Cabanga namuhla ngomsebenzi wakho wokumema iNkosi yakho ukuthi ihlale kuwe
Ngalezo zinsuku uMariya wasuka wakhuphuka intaba masinyane waya emzini wakwaJuda, lapho wangena khona endlini kaZakariya wabingelela u-Elisabethe. ULuka 1: 39-40
Namuhla sethulwe ngomlando okhazimulayo Wokuvakasha. Lapho uMary esenezinyanga ezimbili ekhulelwe, wahamba wayohlala nomzala wakhe u-Elizabeth owayezobeletha kungakapheli nenyanga. Yize kuningi okungashiwo ngalokhu njengesenzo sothando lomndeni olunikezwe uMariya ku-Elizabeth, ukugxila okuyinhloko ngokushesha kuba yiNgane eyigugu esibelethweni sikaMariya.
Cabanga ngalesi simo. UMary wayesanda kufika amakhilomitha angaba yikhulu. Ngokunokwenzeka wayekhathele. Lapho ekugcineni efika, wayezokhululeka futhi ajabule lapho eqeda uhambo lwakhe. Kepha u-Elizabeth usho into ekhuthazayo kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, ephakamisa injabulo yabo bonke abakhona, kufaka phakathi injabulo kaMama uMariya. U-Elizabeth uthi, "Okwamanje umsindo wokubingelela kwakho ufike ezindlebeni zami, ingane esiswini sami igxumagxume yinjabulo" (Luka 100:1). Futhi, ake ucabange lesi senzakalo. Kwakuyilengane encane esibelethweni sika-Elizabeth, uJohn the Baptist, owezwa ngokushesha ukuba khona kweNkosi futhi weqa ngokuthokoza. Futhi kwakungu-Elisabethe owezwa ngokushesha injabulo enganeni yakhe eyayihlala esibelethweni sakhe. Ngenkathi u-Elizabeth ezwakalisa lokhu kuMary, owayesevele ejabule ngokuqeda uhambo lwakhe, uMary wajabula kakhulu ngokuzumayo ekuboneni ukuthi ulethe u-Elizabeth noJohane uMsindisi womhlaba ngokuhlala esibelethweni sakhe.
Le ndaba kufanele isifundise okuningi ngokuthi yini ebaluleke kakhulu empilweni. Yebo, kubalulekile ukufinyelela abanye ngothando. Kubalulekile ukunakekela izihlobo nabangane bethu lapho besidinga kakhulu. Kubalulekile ukudela isikhathi sethu namandla ethu ukuze kuzuze abanye, ngoba ngalezi zenzo zokuzithoba, sihlanganyela uthando lukaNkulunkulu kepha ngaphezu kwakho konke, kumele silethe uKristu Jesu uqobo kwabanye. U-Elizabeth wayengagcwele injabulo kuqala ngoba uMary wayekhona ukuzomsiza ngokukhulelwa kwakhe. Kunalokho, wayejabule kakhulu kunakho konke ngoba uMariya wayelethe uJesu wakhe, iNkosi yakhe, owayehlala esiswini sakhe.
Noma singathwali uKrestu ngendlela efanayo noMama wethu Obusisiwe, kufanele sikwenze lokhu kube ngumgogodla wethu empilweni. Okokuqala, kufanele sikhulise uthando nokuzinikela eNkosini yethu ngokujule kakhulu ukuthi ihlala ngaphakathi kithi. Ngakho-ke, kufanele sithathe okuhleliwe siye kwabanye. Ngokuphikisanayo lesi isenzo esikhulu sothando esingahle sisinikeze omunye.
Cabanga, namuhla, hhayi kuphela ngokuthunywa kwakho ukumema iNkosi yakho ukuthi ihlale kuwe njengoba kwenza uMama wethu Obusisiwe, kepha futhi nomsebenzi wakho wobuKrestu wokuletha Lowo ohlala kuwe kwabanye. Ngabe abanye bahlangana noKristu ophila ngokujabula ngaphakathi kuwe? Ngabe bayabuzwa ubukhona Bakhe empilweni yakho futhi baphendule ngokubonga? Akunandaba ukuthi bazophendula kanjani, zinikele kulolu bizo olungcwele lokuletha uKristu kwabanye njengesenzo esijulile sothando.
Nkosi, ngicela uhlale kimi. Woza uzongiguqula ngobukhona bakho obungcwele. Njengoba uza kimi, ngisize ukuba ngibe isithunywa sevangeli sobukhona bakho obungcwele ngokukuletha kwabanye ukuze bakwazi ukuhlangabezana nenjabulo yokuba khona kwakho. Ngenzele ithuluzi elimsulwa, Nkosi ethandekayo, futhi ungisebenzise ukukhuthaza wonke umuntu engihlangana naye nsuku zonke. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.