Ulimi lomzimba

Ingabe ungumxhumanisi omuhle? Asikhulumisani kuphela ngalokho esikushoyo noma esikubhalayo, kodwa futhi nangezimpawu esizinikeza ngokuqaphela noma ngokungazi. Ulimi lwethu lomzimba luxhumana nabanye abantu futhi luthumela ulwazi olwengeziwe egameni elilula elikhulunywayo. Isibonelo, othile ohambele inhlolokhono angase atshele lowo azoba umqashi wakhe ukuthi uzizwa ekhululeke kakhulu, kodwa izandla zakhe ezibophene kanye nokugedla esitulweni kuveza okuhlukile. Umuntu oyedwa angenza sengathi unentshisekelo kulokho omunye umuntu akushoyo, kodwa ukungabheki kwabo njalo emehlweni kwenza umdlalo ungahambi. Ngokuthakazelisayo, umphostoli uPawulu uchaza indlela ngamunye wethu ayilungu lomzimba kaKristu: “Nina ningumzimba kaKristu, futhi yilowo nalowo uyilungu” ( NW )1. AbaseKorinte 12,27).

Umbuzo uphakama: yiluphi ulimi lomzimba okhuluma ngalo njengelungu lomzimba kaKristu? Ungase usho noma ubhale izinto eziningi ezinhle, ezakhayo nezikhuthazayo, kodwa indlela oziphatha ngayo esho okuningi. Indlela ophila ngayo impilo yakho ikhuluma ngokuzwakalayo futhi kucace ukuthi ziyini izimiso nezinkolelo zakho. Izimo zakho zengqondo zidlulisa umlayezo weqiniso onawo kulabo abaseduze nawe.
Njengomuntu ngamunye, umphakathi wendawo, noma ibandla, ingabe sinemfudumalo, umusa, futhi siyabamukela abanye? Noma ingabe sinobugovu futhi siyahlanya, asiboni muntu ngaphandle kweqembu lethu elincane? Izimo zethu zengqondo ziyakhuluma futhi zixhumane nezwe elibukayo. Amazwi ethu othando, ukwamukela, ukwazisa, kanye nokuba khona kwawo kungamiswa emikhondweni yabo lapho umzimba wethu uwenqaba.

“Ngokuba njengalokhu umzimba umunye kepha unezitho eziningi, nezitho zonke zomzimba, nakuba ziziningi, zingumzimba munye, kanjalo noKristu. Ngokuba sonke sabhapathizwa ngaMoya munye emzimbeni munye, noma umJuda noma umGreki, isigqila noma okhululekile, futhi sonke sinathwa uMoya munye. Ngokuba nomzimba awusilo isitho sinye, kepha maningi” (1. AbaseKorinte 12,12-enye).
Sifuna ukubambelela, imizimba yethu kufanele ilethe udumo kubo bonke abantu esiphila nabo. Njengoba sibonisa indlela enkulu yothando, bayobona ukuthi singabafundi bakaKristu ngempela ngoba wasithanda futhi wazinikela ngenxa yethu. UJesu wathi: “Ngininika umyalo omusha wokuba nithandane. Njengalokhu nginithandile, nani kufanele nithandane. Ngalokhu bonke bayakukwazi ukuthi ningabafundi bami, uma ninenza indawo yothando phakathi kwenu.” ( Johane 13,34-35). Nakuba uthando lukaKristu olukithi luhlanganyela nabanye cishe kuyo yonke imikhakha yempilo, ulimi lwethu lomzimba luqinisa esikushoyo. Lokho kuwukukhulumisana okuphumelelayo.

Amagama aphuma kalula emlonyeni wakho futhi ashibhile uma engasekelwa izenzo zakho nesimo sengqondo sothando. Lapho ukhuluma, kungaba ngamazwi, ngokulotshiwe, noma ngendlela ophila ngayo, abantu bangabona uthando lukaJesu kuwe. Uthando oluxolelayo, olwamukelayo, oluphilisayo nolufinyelela kuwo wonke umuntu. Kwangathi lokho kungaba ulimi lwakho lomzimba kuzo zonke izingxoxo onazo.

nguBarry Robinson