Umkhuleko kuNkulunkulu ukuba ahambisane nathi sonke isikhathi sonyaka
Manje kuye okwazi ukwenza okukhulu kakhulu kunakho konke esikucelayo nesikucabangayo, ngokwamandla asebenza ngaphakathi kwethu, kuye makube yinkazimulo ebandleni nakuKristu Jesu ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane, kuze kube phakade naphakade. Amen. - Kwabase-Efesu 3: 20-21
Akujabulisi yini ukuthi ekupheleni konyaka ngamunye wekhalenda, iningi labantu limema ngentshiseko kwisizini elandelayo? Kubukeka sengathi "ubusha" bonyaka omusha buletha ukulindela, kepha ubusha besizini entsha ezimpilweni zethu budala imizwa engadingeki. Imizwa yokukhathazeka, ukungabaza, ukwesaba nokwesaba. Ukwesaba okuzoshintsha, ukwesaba okungeke kusaba khona nokukhathazeka ngokuthi kuzokwenzekani ngezimo ezintsha ezisilindele. Njengoba ngingena enkathini entsha yempilo, bengisezingxoxweni ezijulile nasemthandazweni neNkosi. Kuthiwani uma wena, mina nawo wonke amakholwa emhlabeni wonke besingenise isiqalo esisha ngenhliziyo egcwele ukumangala nokuthembela eNkosini? Isimanga sokuthi uNkulunkulu uzoshintsha ini, sethembe ukuthi yini uNkulunkulu azoyisusa futhi sithembe konke uNkulunkulu azokuveza empilweni yethu ngezimo zakhe ezintsha ngathi. Yize lokhu kungeke kusikhulule ezivivinyweni, kungasilungiselela ngezinhliziyo ezimisele ukuzinikela ngokuphelele kuYe futhi sibone ukuthi uzokwenzani.
Uyabona, konke kuyashintsha lapho umbono wethu usuka emhlabeni uye kuphakade. Izinhliziyo zethu ziphonselwa inselelo, zashintshwa futhi zakhiwa njengoba sibeka izinhloso zethu eNkosini hhayi kulokho okusilindeleyo. UPawulu usibhalela kwabase-Efesu 3:20 ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakwazi, uyakwenza, futhi wenza okungaphezu kwalokho esingakucela noma esikucabangayo. UNkulunkulu wenza izinto eziletha udumo kuye nasontweni lakhe. Ngenkathi kunemfihlakalo eminingi kuleyo ndima, sithola isithembiso esinamandla. Isithembiso okumele sibambelele kuso njengoba sihamba ngesikhathi sethu lapha emhlabeni. Uma iNkosi isithembisa ukuthi izokwenza okungaphezu kwalokho esingakucela noma esikucabangayo, kufanele simkholwe. Ngiyakholelwa ngokujulile kulesi sithembiso, kufanele singenise izinkathi ezintsha zonyaka ngokulindela okukhulu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzokwenzani. Sikhonza uNkulunkulu waphakade; Lowo owathumela indodana yakhe ukuba inqobe ithuna, futhi Yena owazi konke ngawe nangami, kepha usasithanda Ngami, futhi ngiyakukhulekela, ukuthi izinhliziyo zethu zifise lezi zinto ngezikhathi ezintsha ezizayo: ukuthi ngokusobala, ngokuzithandela, ngokulindela okuphelele sizoletha noma yini uNkulunkulu anayo ngathi. Ngalokhu kuza ukwethembana okujulile, ukholo oluqinile, nethemba elingenakunyakaziswa ngoba kwesinye isikhathi iNkosi isihola ezintweni ezibonakala zinzima emhlabeni kepha zihlangene nomvuzo omkhulu waphakade.
Thandaza nami ... Baba waseZulwini, Njengoba siqala ngomkhuleko wethula izinkathi ezintsha zonyaka ngokulindela ukuthi uzokwenzani, ngithandazela ukuthula. Ngithandazela ukuthi sibe nombono obeka amehlo ethu kuwe hhayi emhlabeni. Ngiqondise inhliziyo yami ukuze ngibe nokuhlangenwe nakho okujulile ngawe, ngisize ngikufune ngamabomu futhi ngikhulise ukholo lwami ngokuthemba wena ngokuzethemba. Egameni likaJesu, Amen.