Cabanga namuhla ngesifiso sakho sokufunda okwengeziwe ngoNkulunkulu
Kodwa uHerode wathi: “UJohane ngamnquma ikhanda. Manje ngubani lo muntu engizwa lezi zinto ngaye? Futhi wayelokhu ezama ukumbona. ULuka 9: 9
UHerode usifundisa kokubili izimfanelo ezimbi nezinye ezinhle. Abantu ababi babonakala ngokusobala. UHerode waphila impilo enesono kakhulu futhi, ekugcineni, impilo yakhe eyayingasasebenzi kahle yaholela ekutheni anqunywe ikhanda uSt. John the Baptist. Kepha umBhalo ongenhla wembula imfanelo ethokozisayo okufanele sizame ukuyilingisa.
UHerode wayethanda uJesu, “wayelokhu efuna ukumbona,” kusho umBhalo. Yize lokhu ekugcineni kungazange kuholele ekutheni uHerode amukele umyalezo wokuqala kaJohane uMbhapathizi futhi aphenduke, okungenani bekuyisinyathelo sokuqala.
Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwamagama angcono, mhlawumbe singabiza lesi sifiso sikaHerode ngokuthi "ilukuluku elingcwele". Wayazi ukuthi kunokuthile okuhlukile ngoJesu futhi wayefuna ukukuqonda. Wayefuna ukwazi ukuthi uJesu wayengubani futhi wahlatshwa umxhwele umyalezo wakhe.
Yize sonke sibizelwe ukwenza okungaphezulu kakhulu kukaHerode ekufuneni iqiniso, sisengabona ukuthi uHerode ungummeleli omuhle wabaningi emphakathini wethu. Abaningi bathakazeliswa yiVangeli nakho konke lokho okuvezwa ukholo lwethu. Balalela ngokulangazelela ukuthi upapa uthini nokuthi iSonto libhekana kanjani nokungabi nabulungisa emhlabeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umphakathi uwonke uvame ukusilahla futhi usigxeke kanye nenkolo yethu. Kepha lokhu kusadalula uphawu lwentshisekelo yakhe nesifiso sakhe sokuzwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthini, ikakhulukazi ngeSonto lethu.
Cabanga ngezinto ezimbili namuhla. Okokuqala, cabanga ngesifiso sakho sokufunda okwengeziwe. Futhi lapho uthola lesi sifiso ungagcini lapho. Ake ngikusondeze emlayezo weNkosi yethu. Okwesibili, naka "ilukuluku elingcwele" lalabo abaseduze kwakho. Mhlawumbe umakhelwane, ilunga lomndeni, noma osebenza naye ubonise intshisekelo kulokho ukholo lwakho nakulokho iBandla lethu elikushoyo. Uma umbona, bathandazele futhi ucele uNkulunkulu akusebenzise njengoba enza kuMbhaptizi ukuletha umyalezo wakhe kubo bonke abamfunayo.
Nkosi, ngisize ngikubheke kukho konke nakuwo wonke umzuzu. Lapho ubumnyama busondela, ngisize ngithole ukukhanya okuvezile. Ngemuva kwalokho ngisize ngilethe lokho kukhanya emhlabeni odinga kakhulu. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.