Emfudlaneni wempilo

Njengabazali, singafunda okuningi ekusebenzelaneni nezingane zethu. Ngesikhathi sibafundisa ukubhukuda, asigcinanga ngokubaphosa emanzini, linda ubone ukuthi kuzokwenzekani. Cha, ngimbambe ngezandla zami ngamdlulisa emanzini sonke isikhathi. Ngaphandle kwalokho bebengeke bafunde ukuhamba ngokuzimela emanzini. Lapho sizama ukujwayeza indodana yethu ngamanzi, yathuka kancane ekuqaleni futhi yamemeza: "Baba, ngiyesaba" futhi yanginamathela. Kulesi simo ngamkhuthaza, ngakhuluma naye kahle, futhi ngamsiza ukuba ajwayele le ndawo entsha. Noma ngabe izingane zethu bezingavikelekile futhi zinokwesaba, zifunde okuthile okusha ngazo zonke izifundo eziqhubekayo. Bayazi ukuthi noma amanzi kwesinye isikhathi ekhwehlele, akhafule, noma egwinyiwe kancane, ngeke siziyeke izingane zethu zicwile.

Zonke lezi zinto ziyingxenye yesipiliyoni, noma ngabe ingane ingacabanga ukuthi iyaminza, bayazi ukuthi izinyawo zabo ziphephile emhlabathini oqinile nokuthi singazithatha ngokushesha uma isifundo sokubhukuda besiyingozi kakhulu kubo . Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izingane zethu zafunda ukusethemba futhi sizohlala siseduze kwazo futhi sizivikele.

Usele wedwa

Kufika usuku lapho uzobhukuda wedwa bese uzama ama-craziest acrobatics asesabisayo. Ukube izingane zethu bezisaba kakhulu ukubekezelela lezo zikhathi ezinzima zokuqala emanzini, bezingeke zifunde ukubhukuda. Uzobe uphuthelwa okuhlangenwe nakho okuhle futhi ungafafazi emanzini nezinye izingane.

Akekho ongabenzela ukubhukuda, izingane zethu kufanele zizenzele ngokwazo lezi zinto ezifundisayo. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi labo abadedela ukwesaba kwabo ngokushesha kakhulu futhi bayashesha ukudlula izifundo zabo zokuqala futhi bagcine bephuma emanzini ngokuzethemba okusha. Futhi uBaba wethu waseZulwini akamane nje asiphonsa emanzini ajulile futhi asishiye sodwa. Waze wathembisa ukuthi uzobe ekhona lapho sisemanzini ajulile. “Uma kufanele uhambe emanzini ajulile noma emifuleni edlayo - mina nginawe, ngeke ugwilize” (Isaya 4)3,2).
UPetru waphendula uJesu lapho embona egijima phezu kwamanzi: “Nkosi, uma kunguwe, yisho ngize kuwe phezu kwamanzi.” Wathi: “Woza lapha!” UPetru wehla emkhunjini, wahamba phezu komkhumbi. emanzini futhi beza kuJesu” (Mathewu 14,28-enye).

Lapho ukwethenjwa kukaPetru nokholo lwakhe lungaqiniseki futhi esengozini yokuminza, uJesu welula isandla sakhe ukuze ambambe futhi amsindise. UNkulunkulu usithembisile: “Ngeke ngikulahle noma ngikushiye” (Hebheru 13,5). Njengabo bonke abazali abanothando, usifundisa ngezinselele ezincane futhi ngaleyo ndlela asisize sikhule okholweni nasethembeni. Ngisho noma ezinye izinselele zibonakala zizimbi futhi zesabisa, singabuka ngokumangala indlela uNkulunkulu aqondisa ngayo yonke into ukuze kuzuze thina futhi kube inkazimulo yakhe. Kufanele nje sithathe isinyathelo sokuqala, sibhukude isitimela sokuqala emanzini futhi sishiye ukwesaba nokungaqiniseki ngemuva kwethu.

Ukwesaba yisitha sethu esikhulu ngoba kuyasikhubaza, kusenze singazethembi futhi kunciphise ukuzithemba kwethu nakuNkulunkulu. NjengoPeter, kufanele sisishiye lesi sikebhe sinethemba lokuthi uNkulunkulu uzoqhubeka nokusithwala nokuthi akukho okungenzeki kuye lokho afuna ukukufeza ngathi. Noma kudinga isibindi esikhulu ukuthatha lesi sinyathelo sokuqala, ngaso sonke isikhathi kunenzuzo ngoba imivuzo ayigugu. UPeter, owayengumuntu onjengawe nami, empeleni wahamba phezu kwamanzi.

