Cabanga namuhla ukuthi ungasisingatha kanjani isilingo
Ngemuva kwaloko Jesu waholelwa nguMoya ehlane kute alingwe ngidimoni. Wazila ukudla izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nobusuku obungamashumi amane, walamba ngemuva kwalokho. UMathewu 4: 1-2
Ngabe isilingo sihle? Ngempela akusona isono ukulingwa. Ngaphandle kwalokho iNkosi yethu ibingaze ilingwe yodwa. Kepha kwaba. Futhi nathi. Njengoba singena ngesonto lokuqala eligcwele leLent, sinikezwa ithuba lokuzindla ngendaba yokulingwa kukaJesu ehlane.
Isilingo asiveli sivela kuNkulunkulu, kepha uNkulunkulu uyasivumela ukuba silingwe. Hhayi ukuze uwe, kodwa ukuze ukhule ebungcweleni. Izilingo zisiphoqa ukuthi sisukume sikhethe uNkulunkulu noma isilingo. Yize isihe nokuxolelwa kunikelwa njalo lapho sehluleka, izibusiso ezilindele labo abanqoba isilingo ziningi.
Ukulingwa kukaJesu akuzange kwandise ubungcwele bakhe, kepha kwamnikeza ithuba lokubonisa ukuphelela kwakhe ebuntwini bakhe. Yikho ukuphelela esikufunayo kanye nokuphelela kwaso okufanele silwele ukukulingisa njengoba sibhekene nezilingo zempilo. Ake sibheke “izibusiso” ezinhlanu ezicacile ezingabangelwa ukukhuthazelela izilingo zababi. Cabanga ngokucophelela futhi kancane:
Okokuqala, ukukhuthazelela isilingo nokusinqoba kusisiza ukuba sibone amandla kaNkulunkulu empilweni yethu.
Okwesibili, isilingo siyasilulaza, sisuse ukuziqhenya kwethu kanye nomzabalazo wethu wokucabanga ukuthi siyakwazi ukuzimela nokuzikhiqiza.
Okwesithathu, kunenani elikhulu lokwenqaba ngokuphelele ideveli. Lokhu akugcini nje ngokumsusa emandleni akhe okuqhubeka ukusikhohlisa, kodwa futhi kucacisa umbono wethu wokuthi ungubani ukuze sikwazi ukuqhubeka nokumenqaba nemisebenzi yakhe.
Okwesine, ukunqoba isilingo kusiqinisa ngokusobala nangokucacile kuzo zonke izimfanelo.
Okwesihlanu, udeveli wayengeke asilinge uma engenakukhathazeka ngobungcwele bethu. Ngakho-ke, kufanele sibheke isilingo njengophawu lokuthi omubi uphulukana nokuphila kwethu.
Ukunqoba isilingo kufana nokuhlolwa, ukunqoba umncintiswano, ukuqedelela iphrojekthi enzima noma ukufeza okuthile okufunwayo. Kufanele sizwe injabulo enkulu ngokunqoba isilingo empilweni yethu, siqaphele ukuthi lokhu kuyasiqinisa enhliziyweni yokuba yikho. Ngenkathi sikwenza, kufanele futhi sikwenze ngokuthobeka, sibona ukuthi asikwenzanga sodwa kodwa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu empilweni yethu.
Ukuphinda kubuye kube yiqiniso. Lapho siphinda sehluleka isilingo esithile, siphinda sidumazeke futhi sithambekele ekulahlekelweni amandla amancane esinawo. Yazi ukuthi noma yisiphi isilingo sokubi singanqotshwa. Akukho lutho oluhle kakhulu. Akukho okunzima kakhulu. Zithobe ekuvumeni, funa usizo lomuntu oyimfihlo, uwe ngamadolo akho ngomkhuleko, uthembele kumandla onke kaNkulunkulu.Ukunqoba isilingo akunakwenzeka kuphela, kungukuhlangenwe nakho okukhazimulayo nokuguqulayo komusa empilweni yakho.
Cabanga namuhla ngoJesu abhekane nodeveli ehlane ngemuva kokuchitha izinsuku ezingama-40 zokuzila. Ubhekane nakho konke ukulingwa kwababi ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi uma nje sihlanganyela naye ngokugcwele esimweni sakhe sobuntu, ngakho-ke sizophinde sibe namandla Akhe okunqoba noma yini nakho konke okwavela kokaDeveli endleleni yethu.
Nkosi yami ethandekayo, ngemuva kokuchitha izinsuku ezingama-40 yokuzila ukudla futhi uthandaze ogwadule oluwugwadule nolushisayo, uzivumela ukuba uhendwe omubi. UDeveli ukuhlasele ngakho konke ayenakho futhi kalula, wamhlula masinya nangokucacile, wenqaba amanga nenkohliso yakhe. Nginike lomusa engiwudingayo ukuze nginqobe zonke izilingo engihlangabezana nazo futhi ngizinikele kuwe ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokubhuka. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.