I-Epiphany kaJesu kanye nomthandazo oya kwaMagi
Lapho bengena endlini babona umfana enoMariya unina. Bamkhothamela bamhlonipha. Base bevula amagugu abo bamnika izipho zegolide, inhlaka yempepho nemure. UMathewu 2:11
"I-Epiphany" isho ukubonakaliswa. Futhi i-Epiphany yeNkosi ingukubonakaliswa kukaJesu hhayi kuphela ngalezi Magi ezintathu zaseMpumalanga, kodwa futhi kungukubonakaliswa kukaJesu Kristu okungokomfanekiso kodwa kwangempela. Lawa Magi, avela ezweni langaphandle nelingewona amaJuda, aveza ukuthi uJesu weza ngenxa yabo bonke abantu futhi wonke umuntu ubizelwe ukuzokhuleka kuye.
Lawa maGi 'ayengamadoda ahlakaniphile' afunda izinkanyezi futhi ayazi ngenkolelo yamaJuda yokuthi uMesiya uyeza. Babezothululwa ngobuningi bosuku bangaleso sikhathi futhi babengeke bamangale ngalo ukholo lwamaJuda kuMesiya.
UNkulunkulu wasebenzisa lokho ababekwazi ukubabiza ukuthi bakhulekele uKristu. Wasebenzisa inkanyezi. Bazizwisisa izinkanyezi futhi lapho bebona le nkanyezi entsha futhi eyingqayizivele ngenhla kweBetlehema baqonda ukuthi kwakuza okuthile okukhethekile. Ngakho-ke isifundo sokuqala esisithatha kulokhu ezimpilweni zethu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzosebenzisa lokho esikujwayele ukuba sizibize ngakho. Funa "inkanyezi" esetshenziswa uNkulunkulu ukukubiza. Kusondele ukwedlula indlela ocabanga ngayo.
Into yesibili okufanele uyiqaphele ukuthi ama-Magi awa ngobuso phambi kukaChristian Child. Banikela ngezimpilo zabo phambi kwakhe ngokuzinikela ngokuphelele nangokukhuleka. Basinika isibonelo esiphelele. Uma laba bafundi bezinkanyezi abavela kwelinye izwe bengafika futhi bakhonze uKristu kakhulu, nathi kufanele senze okufanayo. Mhlawumbe ungazama ukulala amanga ngokoqobo emthandazweni namuhla, ulingisa amaMagi, noma okungenani ukwenze enhliziyweni yakho ngomkhuleko. Mkhonze ngokuzinikela okuphelele kwempilo yakho.
Ekugcineni, ama-Magi aletha igolide, inhlaka yempepho nemure. Lezi zipho ezintathu, ezethulwe eNkosini yethu, zikhombisa ukuthi bayayibona le Ngane njengeNkosi Engcwele ezokufa ukusisindisa esonweni. Igolide lelenkosi, impepho ingumnikelo wokushiswa oya kuNkulunkulu futhi imure isetshenziselwa abafayo. Ngakho-ke, ukukhulekelwa kwabo kusekelwe emaqinisweni wokuthi ingubani le Ngane. Uma sifuna ukukhonza uKristu ngokufanele, kumele futhi simhloniphe ngale ndlela kathathu.
Zindla namuhla ngalezi Magi futhi uzibheke njengophawu lwalokho okubizelwe kukho. Ubizelwe endaweni yangaphandle yaleli lizwe ukuzofuna uMesiya. Yini uNkulunkulu ayisebenzisayo ukukubizela kuye? Lapho umthola, unganqikazi ukubona lonke iqiniso lokuthi ungubani, ulele phambi kwakhe ngokuzithoba okuphelele nangokuthobeka.
Nkosi ngiyakuthanda futhi ngiyakuthanda. Ngibeka impilo yami phambi kwakho futhi ngiyayeka. UyiNkosi noMsindisi wami waphezulu. Impilo yami ingeyakho. (Thandaza kathathu bese ukhothama phambi kweNkosi) Jesu, ngithembela kuwe.