Ukubheka emuva

Ngisho noma ungazi ukuthi izokusaphi, asikho isidingo sokukhathazeka. Kuyaye kuthiwe awukwazi ukuya phambili inqobo nje uma ubheka emuva. Noma ngabe lesi sitatimende siyiqiniso, ngaso sonke isikhathi uzibuka esibukweni sempilo yakho esingemuva. Ubheka emuva futhi ubone zonke lezo zimo zempilo uNkulunkulu akuthwale kuzo. Kulezo zimo lapho ufuna isandla sikaNkulunkulu, Wakubamba ezingalweni zakhe. Uphendula ngisho nezinselele zethu ezinzima kakhulu zibe okuhlangenwe nakho okubalulekile kokufunda: “Bafowethu nodadewethu, jabulani kakhulu lapho niwela ezilingweni ezihlukahlukene, futhi nazi ukuthi ukholo lwenu lapho luvivinywa lusebenza ngokubekezela.”— Jakobe 1:2-3 . ).
Injabulo enjalo akulula ukuyithola ekuqaleni, kodwa kuwukukhetha okufanele sikwenze. Kufanele sizibuze ukuthi siyakholelwa ngempela yini kuNkulunkulu nasemandleni akhe amakhulu okunqoba noma sivumele udeveli asiphazamise futhi asesabise. Lapho othile esabisa izingane zethu, zigijima zimemeza ezingalweni zethu futhi zifune isivikelo kithi. Phela bazi kahle ukuthi siyohlale sibavikela. Njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, sisabela ngendlela efanayo esimweni noma inkinga esikhathazayo. Sigijima sidazuluka singena ezingalweni zikababa onothando, sazi ukuthi uyasivikela futhi uyasithulisa. Nokho, kudinga ukuzijwayeza okuthile ngoba lapho ukholo lwethu luvivinywa, luqina nakakhulu. Ngakho-ke, lapho sibhukuda, uNkulunkulu uyasivumela ukuba sikhwehlele, sikhafule, futhi sigwinye ngisho namanzi amancane futhi sizame ukudlula ngaphandle Kwakhe. Uyakuvumela lokhu: “Ukuze nibe ngabaphelele futhi niphelele futhi ningasweli.” ( UJakobe 1,4).

Akulula ukuba semhlabeni futhi akekho noyedwa kithi ongathi impilo ihlale imnandi. Kepha cabanga emuva ezikhathini lapho wawubanjwe ngokuqinile ngunyoko noma ngubaba noma ngabe ungubani. Umhlane wakho uncike esifubeni somunye futhi wanaka indawo ebanzi futhi wazizwa uphephile futhi ufudumele ezingalweni eziqinile zokuvikela zenye. Usayikhumbula leyomizwa ethokomele yemfudumalo nokuvikelwa kothando okwakubusa kuwe nokungakushiyanga naphezu kwemvula, isiphepho noma iqhwa? Imizila yokubhukuda yezimpilo zethu kwesinye isikhathi iyethusa, kepha inqobo nje uma singasho ukuthi sithembele kuNkulunkulu ngokuphelele futhi siqinisekile ukuthi uzosithwala ngamanzi angaphephile, Angaguqula ukwesaba kwethu kube yinjabulo. Simbuka ngokumangala ngoba usithwala emanzini ajulile kanye neziphepho ezinamandla. Ukube nje besingafunda ukujabulela amanzi anosawoti olwandle emehlweni ethu esikhundleni sokuncipha emfuleni wamanzi amnyama - phela, siyazi ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzosibamba asiqinise ezingalweni zakhe ngaso sonke isikhathi.

Lapho izingane zethu sezikhulile, singaziqhenya ngokuzigona futhi sizitshele ukuthi: Ngiyakuthanda kakhulu futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngawe. Ngiyazi ukuthi bekufanele ubhukude ngezikhathi ezinzima empilweni yakho, kepha ekugcineni uphumelele ngoba uzethembele kuNkulunkulu.

Engxenyeni elandelayo yempilo yethu sizobhukuda imizila yethu. Kukhona oshaka noma abantu abanobudemoni abacathamela emanzini amnyama futhi bazame ukugxilisa ukwesaba nokusiphazamisa ngezenzo zabo ezimbi. Senza ukukhetha ngokuqaphela futhi sizivumele siwele ezingalweni zikababa wethu. Simtshela ukuthi ngaphandle kwakhe siyesaba. Kulokhu uyophendula: “Ningakhathazeki ngalutho, kodwa kukho konke izicelo zenu mazaziwe nguNkulunkulu ngomthandazo nangokunxusa kanye nokubonga. Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okudlula konke ukucabanga kuyakulondoloza izinhliziyo zenu nemicabango yenu kuKristu Jesu.” 4,6-enye).

ngu-Ewan Spence-Ross