Jonga la magama mathathu: umthandazo, ukuzila ukutya, ububele
yaye uYihlo obona emfihlekweni uya kukubuyekeza.” Mateyu 6:4b
I-Lent iqala. Iintsuku ezingama-40 zokuthandaza, ukuzila ukutya kwaye ukhule eluthandweni. Sidinga eli xesha ngonyaka ngamnye ukuba sibuye umva kwaye siphinde sihlolisise ubomi bethu, sijike ezonweni zethu, kwaye sikhule kwizinto ezintle uThixo anqwenela ukusinika zona. Iintsuku ezingama-40 zeLente zimele zibe ngumzekelo weentsuku ezingama-40 zikaYesu esentlango. Enyanisweni, asibizelwanga kuphela ukuba “sixelise” ixesha likaYesu entlango, kodwa sibizelwe ukuhlala naye ngeli xesha, kuye nangaye.
Akuzange kufuneke ukuba uYesu ngokwakhe achithe iintsuku ezingama-40 zokuzila ukutya nokuthandaza entlango ukuze azuze ubungcwele obunzulu. Bubungcwele ngokwabo! UyiNgcwele kaThixo, uyimfezeko. Ungumntu wesibini kuBathathu Emnye oNgcwele. UnguThixo Kodwa uYesu wangena entlango ukuze azile ukutya aze athandaze ukuze asimeme ukuba simthelele size sifumane iimpawu eziguqulayo azibonakalisayo kubuntu bakhe njengoko wayenyamezele ukubandezeleka kwezo ntsuku zingama-40. Ngaba uzilungele iintsuku zakho ezingama-40 entlango kunye neNkosi yethu?
Ngoxa wayesentlango, uYesu wabonakalisa yonke imfezeko kubuntu bakhe. Kwaye nangona kungekho bani wambonayo ngaphandle kukaBawo waseZulwini, ixesha lakhe entlango laba neziqhamo ngokugqithisileyo kuluntu. Ibe neziqhamo ezininzi kuye ngamnye wethu.
“Intlango” esibizelwe ukungena kuyo yileyo ifihlakeleyo emehlweni abo basingqongileyo kodwa ibonakala kuBawo osezulwini. ‘Kufihliwe’ ngengqiqo yokuba ukukhula kwethu kwisidima asenzelwanga ukuzeka kade umsindo, ukugqalwa ngokuzingca, okanye ukufumana indumiso yehlabathi. Intlango yeentsuku ezingama-40 ekufuneka singene kuyo yiyo esiguqulayo ngokusitsalela emthandazweni onzulu, sahlukane nayo yonke into engeyiyo ekaThixo kwaye isizalisa ngothando kwabo sidibana nabo mihla le.
Kwezi ntsuku zingama-40, kufuneka sithandaze. Xa sithetha ngokuchanekileyo, umthandazo uthetha ukuba sinxibelelana noThixo kumgangatho wangaphakathi. Senza okungakumbi kunokuya kwiMisa okanye sithethe ngokuvakalayo. Umthandazo kuqala kunxibelelwano oluyimfihlo nolungaphakathi noThixo.Siyathetha, kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke siyamamela, simamele, siqonde kwaye siphendule. Ngaphandle kwazo zone ezi mpawu, umthandazo awungomthandazo. Asinto "unxibelelwano". Sithetha sodwa qha.
Kwezi ntsuku zingama-40 kufuneka sizile ukutya. Ingakumbi kule mihla siphila kuyo, izivamvo zethu ezintlanu zonganyelwe ngumsebenzi nengxolo. Amehlo ethu kunye neendlebe zihlala ziqaqambile ngumabonwakude, unomathotholo, iikhompyuter, njl. Iincasa zethu zihlala zihluthi kukutya okucolisisiweyo, iilekese kunye nokutya okunethezeka, okuhlala kungaphezulu. Izimvo zethu ezintlanu zidinga ukuphumla ekubhobhozweni kolonwabo lwehlabathi ukuze siguqukele kulonwabo olunzulu lobomi obumanywe noThixo.
Kwezi ntsuku zingama-40, kufuneka sinikele. Ukubawa kudla ngokusithatha singakhange siqonde nobungakanani bokusibamba. Sifuna le naleya. Sisebenzisa izinto eziphathekayo ezingakumbi nangakumbi. Yaye sikwenza oko kuba sifuna ulwaneliseko lwehlabathi. Kufuneka sizikhwebule kuyo yonke into esiphazamisayo kuThixo kwaye isisa yenye yeendlela ezilungileyo zokufezekisa eli qela.
Camngca ngala magama mathathu namhlanje: thandaza, uzile kwaye uphe. Zama ukuphila ezi mpawu ngendlela efihlakeleyo eyaziwa nguThixo kuphela le Lenti. Ukuba wenza njalo, iNkosi iya kuqala ukwenza imimangaliso emikhulu ebomini bakho kunokuba unokucinga ngoku. Uya kukukhulula ekuzicingeni okuhlala kusibophelela kwaye kukuvumela ukuba umthande yena kunye nabanye kwinqanaba elitsha.
Nkosi yam, ndiyayixolela le Nzila. Ndakhetha ngokukhululekileyo ukungena entlango kwezi ntsuku zingama-40 kwaye ndakhetha ukuthandaza, ukuzila ukutya nokuzinikela ngendlela endingazange ndiyenze ngaphambili. Ndithandazela ukuba le Nzila ibe lixesha lokuba ndiguqulwe ngaphakathi kuwe. Ndikhulule, Nkosi yam, kuyo yonke into endithintelayo ekuthandeni wena nabanye ngentliziyo yam yonke. Yesu ndiyakholwa kuwe.