMbhaptizi kwangoko etreyini." Waba buhlungu kakhulu ukumkani; sekunjalo, ngenxa yezifungo zakhe, nangenxa yeendwendwe zakhe, akafunanga kulishiya ilizwi lakhe. Ngokukhawuleza wathumela umgwebi ngemiyalelo yokubuyisa intloko. UMateyu 6: 25-27
Eli bali lilusizi lokunqunyulwa kukaYohane umBhaptizi lisityhilela okuninzi. Ngaphezu kwako konke, ityhila imfihlelo yobubi emhlabeni wethu kunye nokuvumela kukaThixo ukuvumela ububi buhlume ngamanye amaxesha.
Kwakutheni ukuze uThixo avumele iSt. John ukuba inqunyulwe intloko? Wayeyindoda enkulu. UYesu ngokwakhe wathi akukho namnye owazalwa ngumfazi omkhulu kunoYohane uMbhaptizi. Kwaye, nangona kunjalo, wavumela uJohn ukuba eve ubunzima obunje.
USanta Teresa waseAvila wakhe wathi kwiNkosi yethu: "Nkosi endimthandayo, ukuba ubaphatha ngale ndlela abahlobo bakho, akumangalisi ukuba unembalwa!" Ewe, ngokucacileyo uThixo uvumele abo abathandayo ukuba bahlupheke kakhulu kwimbali. Isixelela ntoni le nto?
Okokuqala, akufuneki silibale inyani ecacileyo yokuba uYise wavumela uNyana ukuba abandezeleke kakhulu kwaye abulawe ngendlela eyoyikisayo. Ukufa kukaYesu kwakubuhlungu kwaye kuyothusa. Ngaba oku kuthetha ukuba uYise wayengamthandi uNyana? Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo. Ithetha ntoni le nto?
Inyani yenyani yile yokuba ukubandezeleka ayingomqondiso wokungathandwa nguThixo.Ukuba uyahlupheka kwaye uThixo akakuniki isiqabu, ayikuko ukuba uThixo ukushiyile. Ayikuko ukuba awuzithandi. Ngapha koko, okwahlukileyo kunokwenzeka ukuba kuyinyani.
Ukubandezeleka kukaYohane uMbhaptizi, yeyona ntshumayelo inkulu awakha wayishumayela. Ubungqina bothando lwakhe olungagungqiyo ngoThixo kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe ngokunyanisekileyo kwintando kaThixo. "Intshumayelo" kaJohn yomdla inamandla kuba wakhetha ukuhlala ethembekile kwiNkosi yethu nangona wayetshutshiswa. Kwaye, ngokwembono kaThixo, ukuthembeka kukaJohn kubaluleke ngaphezu kobomi bakhe benyama okanye ukubandezeleka kwakhe.
Cinga ngobomi bakho namhlanje. Ngamanye amaxesha sithwala umnqamlezo onzima kwaye sithandaze kwiNkosi yethu ukuba iwususe kuthi. Endaweni yoko, uThixo usixelela ukuba ubabalo lwakhe lwanele kwaye unqwenela ukusebenzisa ukubandezeleka kwethu njengobungqina bokunyaniseka kwethu. Yiyo ke loo nto, impendulo kaBawo kuYesu, impendulo yakhe kuYohane kunye nempendulo yakhe kuthi sisimemo sokungena kwimfihlelo yokubandezeleka kwethu kobu bomi sinokholo, ithemba, ukuthembela nokuthembeka. Ungaze uvumele ubunzima bobomi bukuthintele ekunyanisekeni kwintando kaThixo.
Nkosi yam ndingaba namandla oNyana Wakho kunye namandla kaSanta uYohane uMbhaptizi njengoko ndithwele iminqamlezo yam ebomini. Ndingahlala ndomelele elukholweni kwaye ndizele lithemba njengoko ndiva ubizwa ukuba ubambe umnqamlezo wam UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.