Lithini ibhayibheli ngokuzila ukudla okungokomoya
KuTestamente Elidala, uNkulunkulu wayala u-Israyeli ukuthi agcine izikhathi ezithile zokuzila. Kumakholwa eTestamente Elisha, ukuzila akuzange kuyalwe noma kuvinjelwe eBhayibhelini. Ngenkathi amaKristu akuqala kwakungadingeki ukuba azile ukudla, amaningi ayeprakthiza nokuzila ukudla njalo.
UJesu uqobo wakusho kuLuka 5:35 ukuthi ngemuva kokufa kwakhe, ukuzila ukudla kuzolungela abalandeli bakhe: "Kuzofika izinsuku lapho umkhwenyana eyosuswa kubo, khona-ke bayakuzila ngalezo zinsuku" (ESV).
Ukuzila ukudla ngokusobala kunendawo nenhloso yabantu bakaNkulunkulu namuhla.
Kuyini ukuzila ukudla?
Ezimweni eziningi, ukuzila ukudla okungokomoya kuhilela ukugwema ukudla ngenkathi ugxile emthandazweni. Lokhu kungasho ukugwema ukudla okulula phakathi kokudla, ukweqa ukudla okukodwa noma okubili ngosuku, ukugwema ukudla okuthile kuphela, noma ukuzila okuphelele kukho konke ukudla usuku lonke noma ngaphezulu.
Ngenxa yezizathu zokwelashwa, abanye abantu kungenzeka bangakwazi ukuzila ukudla nakancane. Bangase bakhethe ukungadli kuphela ekudleni okuthile, okunoshukela noma ushokoledi, noma okunye okuhlukile kunokudla. Impela, amakholwa angazila ukudla kusuka kunoma yini. Ukwenza ngaphandle kwento okwesikhashana, njengethelevishini noma i-soda, njengendlela yokuqondisa ukunakwa kwethu ezintweni zasemhlabeni kuNkulunkulu, nakho kungabhekwa njengokuzila ngokomoya.
Inhloso yokuzila ukudla ngokomoya
Ngenkathi abantu abaningi beshesha ukunciphisa umzimba, ukudla akuyona inhloso yokuzila ukudla okungokomoya. Esikhundleni salokho, ukuzila ukudla kunikeza izinzuzo ezingokomoya ezihlukile empilweni yekholwa.
Ukuzila ukudla kudinga ukuzithiba nokuziphatha, ngoba izifiso zemvelo zenyama ziyenqatshwa. Ngesikhathi sokuzila okungokomoya, ukunaka kwekholwa kuyasuswa ezintweni ezibonakalayo zalomhlaba futhi kugxilwe kakhulu kuNkulunkulu.
Ngamanye amagama, ukuzila ukudla kuqondisa ukulambela kwethu uNkulunkulu. Kususa ingqondo nomzimba wokunaka kwasemhlabeni futhi kusisondeze kuNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, njengoba sithola ukucaca okungokomoya komcabango njengoba sizila, kusivumela ukuthi sizwe izwi likaNkulunkulu ngokucace kakhudlwana. . Ukuzila ukudla kukhombisa isidingo esijulile sosizo lukaNkulunkulu nesiqondiso ngokuthembela kuye ngokuphelele.
Ukuthi yini ukuzila ukudla akuyona
Ukuzila ukudla okungokomoya akuyona indlela yokuthola umusa kaNkulunkulu ngokumenza asenzele okuthile. Esikhundleni salokho, inhloso ukuletha uguquko kithi: ukucaca okucacile, okugxile kakhulu nokuncika kuNkulunkulu.
Ukuzila ukudla akumele kube ukubonakaliswa obala kwezingokomoya, kuphakathi kwakho noNkulunkulu kuphela. Empeleni, uJesu wasiyala ngqo ukuthi sivumele ukuzila kwethu kwenziwe ngasese nangokuzithoba, kungenjalo silahlekelwe yinzuzo. Futhi ngenkathi ukuzila ukudla kweTestamente Elidala kwakuwuphawu lokulila, amakholwa eTestamente Elisha afundiswa ukuzila ngesimo sokujabula:
“Futhi uma nizila ukudla, maningabheki okomzuzwana njengabazenzisi, ngokuba bonakalisa ubuso babo, ukuze ukuzila kwabo kubonakale kwabanye. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, sebewutholile umvuzo wabo. Kepha lapho uzila ukudla, gcoba ikhanda lakho, ugeze ubuso bakho, ukuze ukuzila kwakho kungabonakali kwabanye kepha kubonwe nguYihlo osekusithekeni. Futhi uYihlo obona ekusithekeni uzokuvuza. "(Mathewu 6: 16-18, ESV)
Okokugcina, kufanele kuqondwe ukuthi ukuzila ngokomoya akuhloselwe ukujezisa noma ukulimaza umzimba.
