Cabanga namuhla ngobizo lwakho lokulingisa ubuhle bukaSt. John the Baptist
“Wabhapathizwa ngamanzi; kodwa kukhona phakathi kwenu eningamazi, lowo oza emva kwami, engingakufanelekeli ukukhumula izimbadada zakhe ”. Johane 1: 26–27
Lawa ngamazwi okuthobeka kweqiniso nokuhlakanipha. UJohn the Baptist wayenabalandeli abalandelayo. Abaningi beza kuye ezobhapathizwa futhi wayethola udumo oluningi. Kodwa ukuduma kwakhe akuzange kuye ekhanda lakhe. Esikhundleni salokho, wayiqonda indima yakhe ekulungiseleleni indlela "lowo ozayo". Wabona ukuthi kwakufanele kunciphe ngenkathi uJesu eqala inkonzo Yakhe yasobala. Futhi-ke, ngokuthobeka, ukhomba abanye kuJesu.
Kule ndima, uJohane wayekhuluma nabaFarisi. Ngokusobala babenomona ngokuthandwa kukaJohn futhi bembuza ukuthi ungubani. WayenguKristu na? Noma u-Eliya? Noma uMprofethi? UJohn wakuphika konke lokhu futhi wazikhomba njengomuntu ongakufanelekeli ngisho nokuqaqa izimbadada zalowo oza emva kwakhe. Ngakho-ke, uJohn uzibona "engafaneleki".
Kepha yilokhu kuthobeka okwenza uJohn abe mkhulu ngokweqiniso. Ubukhulu abuveli ekuziphakamiseni noma ekuziphakamiseni. Ubukhulu buvela ngokukhethekile ekufezweni kwentando kaNkulunkulu, Futhi, kuJohane, intando kaNkulunkulu kwakungukubhapathiza nokukhomba abanye Lowo oweza emva kwakhe.
Kubalulekile futhi ukuqaphela ukuthi uJohn watshela abaFarisi ukuthi "abamazi" lowo ozayo emva kwakhe. Ngamanye amagama, labo abagcwele ukuqhosha nokuzenzisa abaliboni iqiniso. Abakwazi ukubona ngaphesheya kwabo, okungukuntuleka kokuhlakanipha okumangalisayo.
Cabanga namuhla ngobizo lwakho lokulingisa lezi zimfanelo zikaSt. John the Baptist. Ngabe ubona umsebenzi wakho empilweni njengomuntu ngamunye ogxile ekubhekeni amehlo akho kuKristu nokuqondisa abanye kuye? Ngabe uyavuma ngokuthobeka ukuthi nguJesu okumele akhule nokuthi awunguye inceku yakhe engafaneleki? Uma ungazama ukukhonza intando kaNkulunkulu ngokuthobeka okuphelele, nawe uzohlakanipha ngokweqiniso. Futhi njengoJohane, abaningi bazomazi uKristu ngenkonzo yakho engcwele.
Nkosi, ngigcwalise ngokuzithoba kweqiniso. Kwangathi ngingazi futhi ngikholwe ngenhliziyo yami yonke ukuthi angifanele impilo engakholeki yomusa onginike yona. Kepha kulokho kubona ukuthobeka, nginike umusa engiwudingayo wokukusebenzela ngenhliziyo yami yonke ukuze abanye bakwazi ngawe. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.