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Wasebenzise ngokugcwele wonke amathuba
Awufisi ukuthi unganweba isikhathi sakho? Noma, okungcono kakhulu, buyisela isikhathi emuva ukuze usisebenzise kangcono okwesibili? Kodwa sonke siyazi ukuthi lena akuyona indlela isikhathi esisebenza ngayo. Imane ihlale ithika, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi siyisebenzisa kanjani noma siyimosha kanjani. Asikwazi ukubuyisela emuva isikhathi esichithiwe, futhi ngeke sikwazi ukuphinda sithole isikhathi esisetshenziswe kabi. Mhlawumbe yileso sizathu esenza ukuba umphostoli uPawulu ayale amaKristu: Ngakho manje bhekisisani indlela eniphila ngayo, kungabi njengabangahlakaniphile kodwa njengabahlakaniphileyo, futhi nithengisise isikhathi [a. Ex .: uwasebenzisa ngokugcwele wonke amathuba]; ngoba yisikhathi esibi. Ngakho-ke ningabi-yiziwula, kodwa qondani ukuthi iyini intando yeNkosi (Efe. 5,15-enye).
UPawulu wayefuna amaKristu ase-Efesu asebenzise zonke izikhathi ukuze asebenzise isikhathi sawo ngokuvumelana nentando kaNkulunkulu. Edolobheni elikhulu njenge-Efesu, kwakuneziphazamiso eziningi. I-Efesu yayiyinhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe saseRoma sase-Asiya. Kwakuyikhaya lesinye sezimangaliso eziyisikhombisa zasendulo - iThempeli lika-Arthemisi. Njengasemadolobheni amakhulu namuhla, bekukuningi okwenzeka kuleli dolobha. Kodwa uPawulu wakhumbuza amaKristu ukuthi ayebizelwe ukuba abe izandla nezingalo zikaKristu kulo muzi ongamesabi uNkulunkulu.
Sonke sinamakhono nezinsiza, sonke sitholakala amahora angama-24 ngosuku. Kodwa futhi siyizinceku zeNkosi yethu neNkosi uJesu Kristu, futhi lokho kwenza isikhathi sethu emhlabeni sihluke. Isikhathi sethu singasetshenziselwa ukudumisa uNkulunkulu kunokwanelisa ubugovu bethu.
Singasebenzisa amahora ethu okusebenza ukuze sinikeze abaqashi bethu umsebenzi wethu omuhle kakhulu, njengokungathi sisebenzela uKristu (Kolose 3,22) kunokuba nje uthole iholo, noma okubi nakakhulu, ukubantshontshela. Singasebenzisa isikhathi sethu sokuphumula ukuze sakhe futhi siqinise ubudlelwano, futhi sivuselele impilo yethu nemizwelo, kunokusichitha emikhubeni engcolile, engekho emthethweni, noma ezilimazayo. Singasebenzisa ubusuku bethu ukuze siphumule esikhundleni sokujabula. Singasebenzisa isikhathi esinaso ukuze sifunde ukuze sizithuthukise, sisize abantu abaswele, noma sisize esikhundleni sokumane silale esofeni.
Yebo, kudingeka sizinike isikhathi sokukhulekela uMdali noMsindisi wethu. Siyamlalela, siyamdumisa, siyambonga futhi silethe ukwesaba kwethu, ukukhathazeka, ukukhathazeka nokungabaza phambi kwakhe. Akudingekile ukuba sichithe isikhathi sikhononda, sithethise, noma sihlebe abanye. Kunalokho, singabathandazela. Singavuza okubi ngokuhle, sibeke izinkathazo zethu kuNkulunkulu futhi sigweme izilonda zesisu. Singaphila kanje ngoba uKristu uhlala kithi, ngoba uNkulunkulu uqondise umusa wakhe kithi ngoKristu. KuKristu singenza izinsuku zethu zibe yinto ebalulekile, into ebalulekile.
UPawulu wayesejele lapho ebhalela amaKristu ase-Efesu incwadi, futhi wayeqaphela yonke imizuzu edlulayo. Yebo, ngenxa yokuthi uKristu wayehlala kuye, akazange avumele ukuboshwa kwakhe kube isithiyo sokuwasebenzisa ngokunenzuzo wonke amathuba. Esebenzisa ukuboshwa kwakhe njengethuba, wabhalela amasonto izincwadi ebekela amaKristu inselele yokuba aqaphele indlela okufanele aphile ngayo ngokuvumelana nentando kaNkulunkulu.
Izindawo esihlala kuzo namuhla zibonisa ukuziphatha okubi nokonakala okufanayo okwatholwa amaKristu osuku lukaPawulu. Kodwa iBandla, uyasikhumbuza, liyindawo yokukhanya ezweni elimnyama. Ibandla wumphakathi lapho amandla evangeli etholwa khona futhi abelwe nabanye. Amalungu awo angusawoti womhlaba, uphawu oluqinisekile lwethemba ezweni elilangazelela insindiso.
Kwakukhona insizwa eyasebenza ngendlela yayo enhlanganweni futhi yagcina iqokwe esikhundleni sikamongameli omdala nonolaka. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ithathe izintambo, le nsizwa yaya kumongameli omdala futhi yabuza ukuthi yayingayinikeza yini iseluleko.
Amagama amabili, esho. Izinqumo ezifanele! Yabuza insizwa: Uhlangana kanjani nalaba? Lathi ikhehla: Kudingeka isipiliyoni. Ukuthole kanjani? kubuza lensizwa? Liphendule ikhehla: Izinqumo ezingalungile.
Sengathi wonke amaphutha ethu angasenza sihlakaniphe ngoba sithembele eNkosini. Kwangathi izimpilo zethu zingaba zifana nezikaKristu. Kwangathi isikhathi sethu singaletha udumo kuNkulunkulu njengoba senza intando yakhe kulomhlaba.
nguJoseph Tkach
