Endaweni efanele ngesikhathi esifanele

Emhlanganweni wokuhlola kwesinye sezitolo zethu, umabhalane wabelane nami ngesu lakhe: “Kufanele ube sendaweni efanele ngesikhathi esifanele”. Ngacabanga ukuthi iqhinga elihle leli. Nokho, konke kulula ukukusho kunokukwenza. Ngike ngaba sendaweni efanele ngesikhathi esifanele izikhathi eziningi - isibonelo lapho ngihamba ogwini lolwandle e-Australia futhi ngahlangana neqembu labantu ababesanda kubona imikhomo. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili ngangikwazile ukubona inyoni eyivelakancane, i-Laughing Hans. Ubungeke yini uthande ukuhlala usendaweni efanele ngesikhathi esifanele? Ngezinye izikhathi kwenzeka ngengozi, ngezinye izikhathi umthandazo ophendulwayo. Kuyinto esingeke sikwazi ukuyihlela noma ukuyilawula.

Uma sisendaweni efanele ngesikhathi esifanele, abanye abantu bathi kungenxa yomlaza abanye bavele bayibize ngenhlanhla. Abantu bokholo bayathanda ukubiza lesi simo ngokuthi “ukungenelela kukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zethu” ngoba bakholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayenesandla kulesi simo. Ukungenela kukaNkulunkulu kungaba yinoma yisiphi isimo okubonakala sengathi uNkulunkulu uhlanganise abantu noma izimo ndawonye ukuze kube kuhle. “Kepha siyazi ukuthi konke kusebenzelana kube ngokuhle kwabamthandayo uNkulunkulu, kwababiziweyo ngecebo lakhe” (KwabaseRoma. 8,28). Leli vesi elaziwa kakhulu futhi ngezinye izikhathi elingaqondwa kahle alisho ukuthi konke okwenzeka ezimpilweni zethu kuqondiswa futhi kulawulwa nguNkulunkulu. Nokho, usikhuthaza ukuba sifune okungcono kakhulu ngisho nasezikhathini ezinzima nezimo ezibuhlungu.

Lapho uJesu efa esiphambanweni, abalandeli bakhe nabo bazibuza ukuthi lesi senzakalo esesabekayo singaveza kanjani okuhle. Abanye babafundi bakhe baphindela ezimpilweni zabo zakudala futhi basebenza njengabadobi ngoba babezidele baphetha ngokuthi ukufa esiphambanweni kwakusho ukuphela kukaJesu nokuthunywa kwakhe. Phakathi nalezo zinsuku ezintathu phakathi kokufa esiphambanweni nokuvuka, lonke ithemba lalibonakala lilahlekile. Kodwa njengoba abafundi bathola kamuva, futhi njengoba siyazi namuhla, akukho lutho elalahleka ngesiphambano, kunalokho konke kwazuzwa. KuJesu, ukufa esiphambanweni kwakungesona isiphetho, kodwa kwakuyisiqalo nje. Yebo, uNkulunkulu wayehlele kusukela ekuqaleni ukuthi okuthile okuhle kwakuyovela kulesi simo esasibonakala singenakwenzeka. Kwakungaphezu nje kwenhlanhla noma ukungenelela kukaNkulunkulu, kwakuyisu likaNkulunkulu kusukela ekuqaleni. Wonke umlando wesintu uye waholela kulesi simo soshintsho. Uyiphuzu eliyinhloko ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu olukhulu lothando nokuhlenga.

UJesu wayesendaweni efanele ngesikhathi esifanele futhi yingakho sihlala silungile lapho sikhona. Silapho kanye uNkulunkulu afuna sibe khona. Ngaye nangaye sigxiliswe ngokuvikelekile kuYise, neNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. Wathandwa futhi wahlengwa ngamandla afanayo avusa uJesu kwabafileyo. Akudingeki sikhathazeke ngokuthi ukuphila kwethu kunenzuzo ethile futhi kwenza umehluko emhlabeni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izimo ezisizungezile zibonakala zingenathemba kangakanani, singaqiniseka ngokuthi konke kuzohamba kahle ngoba uNkulunkulu uyasithanda.

Njengoba nje abesifazane nabafundi baphelelwa ithemba ngalezo zinsuku ezintathu zobumnyama, ngezinye izikhathi nathi siphelelwa ithemba ngezimpilo zethu noma zabanye ngoba kubonakala lingekho ithemba. Kodwa uNkulunkulu uzosula zonke izinyembezi futhi asinike isiphetho esijabulisayo esisilangazelelayo. Konke lokhu kwenzeka ngenxa yokuthi uJesu wayesendaweni efanele ngesikhathi esifanele.

nguTammy Tkach