Umkhuleko "wokugcina okuphathisiwe" Umthandazo wakho wansuku zonke kaDisemba 1, 2020
"Gcina idiphozi enhle oyiphathisiwe." - 1 Thimothewu 6:20
Ngehlobo eledlule, ngichithe isikhathi esiningi ezincwadini uPaul azibhalela amadoda ayewakhile. Okuthile okukhetheke kakhulu ngalezi zinhlamvu kwakulokhu kuhlaba inhliziyo yami. INkosi iqhubeke yangikhombisa umyalo ophathelene nezimpilo zethu wokuqapha amadiphozi esiwaphathisiwe. Vikela, kepha yiba nesibindi kuKristu ngezinto asinikeze zona.
Noma nini lapho uPawule ekhuluma ngokugcina lokho okwanikwa uThimothewu, unamathela obizweni lokuphila ngokukholwa kwakhe, ame aqine eqinisweni alaziyo, futhi akhonze lapho uNkulunkulu anakho khona. NgesiHeberu, igama elithi ukuphathisa lisho ukuthi: ukubeka, ukufaka igama, ukukhumbula. Ngakho-ke ngathi njengabalandeli bakaKristu, kufanele siqale sifune ukwazi ukuthi yini uNkulunkulu asiphathise yona.
Lokhu kusho ukuthi sicela uNkulunkulu ngomkhuleko ukuthi avule amehlo ethu ukuze sibone umhlaba wethu ngombono woMbuso. Kimi uqobo, kuveze okuthile ebengikwazi, kepha bengingakuvumeli ngokuphelele ukuthi kungene.
1 Thimothi 6:20
Njengoba sinikele ngempilo yethu kuKristu, manje sinabo ubufakazi bethu. Le yindaba yesibili ebaluleke kakhulu esiphathiswe yona, ngaphandle kweVangeli. UNkulunkulu usibiza ukuthi sabelane ngendaba asibhalele yona. UNkulunkulu ukuphathise mina nawe ukuthi sihlanganyele izingxenye zezindaba zethu azivumelayo. Umbhalo uyakufakazela lokhu kaningi, kepha isibonelo engisithandayo kakhulu kusAmbulo 12:11, "Simnqoba ngegazi leWundlu nangezwi lobufakazi bethu." Kumangalisa kanjani lokhu? Isitha sinqotshiwe sibonga umhlatshelo kaJesu kanye nobufakazi bethu (umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ongaphakathi kwethu).
Esinye isibonelo sobufakazi iNkosi esisebenzisile ukukhuthaza inhliziyo yami sitholakala kuLuka 2: 15-16. Yilapho izingelosi zivele kubelusi bezomemezela ukuzalwa kukaJesu. Ithi abelusi babukane bathi, "asihambe." Abazange banqikaze ukuhambisana neqiniso uNkulunkulu ayebaphathise lona.
Ngokunjalo, sibizelwe ukwethemba ngokuthembela eNkosini. UNkulunkulu wayethembekile ngaleso sikhathi futhi usathembekile namanje. Ukusiqondisa, ukusiqondisa nokusicindezela ukuba simelele iqiniso elisabelana nalo.
Ukuphila ngombono wokuthi konke esikunikiwe kuyinto "esiyiphathisiwe" nguNkulunkulu kuzoshintsha indlela esiphila ngayo. Kuzosusa ukuziqhenya nokulungile ezinhliziyweni zethu. Kuzosikhumbuza ukuthi sikhonza uNkulunkulu ofuna sazane ngokwengeziwe futhi simenze aziwe. Lokhu kuyinto enhle.
Njengoba mina nawe sihlala nezinhliziyo ezivikela iqiniso likaNkulunkulu, siphishekela ukholo lwethu ngesibindi futhi sabelana ngesibindi ngeqiniso Lakhe, masikhumbule: njengabelusi, uPaul noThimothewu, singathembela lapho iNkosi inathi futhi sidinga ukuncika khona. kuye njengoba embula izinto ezinhle asiphathise zona.
Thandaza nami ...
Nkosi, namuhla njengoba ngizama ukuphila ngezwi lakho, vula amehlo ami ukuze ngibone abantu abasempilweni yami njengawe. Ngikhumbuze ukuthi laba bantu yibo ongiphathise bona, noma ngabe umzuzwana nje. Ngithandazela inhliziyo ephila ngesibindi ngawe. Ngisize ngibone ubufakazi bami njengesipho sokuhlanganyela nabanye abadinga ithemba lakho. Ngisize ngiqaphele engikuphathisiwe - izindaba ezinhle zikaKristu Jesu nokuthi ungikhulule wangivuselela kanjani uqobo.
Egameni likaJesu, Amen