Bheka la magama amathathu: umthandazo, ukuzila ukudla, uthando
Futhi uYihlo obona ekusithekeni uzokubuyisela. " UMathewu 6: 4b
Ukuqamba kuyaqala. Izinsuku ezingama-40 zokuthandaza, ukushesha nokukhula emseni. Sidinga lesi sikhathi minyaka yonke ukuze sibuyele emuva futhi sibukeze izimpilo zethu, sisuke ezonweni zethu futhi sikhule ebuhleni uNkulunkulu afisa ukujula kithi. Izinsuku ezingama-40 zikaLente kufanele kube ukulingisa kwezinsuku ezingama-40 zikaJesu ogwadule. Eqinisweni, sibizelwe hhayi kuphela "ukulingisa" isikhathi sikaJesu ehlane, kepha sibizelwe ukuba siphile lesi sikhathi naye, kuye futhi ngaye.
UJesu akudingeki ukuthi achithe izinsuku ezingama-40 yokuzila ukudla nokuthandaza ehlane ukuze athole ubungcwele obujulile. Bungcwele uqobo lwayo! Ungcwele kaNkulunkulu. Ungukuphelela. Ungumuntu wesibili kaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele. UnguNkulunkulu Kodwa uJesu wangena ehlane ukuzila ukudla futhi athandaze ukuze asimeme ukuthi sihlanganyele naye futhi sithole izimfanelo eziguqulayo azikhombisa ngesimo sakhe sobuntu ngenkathi ebekezelela ukuhlupheka kwalezozinsuku ezingama-40. Ingabe usukulungele izinsuku zakho ezingama-40 ogwadule neNkosi yethu?
Ngesikhathi esehlane, uJesu wakhombisa konke ukuphelela esimweni sakhe sobuntu. Futhi yize kungekho owambona ngaphandle kukaBaba waseZulwini, isikhathi sakhe ehlane sasinezithelo eziningi kakhulu esizweni sabantu. Kuvezelwe kakhulu kuye ngamunye wethu.
“Ugwadule” esibizelwe ukungena kulo yilokho okufihlakele emehlweni alabo abasizungezile kepha kubonakala kuYise waseZulwini. "Kufihliwe" ukuthi ukukhula kwethu ngobuhle akwenzelwanga i-vainglory, ukuqashelwa ngobugovu noma ukuthola udumo lomhlaba. Ugwadule lwezinsuku ezingama-40 okufanele singene kulo yilona olusiguqulayo ngokusidonsela emthandazweni ojulile, ukusinqamula kukho konke okungeyona okukaNkulunkulu futhi kusigcwalisa uthando kulabo esihlangana nabo nsuku zonke.
Ngalezi zinsuku ezingama-40, kumele sithandaze. Ukukhuluma ngendlela efanele, umkhuleko kusho ukuthi ukuxhumana noNkulunkulu ngaphakathi. Senza okungaphezu kokuya eMiseni noma ukukhuluma ngokuzwakalayo. Umkhuleko okokuqala ukukhulumisana okuyimfihlo nokwangaphakathi noNkulunkulu. Siyakhuluma, kepha ngaphezu kwakho konke siyalalela, siyalalela, siyaqonda futhi siyaphendula. Ngaphandle kwazo zontathu lezi zimfanelo, umthandazo akuyona umthandazo. Akuyona "ukuxhumana". Yithina kuphela esikhuluma ngathi.
Ngalezi zinsuku ezingama-40, kumele sizile ukudla. Ikakhulu osukwini lwethu, izinzwa zethu ezinhlanu zikhungathekile ngomsebenzi nomsindo. Amehlo ethu nezindlebe zethu kuvame ukugqanyiswa ngama-TV, imisakazo, amakhompyutha, njll. Izinhlamvu zethu zokunambitha zivuthiswa njalo ngokudla okucolisisiwe, okumnandi nokududuzayo, kuvame ngokweqile. Izinzwa zethu ezinhlanu zidinga ikhefu ekuqothulweni kwezinto ezijabulisa umhlaba ukuze siphendukele ekujabuleni okujulile kwempilo yobunye noNkulunkulu.
Ngalezi zinsuku ezingama-40, kufanele sinikeze. Ukuhaha kuvame ukusithatha ngaphandle kwethu ngisho nokubona ubukhulu bokubanjwa kwakhe. Sifuna lokhu nalokhu. Sisebenzisa izinto ezengeziwe futhi ezibonakalayo. Futhi sikwenza ngoba sifuna ukwaneliseka emhlabeni. Kufanele sizihlukanise nakho konke okusiphambanisa noNkulunkulu nokuphana kungenye yezindlela ezinhle zokufeza lokhu kuthunyelwa.
Cabanga ngala magama amathathu alula namuhla: thandaza, usheshe ufike. Zama ukuphila lezi zimfanelo ngendlela ecashile eyaziwa uNkulunkulu kuphela uLent. Uma wenza njalo, iNkosi izoqala ukwenza izimangaliso ezinkulu empilweni yakho kunokuba ucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka. Izokukhulula ebugovu obuvama ukusibopha futhi sikuvumele ukuba umthande yena nabanye ngezinga elisha lonke.
Nkosi, ngiyazivumela le Ndleko. Ngikhethe ngokukhululeka ukungena ehlane lwalezi zinsuku ezingama-40 futhi ngakhetha ukuthandaza, ngizila ukudla futhi ngizinikele ngesilinganiso engingakaze ngisenze ngaphambili. Ngiyakhuleka ukuthi le Lent ibe ngumzuzwana lapho Ngiguqulwa ngaphakathi nguwe. Ngikhulule, Nkosi ethandekayo, kukho konke okungivimbela ukuthi ngikuthande wena nabanye ngenhliziyo yami yonke. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.