Ukuzindla kosuku: uthando olujulile luxosha ukwesaba

UJesu watshela abafundi bakhe: "INdodana yomuntu kumele ihlupheke kakhulu futhi yenqatshwe ngabadala, abapristi abakhulu nababhali, ibulawe futhi ivuswe ngosuku lwesithathu." Luka 9:22 UJesu wayazi ukuthi uzohlupheka kakhulu, enqatshwe futhi abulawe. Ungaluphatha kanjani lolo lwazi uma ngandlela thile wazi ngekusasa lakho? Iningi labantu lizogcwala ukwesaba futhi likhathazeke ngokuzama ukukugwema. Kepha hhayi iNkosi yethu. Le ndinyana engenhla ikhombisa ukuthi wayezimisele kangakanani ukwamukela isiphambano sakhe ngokuzethemba okungaguquki nesibindi. Lesi ngesinye sezikhathi eziningi lapho uJesu aqala khona ukutshela abafundi bakhe izindaba zokubhujiswa kwakhe okusondelayo. Futhi noma nini lapho ekhuluma ngale ndlela, abafundi iningi labo babethula noma benqabe. Siyakhumbula, ngokwesibonelo, okunye kwalokhu kusabela kukaSt. Peter lapho ephendula ukubikezela kukaJesu kothando lwakhe ngokuthi: “Makube njalo, Nkosi! Akukho okunjalo okuyoke kwenzeke kuwe ”(uMathewu 16:22).

Ukufunda lesi siqephu esingenhla, amandla, isibindi nokuzimisela kweNkosi yethu kukhanya eqinisweni lokuthi ikhuluma ngokusobala nangokucacile. Futhi okwenza uJesu akhulume ngokuqiniseka okunjalo nesibindi uthando lwakhe. Imvamisa, "uthando" luqondwa njengomuzwa oqinile futhi omuhle. Kubonwa njengokuheha okuthile noma ukuthanda okunamandla kwayo. Kepha lolu akulona uthando ngesimo salo esibi kunazo zonke. Uthando lweqiniso ukukhetha ukwenza okulungele omunye, noma ngabe kubiza malini, noma ngabe kunzima kangakanani. Uthando lweqiniso akuwona umuzwa ofuna ukugcwaliseka kobugovu. Uthando lweqiniso lungamandla angenakunyakaziswa afuna kuphela okuhle kothandekayo. Uthando lukaJesu ngesintu lwalunamandla kakhulu kangangokuba waphoqelelwa ekufeni kwakhe okuseduze ngamandla amakhulu. Wayezimisele ngokuqinile ukunikela ngempilo yakhe ngenxa yethu sonke futhi kwakungekho lutho olwaluzomphazamisa kulowo msebenzi. Empilweni yethu, kulula ukulahlekelwa umbono wokuthi luyini uthando lweqiniso. Singabanjwa kalula yizifiso zethu zobugovu bese sicabanga ukuthi lezi zifiso uthando. Kepha akunjalo. Cabanga namuhla ngokuzimisela okungenakunyakaziswa kweNkosi yethu ukusithanda sonke ngokuzidela ngokuhlupheka kakhulu, sikhuthazelele ukwenqatshwa nokufa esiphambanweni. Akukho okwakuyoze kumvimbe kulolu thando. Kumele sikhombise uthando olufanayo lokuzidela. Umkhuleko: Nkosi yami enothando, ngiyabonga ngokuzinikela kwakho okungantengantengi ukuzidela ngenxa yethu sonke. Ngiyabonga ngalokhu kujula okungenakuqondakala kothando lweqiniso. Nginike umusa engiwudingayo, Nkosi ethandekayo, ukuze ngisuke kuzo zonke izinhlobo zothando lobugovu ukuze ngilingise futhi ngihlanganyele othandweni lwakho lomhlatshelo ophelele. Ngiyakuthanda, Nkosi ethandekayo. Ngisize ngikuthande nabanye ngenhliziyo yami yonke. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.