Amandla omkhuleko ngesikhathi sobhadane
Kunemibono nezinkolelo ezibanzi ngomthandazo. Amanye amakholwa abheka umthandazo "njengokuxhumana noNkulunkulu", kanti amanye afanisa umthandazo ngokuthi "ulayini wocingo oya eZulwini" noma "ukhiye oyinhloko" ukuvula umnyango waphezulu. Kepha noma ngabe uwubona kanjani umthandazo, iphuzu elisemqoka ngomthandazo yileli: Umthandazo isenzo esingcwele sokuxhumana. Lapho sithandaza, sifuna ukuzwa kukaNkulunkulu. Lapho kugadla inhlekelele, abantu basabela ngendlela ehlukile uma kukhulunywa ngomkhuleko. Okokuqala, ukukhala kuNkulunkulu kuyimpendulo esheshayo kubantu abaningi benkolo ngesikhathi senhlekelele. Impela, ubhadane oluqhubekayo lwe-COVID-19 luvusile abantu bezinkolo ezahlukahlukene ukunxenxa izidalwa zabo ezingcwele. Futhi ngokungangabazeki, amaKristu amaningi kumele ukuthi akhumbula iziyalezo zikaNkulunkulu eziseMibhalweni: “Ngibize lapho kufika inkinga. Ngizokusindisa. Futhi uzongihlonipha. ”(AmaHubo 50:15; bheka iHubo 91:15) Ngakho-ke, ulayini kaNkulunkulu kufanele ugcwale izingcindezi zamakholwa, njengoba abantu bethandaza ngentshiseko enkulu nangokulangazelela insindiso kulezi zikhathi ezinzima. Ngisho nalabo okungenzeka abangajwayele ukuthandaza bangazizwa benesifiso sokuthola amandla aphakeme ukuze bathole ukuhlakanipha, ukuphepha nezimpendulo. Kwabanye, inhlekelele ingenza bazizwe belahliwe nguNkulunkulu noma bamane bangabi nawo amandla okuthandaza. Kwesinye isikhathi, ukholo lungahlangana okwesikhashana emanzini esiphithiphithi samanje.
Lokhu kwaba njalo ngomfelokazi wesiguli esasiyisiguli esasike ngahlangana naye eminyakeni engaphezu kweyishumi edlule. Ngabona izinto eziningi zenkolo ekhaya labo lapho ngifika khona ukunikeza usizo losizi lwabefundisi: izingcaphuno zemibhalo ezikhuthazayo ezibiyelwe ezindongeni, iBhayibheli elivulekile, nezincwadi zenkolo embhedeni wazo eduze kwesidumbu somyeni wakhe esingenampilo - konke lokhu kufakazela ukuvalwa kwabo ukukholwa - ukuhamba noNkulunkulu kuze kube yilapho ukufa kuzamazamisa umhlaba wabo. Ukushonelwa okokuqala kowesifazane kwakuhlanganisa ukudideka buthule nezinyembezi ngezikhathi ezithile, izindaba ezivela ohambweni lwabo lokuphila, kanye nezingxoxo eziningi ezithi “kungani” zenziwa kuNkulunkulu. Emva kwesikhathi esithile, ngabuza lo wesifazane ukuthi ngabe umthandazo ungasiza yini. Impendulo yakhe yaqinisekisa ukusola kwami. Wangibuka wathi, “Umkhuleko? Umkhuleko? Kimina, uNkulunkulu akekho manje. "
Ungahlala kanjani uxhumene noNkulunkulu ngesikhathi senhlekelele
Izehlakalo eziyinhlekelele, kungaba ukugula, ukufa, ukulahleka kwemisebenzi noma ubhadane lomhlaba wonke, zingaphazamisa izinzwa zomkhuleko futhi zithole amandla ngisho nakumaqhawe omkhuleko asemnkantshubomvu. Ngakho-ke, lapho "ukufihla kukaNkulunkulu" kuvumela ubumnyama obukhulu ukuba bungene ezindaweni zethu ngesikhathi sobunzima, singahlala kanjani sixhumana noNkulunkulu? Ngiphakamisa lezi zindlela ezilandelayo: Zama ukuzindla ngokuzimela. Umkhuleko akusikho ukuxhumana ngomlomo njalo noNkulunkulu. Esikhundleni sokuzibuza nokuzulazula ngemicabango, shintsha ukulala kwakho okubuhlungu kube ukuzinikela kokuqapha. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ukuqonda kwakho okuncane kusazi ngokuphelele ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu obedlulele. Zibandakanye engxoxweni noNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi usezinhlungwini ezijulile, kodwa usengamtshela ukuthi uzizwa kanjani. Ezwa ubuhlungu esiphambanweni, noJesu uqobo wazizwa eshiywe uNkulunkulu, futhi wathembeka ngakho ngokubuza uYise oseZulwini: "Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?" (Mathewu 27:46) Thandazela izidingo ezithile. Impilo nokuphepha kwabathandekayo bakho nenhlalakahle yakho siqu.
Ukuvikelwa nokuqiniswa komugqa ophambili onakekela abantu abangenwe yigciwane. Ukuholwa nguNkulunkulu nokuhlakanipha kosopolitiki bethu bezwe nabomhlaba jikelele njengoba besikhomba kulesi sikhathi esinzima.
Ukwabelana okwabiwe ngokubona nokwenza ngokuvumelana nezidingo zalabo abasizungezile. Odokotela nabacwaningi basebenzela isisombululo esimeme saleli gciwane. Phendukela kubathandazi bomkhuleko. Inzuzo ebalulekile yomphakathi wezenkolo wamakholwa ngumkhuleko wokubambisana, lapho ungathola khona induduzo, ukuphepha nokukhuthazeka. Finyelela kusistimu yakho yokusekela ekhona noma uthathe ithuba lokujulisa ukuxhumana nomuntu omaziyo njengeqhawe lomkhuleko oqinile. Futhi-ke, kuyaduduza ukwazi noma ukukhumbula ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu nawo uyabakhulumela abantu bakaNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sobunzima bomkhuleko. Singathola induduzo nokuthula ngeqiniso lokuthi yonke inkinga inesikhathi sokuphila. Umlando uyasitshela. Lolu bhubhane lwamanje luzoncipha futhi ngokwenza njalo, sizokwazi ukuqhubeka nokukhuluma noNkulunkulu ngomzila womkhuleko.