Cabanga ngempilo yakho namuhla. Kwesinye isikhathi siphatha isiphambano esindayo
Le ntombazane yaphuthuma yabuyela phambi kwenkosi yenza isicelo sayo: "Ngifuna unginike ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi kuthileyi ngokushesha." Inkosi yadabuka kakhulu, kepha ngenxa yezifungo zayo nezivakashi yayingafuni ukuphula izwi lakhe. Ngakho-ke wathumela ngokushesha umkhuzi ukuba abuyise ikhanda. UMathewu 6: 25-27
Le ndaba edabukisayo yokunqunywa ikhanda kukaJohane uMbhapathizi isivezela okuningi. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, kwembula imfihlakalo yobubi emhlabeni wethu nentando kaNkulunkulu eyekelelayo yokuvumela ububi buchume ngezinye izikhathi.
Kungani uNkulunkulu avumela iSt John ukuba anqunywe ikhanda? Wayengumuntu omkhulu. UJesu uqobo wathi akekho umuntu owazalwa ngowesifazane omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi. Futhi, noma kunjalo, wavumela uJohn ukuba ahlupheke ngale ndlela yokungabi nabulungisa okukhulu.
USanta Teresa wase-Avila wake wathi kwiNkosi yethu: "Nkosi Ethandekayo, uma ngabe le ndlela ubaphatha ngayo abangane bakho, akumangazi ukuthi unaba mbalwa kangaka!" Yebo, ngokusobala uNkulunkulu uvumele labo abathandayo ukuba bahlupheke kakhulu kuwo wonke umlando. Lokhu kusitshelani?
Okokuqala, akumele sikhohlwe iqiniso elisobala lokuthi uBaba wavumela iNdodana ukuba ihlupheke kakhulu futhi ibulawe ngendlela esabekayo. Ukufa kukaJesu kwakunesihluku futhi kushaqisa. Ngabe lokhu kusho ukuthi uYise wayengayithandi iNdodana? Impela akunjalo. Kusho ukuthini lokhu?
Iqiniso lendaba ukuthi ukuhlupheka akulona uphawu lokuthi uNkulunkulu akakuthandi.Uma uhlupheka futhi uNkulunkulu engakuniki ukukhululeka, akukhona ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukushiyile. Akukhona ukuthi awuzithandi wena. Eqinisweni, okuphambene nalokhu kungenzeka kakhulu.
Ukuhlupheka kukaJohane uMbhabhadisi, empeleni, yintshumayelo enkulu kunazo zonke ayengashumayela. Kuyisibonakaliso othandweni lwakhe olunganqamukiyo ngoNkulunkulu nokuzinikela kwakhe okuqotho entandweni kaNkulunkulu. "Intshumayelo" kaJohane yothando inamandla ngoba wakhetha ukuhlala ethembekile kwiNkosi yethu naphezu koshushiso alukhuthazelela. Futhi, ngokombono kaNkulunkulu, ukwethembeka kukaJohn kubaluleke kakhulu kunempilo yakhe eqhubekayo yenyama noma ukuhlupheka angokomzimba akubekezelele.
Cabanga ngempilo yakho yanamuhla. Kwesinye isikhathi siphatha isiphambano esindayo bese sithandaza eNkosini yethu ukuba ayisuse kithi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uNkulunkulu usitshela ukuthi umusa wakhe wanele nokuthi ufisa ukusebenzisa ukuhlupheka kwethu njengobufakazi bokuthembeka kwethu. Ngakho-ke, ukusabela kukaYise kuJesu, ukusabela kwakhe kuJohane nokuphendula kwakhe kithina kuyindlela yokungenisa imfihlakalo yokuhlupheka kwethu kulempilo ngokukholwa, nethemba, nokwethemba. Ungalokothi uvumele ubunzima bempilo bukuvimbe ekwenzeni iqiniso entandweni kaNkulunkulu.
Nkosi, kwangathi ngingaba namandla eNdodana yaKho kanye namandla kaSanta uJohane uMbhapathizi njengoba ngithwala iziphambano zami empilweni. Sengathi ngingahlala ngiqinile ekukholweni futhi ngigcwele ithemba njengoba ngizwa ubiza ukwamukela isiphambano sami. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.