Feza umsebenzi wethu
"Manje, Mnumzane, ungavumela inceku yakho ihambe ngokuthula, ngokwezwi lakho, ngoba amehlo ami abonile insindiso yakho oyilungisile emehlweni abo bonke abantu: ukukhanya kwesambulo kwabeZizwe nodumo abantu bakho u-Israyeli. " ULuka 2: 29-32
Namuhla sigubha umcimbi okhazimulayo kaJesu owethulwe ethempelini nguMariya noJosefa. USimeone, umuntu "olungile futhi ozinikele", wayelinde lomzuzu impilo yakhe yonke. Indima engenhla yilokho akhuluma ngakho lapho kufika isikhathi ekugcineni.
Lokhu kufakazelwa okukhulu okuvela enhliziyweni ethobekile futhi egcwele ukholo. USimeone ubekhuluma kanjena: “Nkosi yamazulu nomhlaba, impilo yami manje isiqedile. Ngikubonile. Ngayigcina. Nguye kuphela. UnguMesiya. Akukho okunye engikudinga empilweni. Impilo yami yanelisekile. Manje sengikulungele ukufa. Impilo yami ifinyelele umgomo wayo kanye nomvuthwandaba. "
USimeone, njenganoma yimuphi omunye umuntu ojwayelekile, ngabe waba nokuhlangenwe nakho okuningi empilweni. Wayezoba nezifiso nezinhloso eziningi. Izinto eziningi wazisebenzela kanzima. Ngakho-ke kuye ukusho ukuthi wayeselungele “ukuhamba ngokuthula” kusho nje ukuthi inhloso yempilo yakhe isifezekile nokuthi konke akusebenzele futhi akulwele sekufinyelele umvuthwandaba wakhe manje.
Lokhu kusho okuningi! Kepha empeleni kungubufakazi obukhulu kithina empilweni yethu yansuku zonke futhi kusinika isibonelo salokho okufanele silwele. Sibona kulokhu okwenzeka kuSimeyoni ukuthi impilo kumele ithinte ukuhlangana noKristu kanye nokufezeka kwenhloso yethu ngokohlelo lukaNkulunkulu.NgokukaSimeyoni, leyo njongo, eyambulelwa yona ngesipho sokukholwa kwakhe, yayizokwamukela UChristian Child ethempelini esethulweni sakhe bese anikezela le Ngane kuYise ngokuya ngomthetho.
Uyini umsebenzi wakho nenhloso yakho empilweni? Ngeke kufane noSimeyoni kepha kuzoba nokufana. UNkulunkulu unohlelo oluphelele lwakho oluzokwambulela ngokukholwa. Lokhu kubizwa nenhloso ekugcineni kuzothinta iqiniso lokuthi wamukela uKristu ethempelini lenhliziyo yakho bese uyamdumisa futhi umkhonze ukuze wonke umuntu ambone. Kuzothatha ifomu elihlukile ngokuhambisana nentando kaNkulunkulu ngempilo yakho. Kepha kuzobaluleka futhi kubaluleke njengocingo lukaSimeon futhi luzoba yingxenye yohlelo lonke lwaphezulu lokusindiswa komhlaba.
Cabanga namuhla ngekholi yakho ne-mission empilweni. Ungaphuthelwa ucingo lwakho. Ungaphuthelwa ukuthunywa kwakho. Qhubeka ulalele, ulindele futhi wenze ngokholo njengoba icebo likhula ukuze ngolunye usuku ujabule futhi "uhambe ngokuthula" uqiniseka ukuthi lolu cingo selufeziwe.
Nkosi ngiy inceku yakho. Ngifuna intando yakho. Ngisize ekuphenduleni ngokukholwa nangokuvuleka futhi ungisize ngithi "Yebo" empilweni yami ukufeza inhloso engadalelwa yona. Ngiyabonga ngobufakazi bukaSimeone futhi ngithandazela ukuthi ngolunye usuku nami ngijabule ukuthi impilo yami isigcwalisiwe. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.