Imibuzo eminingi ngokuzila ukudla okungokomoya
Kufanele ngizile isikhathi esingakanani?
Ukuzila ukudla, ikakhulukazi okuvela ekudleni, kufanele kubekelwe isikhathi esithile. Ukuzila ukudla isikhathi eside kakhulu kungadala ukulimala emzimbeni.
Ngenkathi nginqena ukusho okusobala, isinqumo sakho sokuzila kufanele siqondiswe nguMoya oNgcwele. Futhi, ngincoma kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma ungakaze uzile ukudla, ukuthi ubonane nodokotela kanye nokomoya ngaphambi kokuqalisa noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuzila okude. Ngenkathi uJesu noMose bezila ukudla izinsuku ezingama-40 ngaphandle kokudla namanzi, lokhu ngokusobala kwakuyimpumelelo yomuntu engenzeki, etholwe kuphela ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele.
(Inothi elibalulekile: ukuzila ukudla ngaphandle kwamanzi kuyingozi enkulu. Noma sesizile izikhathi eziningi, isikhathi eside ngaphandle kokudla yisikhathi sezinsuku eziyisithupha, asikaze sikwenze ngaphandle kwamanzi.)
Ngingashesha kangakanani ukudla?
AmaKristu eTestamente eNtsha enza njalo ukuthandaza nokuzila ukudla. Njengoba kungekho-myalo wasebhayibhelini wokuzila, amakholwa kufanele aqondiswe nguNkulunkulu ngomkhuleko maqondana nokuthi kufanele azile ukudla nini futhi nini.
Izibonelo zokuzila ukudla ezisebhayibhelini
Ukuzila ukudla kwiTestamente Elidala
UMose wazila ukudla izinsuku ezingama-40 ngenxa yezono zakwa-Israyeli: Duteronomi 9: 9, 18, 25-29; 10:10.
UDavida wazila futhi wadabukisa ngokufa kukaSawule: 2 Samuweli 1:12.
UDavida wazila futhi wadabukisa ngokufa kuka-Abineri: 2 Samuweli 3:35.
UDavida wazila futhi wadabukisa ngokufa kwendodana yakhe: 2 Samuweli 12:16.
U-Elija wazila izinsuku ezingama-40 ngemuva kokubaleka uJezebeli: 1 AmaKhosi 19: 7-18.
U-Ahabi wazila ukudla futhi wazithoba phambi kukaNkulunkulu: 1 AmaKhosi 21: 27-29.
UDariyu washesha wakhathazeka ngoDaniel: Daniyeli 6: 18-24.
UDaniel wazila ukudla ngenxa yesono sikaJuda ngenkathi efunda isiprofetho sikaJeremiya: Daniyeli 9: 1-19.
UDaniel wazila embonweni ongaqondakali kaNkulunkulu: Daniyeli 10: 3-13.
U-Esteri wazila ukudla ngenxa yabantu bakubo: Esteri 4: 13-16.
U-Ezra wazila futhi wakhala ngezono zokubuya okuseleyo: U-Ezra 10: 6-17.
UNehemiya wazila futhi wakhala izinyembezi ezindongeni zaseJerusalema eziphukile: UNehemiya 1: 4-2: 10.
Abantu baseNineve bazila ukudla ngemuva kokuzwa umyalezo kaJona: uJona 3.
Ukuzila Ukuzila eTestamenteni eliSha
U-Ana wazila ukuhlengwa kweJerusalema ngoMesiya olandelayo: Luka 2:37.
UJesu wazila ukudla izinsuku ezingama-40 ngaphambi kokulingwa kwakhe nokuqala kwenkonzo yakhe: Mathewu 4: 1-11.
Abafundi bakaJohane uMbhaptizi bazila ukudla: UMathewu 9: 14-15.
Abadala base-Antiyokiya bazila ukudla ngaphambi kokuba bahambise uPawulu noBarnaba: Izenzo 13: 1-5.
UKorneliyu wazila ukudla futhi wafuna icebo likaNkulunkulu lokusindisa: Izenzo 10:30.
UPaul wazila izinsuku ezintathu ngemuva kokuhlangana nomgwaqo iDamaseku: Izenzo 9: 9.
UPawulu wazila izinsuku eziyi-14 ngenkathi besolwandle ngomkhumbi ocwilayo: Izenzo 27: 33-34.