Ukufuna uNkulunkulu phakathi nenkinga yezempilo
Akuphelanga mizuzu mingaki, umhlaba wami wawuphenduke wabheka phansi. Ukuhlolwa kwabuya futhi sathola ukuxilongwa okulimazayo: umama wayenomdlavuza. Izinkinga zezempilo zingasenza sizizwe singenathemba futhi sesaba ikusasa elingaziwa. Phakathi kwalokhu kulahlekelwa amandla okulawula, lapho sidabukelwe thina noma umuntu esimthandayo, singezwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu usilahlile. Singamthola kanjani uNkulunkulu phakathi kwenhlekelele yezempilo enjengale? Uphi uNkulunkulu phakathi kobuhlungu obungaka? Ukuphi ebuhlungwini bami?
Ukulwa nemibuzo
Ukuphi? Ngichithe iminyaka ngiphinda lo mbuzo emithandazweni yami lapho ngibuka uhambo lukamama nomdlavuza: ukuxilongwa, ukuhlinzwa, ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali, imisebe. Kungani ukuvumele lokho kwenzeke? Usilahleleni? Uma le mibuzo izwakala ijwayelekile, kungenxa yokuthi awuwedwa. AmaKristu abelokhu ebhekene nale mibuzo izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Sithola isibonelo salokhu kumaHubo 22: 1-2: “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na? Kungani ukude nokungisindisa, ukude kakhulu nokukhala kwami kosizi? Nkulunkulu wami, ngiyakhala emini, kodwa awuphenduli, ebusuku, kepha angikutholi ukuphumula ”. Njengomhubi, ngangizizwa ngilahliwe. Ngazizwa ngingenalusizo, ngibuka abantu engibathandayo, abantu abakhulu engibaziyo, behlupheka ngokungafanele ezinkingeni zempilo. Bengithukuthelele uNkulunkulu; Ngabuza uNkulunkulu; futhi ngazizwa nginganakwa nguNkulunkulu.Sifunda kumaHubo 22 ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyayiqinisekisa le mizwa. Futhi ngifundile ukuthi akwamukelekile nje kuphela ukuthi sibuze le mibuzo, kodwa uNkulunkulu uyayikhuthaza (iHubo 55:22). Kithina, uNkulunkulu wadala izidalwa ezihlakaniphile ezinekhono elijulile lothando nozwelo, ezikwazi ukuzizwa zidabukile futhi zithukuthelele thina nalabo esibakhathalelayo. Encwadini yakhe ethi, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again, uRachel Held Evans uhlola indaba kaJakobe elwa noNkulunkulu (uGenesise 32: 22-32), ebhala ukuthi “Ngisalwela futhi, njengoJakobe, Ngizolwa ngize NGIBUSISWE. UNkulunkulu akakangidedeli okwamanje. “Singabantwana bakaNkulunkulu: uyasithanda futhi usinakekela ngokungcono noma ngokubi; phakathi kokuhlupheka kwethu usenguNkulunkulu wethu.
Ukuthola Ithemba Emibhalweni
Lapho ngiqala ukuzwa ngokuxilongwa komdlavuza kamama eminyakeni eminingana edlule, ngashaqeka. Amehlo ami afiphazwa yimizwa yokungabi nalusizo, ngaphendukela endimeni engiyijwayele kusukela ebuntwaneni bami, iHubo 23: "INkosi ingumalusi wami, angisweli lutho". Isithandwa sangeSonto, ngangibambe ngekhanda leli vesi futhi ngasifunda kaninginingi. Incazelo yashintsha kimi ngenkathi iba yimantra yami, ngomqondo othile, ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa kukamama, ukwelashwa ngamakhemikhali nokwelashwa ngemisebe. Ivesi 4 lingihlasela ikakhulukazi: "Noma ngihamba esigodini esimnyama kakhulu, ngeke ngesabe okubi, ngoba unami." Singasebenzisa amavesi, izindima, kanye nezindaba zomndeni ukuthola ithemba emibhalweni. Kulo lonke iBhayibheli, uNkulunkulu uyasiqinisekisa ukuthi noma sihamba ezigodini ezimnyama kakhulu, akumele sesabe: uNkulunkulu "uthwala imithwalo yethu imihla ngemihla" (AmaHubo 68:19) futhi usinxusa ukuba sikhumbule ukuthi ngubani ongamelana nathi? (KwabaseRoma 8:31).
Njengomnakekeli nomuntu ohamba eceleni kwalabo ababhekene nezinkinga zezempilo, ngithola nethemba ku-2 Korinte 1: 3-4: "Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wobubele noNkulunkulu wabo bonke induduzo, esiduduza kuzo zonke izinkathazo zethu, ukuze sikwazi ukududuza labo abasenkingeni ngenduduzo esiyitholayo evela kuNkulunkulu ”. Isisho esidala sithi ukuze sikwazi ukunakekela abanye, kufanele sizinakekele thina kuqala. Ngithola ithemba ngokwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzonginikeza induduzo nokuthula ukuze ngikudlulisele kulabo abalwa nobunzima bezinkinga zezempilo.
Zizwe ukuthula ngomthandazo
Muva nje, umngani wami ubenesifo sokuwa. Waya esibhedlela kwatholakala ukuthi unesimila ebuchosheni. Lapho ngimbuza ukuthi ngingameseka kanjani, uphendule wathi: "Ngicabanga ukuthi ukuthandaza kuyinto esemqoka." Ngomthandazo, singathatha izinhlungu zethu, ukuhlupheka kwethu, ubuhlungu bethu, intukuthelo yethu bese sikushiyela uNkulunkulu.
Njengabaningi, ngibona umelaphi njalo. Izikhathi zami zamasonto onke zinginikeza indawo ephephile yokuveza yonke imizwa yami futhi ngiphuma ngilula. Ngithandaza ngendlela efanayo. Imithandazo yami ayilandeli ifomu elithile futhi ayenzeki ngesikhathi esinqunyiwe. Ngithandazela izinto ezisinda inhliziyo yami. Ngiyathandaza lapho umphefumulo wami uzizwa ukhathele. Ngithandazela amandla lapho ngingenawo. Ngithandazela ukuthi uNkulunkulu asuse imithwalo yami futhi anginike isibindi sokubhekana nolunye usuku. Ngithandazela ukwelashwa, kodwa futhi ngithandazela nokuthi uNkulunkulu adlulisele umusa wakhe kulabo engibathandayo, kulabo abahlupheka phakathi kokuxilongwa, ukuhlolwa, ukuhlinzwa nokwelashwa. Umthandazo usivumela ukuthi siveze ukwesaba kwethu futhi sishiye ngomqondo wokuthula phakathi kokungaziwa.
Ngithandazela ukuthi uthole induduzo, ithemba nokuthula ngoNkulunkulu; kwangathi isandla sakhe singahlala kuwe sigcwalise umzimba nomphefumulo wakho.