Ngenhliziyo entsha onyakeni omusha!

UJohn Bell ube nethuba lokwenza into iningi lethu esithemba ukuthi ngeke likwazi ukuyenza: Ubambe inhliziyo yakhe ezandleni zakhe. Eminyakeni emibili edlule wahlinzwa inhliziyo, okwaba yimpumelelo. Ngenxa yohlelo lwe-Heart to Heart e-Baylor University Medical Center e-Dallas, manje wayesekwazi ukubamba inhliziyo eyayimgcine ephila iminyaka engu-70 ngaphambi kokuba kudingeke ukuthi ishintshwe. Le ndaba emangalisayo ingikhumbuza okwami ​​ukufakelwa inhliziyo. Lokhu kwakungekona ukufakelwa kwenhliziyo “engokwenyama” - bonke abalandela uKristu baye babhekana nenguqulo kamoya yale nqubo. Iqiniso elinonya lemvelo yethu enesono ukuthi kubangela ukufa komoya. Umprofethi uJeremiya wakusho ngokucacile: “Inhliziyo ilukhuni nedangele; Ubani ongakuqonda?" (UJeremiya 17,9).

Lapho sibhekana nokuba ngokoqobo ‘kokusebenza kwenhliziyo’ yethu engokomoya, kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi sinanoma yiliphi ithemba. Ithuba lethu lokusinda liqanda. Kodwa into emangalisayo yenzeka kithi: UJesu usinika okuwukuphela kwethuba elingenzeka lempilo kamoya: ukufakelwa kwenhliziyo ekujuleni komphefumulo wethu. Umphostoli uPhawuli uchaza lesi sipho esiyisisa njengokwenziwa kabusha kobuntu bethu, ukuvuselelwa kwesimo sethu sobuntu, ukuguqulwa kwemiqondo yethu kanye nokukhululwa kwentando yethu. Konke lokhu kuyingxenye yomsebenzi wensindiso uNkulunkulu uBaba asebenza kuwo ngeNdodana yakhe nangoMoya oNgcwele. Ngensindiso yendawo yonke sinikezwa ithuba elimangalisayo lokushintsha inhliziyo yethu endala, efile sithole entsha, enempilo - inhliziyo echichima uthando nempilo yakhe engenakonakala. UPawulu wathi: “Ngokuba siyazi ukuthi umuntu wethu omdala wabethelwa kanye naye, ukuze umzimba wesono ubhujiswe, singabe sisakhonza isono. Ngokuba owafayo ukhululiwe esonweni. Kodwa uma safa kanye noKristu, siyakholwa ukuthi siyophila futhi kanye naye.” ( Roma 6,6-enye).

UNkulunkulu wenza ukushintshana okumangalisayo ngoKristu ukuze sibe nempilo entsha Kuye ehlanganyela ebudlelwaneni bakhe noBaba noMoya oNgcwele. Njengoba uNyaka Omusha usondela, masikhumbule ukuthi zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwethu sikweleta kuphela umusa nokulunga kwalowo osibizile - ukuba abe iNkosi noMsindisi wethu, uJesu Kristu!

nguJoseph Tkach