Ungaphendula kanjani lapho uNkulunkulu ethi "Cha"
Lapho kungekho-muntu futhi lapho sesikwazi ukuthembeka ngokuphelele kithi ngokwethu phambi kukaNkulunkulu, sijabulisa amaphupho athile namathemba. Sifisa ukuthi ukuphela kwezinsuku zethu kube ne- _________________________ (gcwalisa okungenalutho). Kodwa-ke, kungenzeka ukuthi sizofa nalelo sifiso esingagculisi. Uma lokhu kwenzeka, kuzoba ngenye yezinto ezinzima kakhulu emhlabeni ukuthi sibhekane nazo futhi sizamukele. UDavid wezwa "cha" weNkosi futhi wakwamukela buthule ngaphandle kokucasuka. Kunzima ukwenza. Kepha emazwini okugcina David abhalwe phansi sithola umfanekiso wobuntu bomuntu ngokusho kwenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu.
Ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amane yokusebenzela kwa-Israyeli, iKosi uDavida, emdala futhi mhlawumbe egobile iminyaka, wafuna okokugcina ubuso babalandeli bakhe ababethembekile. Abaningi babo babemelela izinkumbulo ezihlukile engqondweni yomdala. Labo abebezoqhubeka nefa lakhe babemzungezile, belinde ukuthola amazwi akhe okugcina okuhlakanipha nemfundo. Inkosi eneminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa yayizothini?
Kwaqala ngentshiseko yenhliziyo yakhe, edonsa emuva ikhethini ukuveza isifiso sakhe esijulile: amaphupho nezinhlelo zokwakhela iNkosi ithempeli (1 IziKronike 28: 2). Kwakuyiphupho elingaqediwe empilweni yakhe. "UZimu wathi kimi," UDavidi wathi ebantwini bakhe, "'Awusoze walakhela indlu igama lami ngoba uyindoda yempi futhi uchithile igazi' (28: 3).
Amaphupho afe kanzima. Kepha emazwini akhe ahlukanisayo, uDavide wakhetha ukugxila kulokho uNkulunkulu ayemvumele ukuba akwenze: ukubusa njengenkosi kwa-Israyeli, ukumisa indodana yakhe uSolomoni embusweni futhi kumdlulisele iphupho (28: 4-8). Lapho-ke, emthandazweni omuhle, inkulumo ebekiwe yokudumisa eNkosini uNkulunkulu, uDavid wancoma ubukhulu bukaNkulunkulu, wambonga ngezibusiso zakhe eziningi, wabe esehlukanisa abantu bakwa-Israyeli nenkosi yakhe entsha, uSolomoni. Zinike isikhathi esengeziwe sokufunda umthandazo kaDavid kancane nangokucabanga. Kutholakala ku-1 IziKronike 29: 10-19.
Esikhundleni sokuzenzela isihawu noma intukuthelo ngephupho lakhe elingagcwalisekanga, uDavide wadumisa uNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo ebongayo. Ukudumisa kushiya ubuntu buvele esithombeni futhi kugxile ngokuphelele ekuphakanyisweni kukaNkulunkulu ophilayo. Ingilazi enkulu yokudumisa ihlala ibheka phezulu.
“Ubusisiwe, Jehova, Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, baba wethu, kuze kube phakade naphakade. Okwakho, O Jehova, bukhulu namandla nodumo, ukunqoba nobukhosi, impela konke okusezulwini nasemhlabeni; Okwakho kubuswa, O Phakade, futhi uziphakamisa njengenhloko yakho konke. Kokubili ingcebo nodumo kuvela kuwe, futhi ubusa phezu kwakho konke, futhi esandleni sakho kukhona amandla namandla; futhi kusesandleni sakho ukwenza okukhulu nokuqinisa wonke umuntu. " (29: 10-12)
Ngenkathi uDavid ecabanga ngomusa omuhle kakhulu kaNkulunkulu onikeze abantu into enhle emva kwenye, ukudumisa kwakhe kwabe sekuphenduka ukubonga. "Manje-ke, Nkulunkulu wethu, siyakubonga futhi sidumise igama lakho elikhazimulayo" (29: 13). UDavid wavuma ukuthi akukho lutho olukhethekile ngabantu bakhe. Indaba yabo yenziwa ngokuzulazula nokuhlala kwamatende; izimpilo zabo zazinjengemithunzi ehambayo. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yobuhle obukhulu bukaNkulunkulu, bakwazi ukunikeza konke okwakudingeka ukwakha uNkulunkulu ithempeli (29: 14-16).
UDavida wayezungezwe yingcebo engenamkhawulo, nokho yonke leyo ngcebo ayizange ithinte inhliziyo yakhe. Walwa nezinye izimpi ngaphakathi kodwa akazange ahaha. UDavida akazange aphathwe ngokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo. Empeleni, wathi, "Nkosi, konke esinakho kungokwakho - zonke lezi zinto ezinhle esizinikelayo zethempeli lakho, indawo engihlala kuyo, igumbi lesihlalo sobukhosi - konke kungokwakho, konke". KuDavide, uNkulunkulu wayenakho konke. Mhlawumbe kwakulesi simo esivumela inkosi ukuthi ibhekane no "cha" kaNkulunkulu empilweni yakhe: wayeqiniseka ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubusa nokuthi amacebo kaNkulunkulu ahamba phambili. UDavid ugcine konke ngokukhululeka.
Kamuva, uDavide wathandazela abanye. Wahlanganisa abantu ababesebuse iminyaka engamashumi amane, ecela iNkosi ukuba ibakhumbule iminikelo yabo yasethempelini futhi badonsele izinhliziyo zabo kuye (29: 17-18). UDavid wabuye wathandazela uSolomoni: "nikeza indodana yami uSolomoni inhliziyo ephelele yokugcina imiyalo yakho, nobufakazi bakho nezimiso zakho, ukwenze konke nokwakha ithempeli engilungiselele lona" (29: 19).
Lomkhuleko omangalisayo wawunamazwi okugcina aqoshwe kuDavide; kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho washona “egcwele izinsuku, ingcebo nodumo” (29: 28). Yindlela efaneleyo yokuqeda impilo! Ukufa kwakhe kuyisikhumbuzo esifanele sokuthi lapho umuntu kaNkulunkulu efa, akukho lutho lukaNkulunkulu olufa.
Yize amanye amaphupho ehlala engagculisekile, owesilisa noma owesifazane kaNkulunkulu angaphendula "cha" wakhe ngokudumisa, ngokubonga nangokulamula ... ngoba uma kufezeka iphupho, azikho izinhloso zikaNkulunkulu ezifa.