Ngabe uNkulunkulu unendaba nokuthi ngisebenzisa kanjani isikhathi sami esikhululekile?
“Ngakho-ke noma nidla, noma niphuza, noma nenzani, kwenzeleni udumo lukaNkulunkulu” (1 KwabaseKorinte 10:31).
Ngabe uNkulunkulu uyakhathala uma ngifunda, ngibuka iNetflix, ingadi, ngihamba ngezinyawo, ngilalela umculo noma ngidlala igalofu? Ngamanye amazwi, ingabe uNkulunkulu unendaba nokuthi ngisebenzisa kanjani isikhathi sami?
Enye indlela yokucabanga ngakho ukuthi: ingabe ikhona ingxenye yempilo engokwenyama noma yezwe ehlukile empilweni yethu yokomoya?
CS Lewis encwadini yakhe ethi Beyond Personality (kamuva yahlanganiswa neThe Case for Christianity and Christian Behavior ukwakha ubuKrestu obudala), wehlukanisa impilo yemvelo, ayibiza ngokuthi yiBios, nempilo engokomoya, ayibiza ngokuthi yiZoe. Uchaza uZoe ngokuthi "Impilo kamoya ekuNkulunkulu kusukela nini nanini futhi eyadala indawo yonke yemvelo". Ku-Beyond Personality, usebenzisa isingathekiso sokuthi abantu bane-Bios kuphela, njengezithombe:
“Umuntu osuke ekubeni noBios waba nguZoe ubezoshintsha kakhulu njengesithombe esisuke ekubeni yitshe eliqoshiwe saba yindoda yangempela. Futhi yilokho kanye ubuKristu okumayelana nakho. Lo mhlaba uyisitolo somqophi omkhulu. Siyizichuse futhi kunamahlebezi asabalele okuthi abanye bethu bazophila ngelinye ilanga “.
Okwenyama nangokomoya akuhlukani
ULuka nomphostoli uPawulu bobabili bakhuluma ngezinto zomzimba zempilo, njengokudla nokuphuza. ULuka ubhekisela kubo njengezinto "izwe lobuqaba eligijima emva kwazo" (uLuka 12: 29-30) kanti uPaul uthi "konke kwenzeleni udumo lukaNkulunkulu". Womabili la madoda ayaqonda ukuthi ama-Bios ethu, noma impilo yenyama, angeke aqhubeke ngaphandle kokudla nokuphuza, kepha-ke uma sesithole impilo kamoya, O Zoe, ngokukholwa kuKristu, zonke lezi zinto zomzimba ziba ngumoya, noma inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu.
Ukubuyela kuLewis: “Isithembiso sonke esenziwa ubuKrestu yilesi: ukuthi, uma sivumela uNkulunkulu abe nendlela yakhe, sibambe iqhaza empilweni kaKristu. Uma senza kanjalo, sizokwabelana ngempilo ezelwe, engadalwanga, ebilokhu ikhona futhi eyohlale ikhona… Wonke umKristu kufanele abe nguKristu omncane. Inhloso yonke yokuba ngumKrestu yilena nje: ayikho enye into ”.
KumaKrestu, abalandeli bakaKrestu, abanikazi bempilo yokomoya, ayikho impilo yomzimba ehlukile. Yonke impilo imayelana noNkulunkulu. “Ngoba kuvela kuye, ngaye nakuye konke. Inkazimulo mayibe kuye kuze kube phakade. Amen "(KwabaseRoma 11:36).
Philela uNkulunkulu, hhayi thina
Iqiniso elinzima kakhulu ukuliqonda ukuthi uma sizithola “sikuKristu” ngokukholwa kuYe, kufanele "sibulale, ngakho-ke, konke okungokwenyama yethu" (Kolose 3: 5) noma impilo yomzimba. Asibulali imisebenzi yomzimba noma yezinto eziphilayo njengokudla, ukuphuza, ukusebenza, ukugqoka, ukuyothenga, ukufunda, ukuzivocavoca umzimba, ukuzijabulisa, ukujabulela imvelo, njll., Kodwa kufanele sibulale izizathu ezindala zokuphila nokujabulela impilo yangokwenyama: konke okuphathelene nobumnandi kuphela kithina nasenyameni yethu. (UPaul, umbhali wabaseKolose, ubala lezi zinto njengezi: "Ubufebe, ukungcola, inkanuko, izifiso ezimbi nokuhaha".)
