Kukhethwe kangcono

Kukhona inkukhu eyisaga ehamba ihamba nekhanda layo okuthiwa linqunyiwe. Le nkulumo isho lapho umuntu ematasa kakhulu aze agijime ngokungalawuleki ngempilo engenakhanda futhi aphazamiseke ngokuphelele. Lokhu singakuhlobanisa nokuphila kwethu okumatasa. Impendulo ejwayelekile "Unjani?" ngu: "Kuhle, kepha kufanele ngihambe ngokushesha!" Noma "Kuhle, kepha anginaso isikhathi!" Abaningi bethu babonakala begijima besuka komunye umsebenzi baye komunye, baze bafike lapho singasasitholi khona isikhathi sokuphumula nokuphumula.

Ukucindezeleka kwethu okungapheli, ukushisekela kwethu kanye nomuzwa oqhubekayo wokuqondiswa abanye konakalisa ubuhlobo obuhle noNkulunkulu kanye nobudlelwane nabanye abantu. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ukuba matasa kuvame ukukhetha ongakwenza ngokwakho. IVangeli likaLuka linendaba emangalisayo ebonisa lokhu: “Kwathi eqhubeka uJesu nabafundi bakhe, wafika emzaneni othile, lapho owesifazane ogama lakhe linguMarta emngenisa endlini yakhe. Wayenodadewabo ogama lakhe kwakunguMaria. UMariya wahlala ngasezinyaweni zeNkosi wayilalela. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMarta wenza umsebenzi omkhulu ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi izimenywa zakhe zihamba kahle. Ekugcineni wema phambi kukaJesu wathi: “Nkosi, ucabanga ukuthi kulungile yini ukuthi udadewethu ungivumele ukuba ngenze wonke umsebenzi ngingedwa na? Mtshele ukuthi angisize! -UMarta, Marta, iNkosi yaphendula yathi: Niyakhathazeka futhi nikhathazekile ngezinto eziningi, kodwa yinye kuphela into edingekayo. UMariya ukhethe okungcono kakhulu, futhi lokho ngeke aphucwe yena.” (Luka 10,38-42 New Geneva translation).

Ngiyayithanda indlela uJesu aphambukise ngayo ngobumnene uMarta okhathazekile, ophazamisekile, okhathazekile. Asazi noma uMartha walungisa ukudla okumnandi noma kwakuhlanganisa ukulungiselela ukudla kanye nezinye izinto eziningi ezazimxakile. Esikwaziyo ukuthi ukuba matasa kwabo kwabavimbela ekuchitheni isikhathi noJesu.

Lapho ekhononda kuJesu, wasikisela ukuba abuye azindle ngaye ngoba kunokuthile okubalulekile ayefuna ukukusho kuye. “Angisayikunibiza ngokuthi niyizinceku; ngoba inceku ayikwazi ukuthi inkosi yayo yenzani. Kodwa nginibize ngokuthi ningabangane; ngokuba konke engakuzwa kuBaba nginazisile khona” (Johane 15,15).

Kwesinye isikhathi kufanele sonke siphinde sigxile. NjengoMarta, singaba matasa kakhulu futhi sithikamezeke senzele uJesu izinto ezinhle esingakuthokozeli ukujabulela nokulalela ubukhona Bakhe. Ubudlelwano obuseduze noJesu kufanele bube yinto yethu ephambili. Leli kwakuyiphuzu uJesu ayelihlosile lapho ethi kuye: "UMariya ukhethe okungcono". Ngamanye amagama, uMariya wabeka ubudlelwane noJesu ngaphezu kwemisebenzi yakhe futhi lobo budlelwano abunakususwa. Kuyohlale kukhona imisebenzi edinga ukwenziwa. Kepha kukangaki sigcizelela izinto esicabanga ukuthi sidinga ukuzenza esikhundleni sokubheka ukubaluleka kwabantu esibenzela khona? UNkulunkulu ukudalele ubuhlobo obuseduze naye kanye nabo bonke abanye abantu. UMaria wabonakala eqonda. Ngethemba ukuthi nawe uyakwenza.

nguGreg Williams