Ukushesha akuyena umKristu, funda ukuzibekezelela

I. Ekuzuzeni ukupheleliswa umuntu kufanele ahlale elindile. Kumelwe ngithole inkohliso, kusho uSt. Francis de Sales. Abanye bangathanda ukuphelela okuphelele, ukuze kube okwanele ukukushelela, njengesiketi, ukuze uzithole uphelele ngaphandle komzamo. Ukube lokhu bekungenzeka, bengiyoba umuntu ophelele kunabo bonke emhlabeni; njengoba, uma bekusemandleni ami ukunikeza ukuphelela kwabanye, ngaphandle kokuba benze utho, ngangiyoqala ukukuthatha kimi. Kubonakala kubo ukuthi ukuphelela kuwubuciko, okwanele ukuthola imfihlo ukuze ube amakhosi ngokushesha ngaphandle kobunzima. Yeka inkohliso! Imfihlo enkulu iwukwenza nokusebenza ngenkuthalo ekusebenziseni uthando lwaphezulu, ukuze sizuze ubunye nobuhle baphezulu.

Nokho, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi umsebenzi wokwenza nokukhandleka ubhekisela engxenyeni engenhla yomphefumulo wethu; ngenxa yokuphikiswa okuvela engxenyeni engezansi, umuntu akufanele anake kakhulu okwenziwa ngabahambi bendlela, kwezinja ezikhonkotha kude (cf.

Ngakho-ke masizijwayeze ukufuna ukuphelela kwethu ngezindlela ezivamile, ngokuzola kwengqondo, senza lokho okuncike kithi ekuzuzeni okuhle, ngokungaguquki ekukwenzeni, ngokwesimo nangobizo lwethu; khona-ke, ngokuqondene nokufika ngokushesha emgomweni esiwufunayo, masibekezele, sihoye ukuBuyisa kwaphezulu, okuyonakekela ukusiduduza ngesikhathi esimisiwe; futhi noma bekufanele silinde kuze kube yihora lokufa, masaneliswe, sikhokhele ukufeza umsebenzi wethu ngokwenza njalo lokho okuphezu kwethu namandla ethu. Siyohlale sinento esiyifisayo maduzane, lapho kuyojabulisa uNkulunkulu ukusinika yona.

Lokhu kwesula ukulinda kuyadingeka, ngoba ukuntuleka kwakho kuphazamisa kakhulu umphefumulo. Ngakho-ke maseneliswe ukwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu osibusayo wenza kahle izinto, futhi asilindele imizwa ekhethekile noma ukukhanya okuthile, kodwa sihamba njengezimpumputhe ngemuva kokuphelezelwa yilesi silungiselelo futhi njalo sinalokhu kuthembela kuNkulunkulu, ngisho naphakathi kwezincithakalo. , ukwesaba, ubumnyama neziphambano zazo zonke izinhlobo, azokujabulela ukusithumelela zona (cf.

Akufanele ngizingcwelise, hhayi ngenxa yenzuzo yami, induduzo nodumo, kodwa ngenxa yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nokusindiswa kwabasha. Ngakho-ke ngizoba nesineke futhi ngizole noma nini lapho kufanele ngiqaphele usizi lwami, ngiqiniseka ukuthi umusa onamandla onke usebenza ngobuthakathaka bami.

II. Kudinga ukubekezela kuwena. Akunakwenzeka ukuba amakhosi omphefumulo womuntu ngomzuzwana futhi ube nawo ngokuphelele ezandleni zomuntu kusukela ekuqaleni. Yaneliseka ngokuzuza indawo kancane kancane, kuxwayisa uSt. Francis de Sales, lapho ubhekene nentshiseko elwa nawe.

Kufanele ubekezele abanye; kodwa okokuqala siyazibekezelela futhi sibe nesineke ukuze sibe abangaphelele. Singathanda yini ukufika ekuphumuleni kwangaphakathi, ngaphandle kokudlula ezinkingeni ezivamile kanye nemizabalazo?

Lungiselela umphefumulo wakho ukuzola kusukela ekuseni; phakathi nosuku qiniseka ukuthi uyayibiza njalo futhi uyibuyisele ezandleni zakho. Uma kwenzeka uguqulwa kancane, ungesabi, ungazinikeli nomcabango omncane; kodwa, mxwayise, zithobe ngokuthula phambi kukaNkulunkulu futhi uzame ukubuyisela umoya esimweni sobumnandi. Tshela umphefumulo wakho: - Woza, sibeke unyawo kokubi; asihambe manje siqaphe. - Futhi njalo lapho ubuyela emuva, phinda into efanayo.

Khona-ke lapho nijabulela ukuthula, nizuza ngokuthanda okuhle, nandise izenzo zobumnandi ngezikhathi zonke, ngisho nezincane, ngoba, njengoba isho iNkosi, kwabathembekile ezintweni ezincane, abakhulu bayophathiswa (Lk 16,10) :444). Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ungadangali, uNkulunkulu ubamba ngesandla futhi, nakuba ekuvumela ukuba ukhubeke, uyakwenza ukuze akubonise ukuthi, uma engakubambanga, uzowa ngokuphelele: ngakho-ke ubamba isandla sakhe usiqinise kakhulu. Incwadi XNUMX).