Yini iphuzu? Iphuzu ukuthi, uma ukholo lwakho likuKristu, uma ushintshe "imvelo yomhlaba" yakudala noma impilo yenyama esikhundleni sempilo Yakhe engokomoya, yebo, konke kuyashintsha. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuthi usisebenzisa kanjani isikhathi sakho samahhala. Ungaqhubeka nokuhlanganyela emisebenzini eminingi owawuyenza ngaphambi kokwazi uKristu, kepha inhloso oyenzayo kumele iguquke. Kulula impela, kufanele agxile kuYe esikhundleni sakho.
Manje, okokuqala nje, siphilela inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu. Siphila futhi "nokusulela" abanye ngale mpilo engokomoya esiyitholile. “Amadoda ayizibuko noma 'abathwali' bakaKristu kwamanye amadoda,” kubhala uLewis. U-Lewis ubize lokhu ngokuthi "ukutheleleka okuhle".
“Manje ake siqale ukubona ukuthi iTestamente Elisha likhuluma ngani njalo. Ukhuluma ngamaKrestu "azelwe ngokusha"; ukhuluma ngabo "bembatha uKristu"; likaKristu "owakhiwa kithi"; mayelana nokuza kwethu 'ukuba nomqondo kaKristu'. Imayelana nokuza kukaJesu futhi uzithikameze; bulala ubuntu bemvelo obudala obukuwe bese ubufaka esikhundleni sohlobo lwaso uqobo. Ekuqaleni, kuphela izikhathi. Ngakho-ke isikhathi eside. Ekugcineni, ngethemba, nakanjani uzophenduka into ehlukile; kuKrestu omncane omncane, umuntu, onendlela yakhe encane, onohlobo olufanayo lokuphila njengoNkulunkulu: ohlanganyela amandla akhe, injabulo, ulwazi nobuphakade ”(Lewis).
Kwenze konke kube yinkazimulo yakhe
Kungenzeka ucabanga njengamanje, uma ngabe yilokhu ubuKristu okuyikho ngempela, angikufuni. Konke engangikufuna kwakuwukuphila kwami ngokufakwa kukaJesu, kepha lokhu akunakwenzeka. UJesu akasona isengezo, njengesitika sesigaxa senhlanzi noma isiphambano ongasigqoka kuketanga. Ungumenzeli wenguquko. Futhi mina! Futhi akafuni ingxenye yethu, kodwa sonke, kufaka phakathi isikhathi sethu "samahhala". Ufuna sifane naye nokuthi impilo yethu ibe eduze kwakhe.
Kumele kube yiqiniso uma iZwi laKhe lithi, "Ngakho-ke noma ngabe niyadla, niyaphuza noma yini eniyenzayo, kwenzeleni konke ukudumisa uNkulunkulu" (1 KwabaseKorinte 10:31). Ngakho impendulo ilula: Uma ungeke ukwenzele inkazimulo yaKhe, ungakwenzi. Uma abanye abakubuka bengeke badonsekele kuKristu ngesibonelo sakho, ungadonsi.
Umphostoli uPhawuli wayeqonda lapho ethi, "Kimi, ophilayo unguKristu" (KwabaseFilipi 1:21).
Ngakho-ke, ungafundela inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu? Ungayibuka iNetflix futhi uyenze ngendlela ayithandayo futhi ikhombise indlela yakhe yokuphila? Akekho ongakuphendulela lo mbuzo, kepha ngiyakuthembisa lokhu: cela uNkulunkulu ukuthi aqale ukuguqula ama-Bios akho abe yiZoe lakhe futhi uzokwenza njalo! Futhi cha, impilo ngeke ibe yimbi kakhulu, iyoba ngcono kunalokho owawucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka! Ungajabulela izulu emhlabeni. Uyofunda ngoNkulunkulu, uthengise okungenamsebenzi futhi okungenalutho ngesithelo esihlala kuze kube phakade.
Futhi, akekho umuntu ombeka njengoLewis: “Siyizidalwa ezingaqiniseki, esizikhohlisa ngokuphuza, ubulili nokulangazelela lapho sinikezwa injabulo engapheli, njengengane engazi lutho efuna ukuqhubeka nokwenza ophaya ngodaka kokukodwa. imijondolo ngoba akakwazi ukucabanga ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukunikeza iholide lolwandle. Sonke saneliseka kalula. "
UNkulunkulu uyikhathalela ngokuphelele impilo yethu. Ufuna ukuziguqula ngokuphelele futhi uzisebenzise! Umqondo omuhle kanjani!