Indaba ngesikhala nesikhathi

Ngomhlaka 12. Ngo-April 1961 umhlaba wema wabheka eRussia: U-Yuri Gagarin kufanele abe ngumuntu wokuqala emkhathini, kufanele ngisho ngoba u-Israel wanqoba iRussia emjahweni womkhathi. Ukuze siqonde lesi simangalo esihlanyayo kufanele sibuyele emuva eminyakeni engaba ngu-2000. Kunedolobhana elibizwa ngokuthi iBhetlehema, ngaleso sikhathi elalisongela ukuchichima izihambi. Umyeni owayekhathele wayebheke indawo yokulala yena nomkakhe kuzo zonke izindawo ababezolala kuzo. Ngemva kokucinga isikhathi eside, umnikazi wendlu yezivakashi onobungane wavumela uJosef nomkakhe owayekhulelwe kakhulu ukuba balale esitebeleni esiseduze nezilwane. Ngalobo busuku kwazalwa indodana yabo uJesu. Kanye ngonyaka ngoKhisimusi umhlaba ukhumbula lesi senzakalo esikhulu - hhayi ukuzalwa kwe-astronaut yokuqala, kodwa ukuzalwa kwalowo ozosindisa sonke isintu.

Ukuzalwa kukaJesu kumane kungomunye wemikhosi eminingi egujwa minyaka yonke futhi kwenzeka ngenxa yezizathu ezingalungile. Izihlahla zihlotshisiwe, kumiswa izindlwana zokulala ezincane, izingane ezigqokiswe amashidi ombhede zimelela umcimbi onesizotha emdlalweni wokuzalwa kukaJesu futhi izinsuku ezimbalwa uNkulunkulu uqashelwa ukuthi ungubani ngempela. Ngemva kwalokho, umhlobiso uzopakishwa ngokuphephile ukuze ukhishwe futhi ngonyaka ozayo, kodwa imicabango yethu ngoNkulunkulu nayo izosuswa kanye nale ntaba enkulu yezinto. Ngokubona kwami, lokhu kwenzeka kuphela ngoba asikwazi ukuqonda ukubaluleka kokuba uJesu esesimweni somuntu - uNkulunkulu uba ngumuntu ophelele kanti ngesikhathi esifanayo unguNkulunkulu ophelele.

Esahlukweni sokuqala seVangeli likaJohane kuthiwa uKristu, owahlala phakathi kwabantu, uyena owadala indawo yonke ngobuhle bayo obungenakuqondakala. Izinkanyezi ezikhanya esibhakabhakeni njalo ebusuku futhi zikude ngeminyaka eminingi yokukhanya kude nathi zadalwa nguye. Ilanga elikhazimulayo, ibanga elifanele ukusuka kithi ukuze lisinikeze ukushisa okwanele ukuze sigcine iplanethi yethu isesimweni esikahle, labekwa khona lapho ebangeni elifanele. Ukushona kwelanga okumangalisayo, esimangala ngakho ohambweni olude ogwini lolwandle, kudalwe nguye ngokumangalisayo. Wonke amaculo atshiyozayo aqanjwa nguye. Nokho wadela yonke inkazimulo namandla akhe okudala futhi wahlala phakathi kwendalo yakhe siqu: «Lowo owayesesimweni sobuNkulunkulu akakubhekanga njengokuphanga ukulingana noNkulunkulu, kodwa wazihlukanisa futhi wathatha isimo senceku; waba umuntu ngokufanayo futhi wabonakala njengomuntu ngokubukeka. Wazithoba futhi walalela kwaze kwaba sekufeni, kwaze kwaba sekufeni esiphambanweni.”— Filipi 2:6-8 .

UNkulunkulu Ophelele nabantu bonke

UNkulunkulu ngokwakhe wazalwa njengomntwana ongenakuzisiza oncike ngokuphelele ekunakekelweni abazali bakhe basemhlabeni. Wanceliswa esifubeni sikanina, wafunda ukuhamba, wawa washayeka ngedolo, waba namabhamuza ezandleni zakhe lapho esebenza noyise omzalayo, wakhala ngobufebe babantu, walingeka njengoba nje sinjalo futhi sakhothama ekuhlushweni kokugcina. ; washaywa, wakhafulelwa wabulawa esiphambanweni. UnguNkulunkulu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ungumuntu ophelele. Usizi lwangempela ukuthi abantu abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ubephakathi kwabantu futhi waphila nabo iminyaka emihle engamashumi amathathu. Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ngemva kwalokho wabuyela endaweni yakhe yasekuqaleni futhi wabuka esuka lapho, kude, ukuthi idrama yesintu ithuthuka kanjani. Kodwa lokhu akunjalo!

Lapho sigubha uKhisimusi futhi kulo nyaka, ngifuna ukwabelana nawe ngezindaba ezinhle ngempela: UNkulunkulu unithanda kangangokuthi akagcinanga nje ngokuba umuntu futhi wazibonakalisa kithi futhi wahlala nathi iminyaka engamashumi amathathu, wagcina ubuntu bakhe futhi manje uhlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu uBaba ukuba asimele. Lapho uKristu enyukela ezulwini, wayengumuntu wokuqala emkhathini! “Munye uNkulunkulu, munye nomlamuleli phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu, umuntu uKristu Jesu” (1. UThimothi 2,5).

Umlamuli kufanele azimele ngokuphelele. Ukube uJesu wayebuyele esimweni sakhe sangaphambili saphezulu, wayengasilamulela kanjani thina bantu? UJesu wabugcina ubuntu bakhe, futhi ngubani ongcono ongalamula phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu kunoKristu ngokwakhe - lowo onguNkulunkulu futhi osengumuntu ophelele? Akagcinanga nje ngokulondoloza ubuntu bakhe, kodwa waze wathatha ukuphila kwethu phezu kwakhe futhi ngalokhu singaphila kuye naye kithi.

Kungani uNkulunkulu enze lesi simangaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke? Kungani angena emkhathini nasesikhathini nasekudalweni kwakhe siqu? Wakwenza ukuze kuthi lapho enyukela ezulwini asithathe sihambe naye futhi sihlale naye ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu. Ngakho uJesu Kristu akenyukelanga ezulwini kuphela, kodwa futhi ngamunye wethu owamukela uJesu njengoMsindisi wakhe. Ngiyaxolisa, u-Yuri Gagarin.

Njengoba ukhumbula ukuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu kulo nyaka, khumbula ukuthi uNkulunkulu akasoze akushiya endlini endala, enothuli futhi akukhumbule kanye kuphela ngonyaka ngosuku lwakho lokuzalwa. Ugcina ubuntu bakhe njengesethembiso nesithembiso esingapheli kuwe. Akakaze akushiye futhi akasoze. Akagcinanga nje ngokuba ngumuntu, useze wathatha impilo yakho futhi uhlala ngaphakathi kuwe. Bambelela kuleli qiniso elimangalisayo futhi ujabulele lesi simangaliso esimangalisayo. Ukubonakaliswa kothando lukaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu, uJesu Kristu, u-Emmanuel unawe manje naphakade.

nguTim Maguire