Ukuba inceku kaNkulunkulu kusho ukupha umakhelwane wakho, ukwenza engxenyeni engenhla yomoya isinqumo esibalulekile sokulandela intando kaNkulunkulu, ukuba nokuthobeka okujulile nokuba lula, okusishukumisela ukuba sithembele kuNkulunkulu futhi kusisiza ukuba sivuke kukho konke. okwethu, ukusibekezelela ezinsizini zethu, ukuthwala abanye ngokuthula ekungaphelelini kwabo (Incwadi 409).

Khonza uJehova ngokwethembeka, kodwa umkhonze ngokukhululeka nangothando ngaphandle kwenhliziyo ebuhlungu ecasulayo. Gcina kuwe umoya wenjabulo engcwele, uhlakazeke ngokulinganisela ezenzweni nasemazwini akho, ukuze abantu abalungile abakubonayo futhi bakhazimulise uNkulunkulu (Mt 5,16: 472), okuwukuphela kwento esiyifisayo (Incwadi XNUMX), bathole injabulo. Lo mlayezo wokuzethemba nokwethenjwa ovela ku-St. Francis de Sales uyaqinisekisa, ubuyisela isibindi futhi ubonisa indlela eqinisekile yokuthuthuka, naphezu kobuthakathaka bethu, ukugwema i-pusillanimity kanye nokucabangela.

III. Indlela yokuziphatha emisebenzini eminingi ukuze ugweme ukuxhamazela ngokweqile. Ubuningi bemisebenzi yisimo esivumayo sokuthola izinto ezinhle eziyiqiniso neziqinile. Ukuphindaphindeka kwezindaba kuwukufela ukholo njalo; ukwehluka nobuningi bemisebenzi kuphazamisa kakhulu ukudlula amandla adonsela phansi.

Ekuphatheni ibhizinisi lakho, uSt. Francis de Sales ufundisa, ungathembi ukuthi uzokwazi ukuphumelela ngemboni yakho, kodwa kuphela ngosizo lukaNkulunkulu; ngakho-ke thembelani ngokuphelele eKuphakeleni Kwakhe, niqiniseka ukuthi uzokwenza konke okusemandleni enu, uma nje nina, nifaka inkuthalo enokuthula kukho. Ngempela, abaqeqeshi besiteji abagijimayo balimaza izinhliziyo nebhizinisi futhi abakona ukukhuthala, kodwa ukukhathazeka kanye nesiyaluyalu.

Maduze sizoba sephakadeni, lapho kuyobonakala ukuthi zincane kangakanani zonke izindaba zaleli zwe nokuthi bekukuncane kangakanani ukwenza noma cha; lapha, ngokuphambene nalokho, sidonsa kanzima nxazonke zabo, njengokungathi ziyizinto ezinkulu. Lapho sisebancane, yeka intshiseko esasiyisebenzisa ukuqoqa izingcezu zamathayela, izinkuni nodaka ukuze sakhe izindlu nezakhiwo ezincane! Futhi uma othile wawajikijela phansi lapho, kwaba inkathazo; kodwa manje siyazi ukuthi konke lokho kwakunendaba encane kakhulu. Ngakho kuyoba usuku olulodwa ezulwini; khona-ke sizobona ukuthi ukunamathela kwethu emhlabeni kwakuyizingane zangempela.

Angiqondile ngalokhu ukudelela ukunakekela okufanele sibe nakho kwalezo zinto ezincane neziwubala, njengoba sizinike zona nguNkulunkulu ukuze sizisebenzele kulomhlaba; kodwa ngithanda ukuqeda intshiseko yokukulinda. Asidlale nezingane zethu, kodwa ngokuzenza asilahlekelwa yimiqondo yethu. Futhi uma umuntu egumbuqela amabhokisi nezakhiwo ezincane, masingakhathazeki kakhulu, ngoba lapho sekuhlwile, lapho kuyodingeka sicashe, ngisho nalapho sesifa, zonke lezi zinto ezincane ziyoba yize: sizobe ukuya endlini kaBaba wethu (IHu 121,1).

Ngena ebhizinisini lakho ngokuzimisela, kodwa yazi ukuthi awunalo ibhizinisi elibaluleke ukwedlula insindiso yakho (Incwadi 455).

Emisebenzini eyahlukene iyodwa kuphela isimo somphefumulo olinda ngaso. Uthando lulodwa yilo oluhlukanisa ukubaluleka kwezinto esizenzayo. Masizame ukuhlala sinobumnandi kanye nemizwa ehloniphekile, okusenza sifune kuphela ukunambitheka kweNkosi, futhi Uzokwenza izenzo zethu zibe zinhle futhi ziphelele, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zincane kangakanani futhi zivamile (Incwadi 1975).

O Nkosi, ngenze ngicabange ngokuhlala ngibamba futhi ngisebenzise kahle amathuba okukukhonza, ngizijwayeza umzuzu nomzuzu, ngaphandle kokukhathalela okwedlule noma okuzayo, ukuze wonke umzuzu wamanje ungilethele lokho okufanele ngikwenze ngokuzola. futhi ngenkuthalo, ngenxa yenkazimulo yakho (cf. Incwadi 503).