Ukubuyisana kuqabula inhliziyo

Ingabe uke waba nabangane abaye balimazana ngokujulile futhi abangakwazi noma abangazimisele ukusebenza ndawonye ukuze balungise ukungezwani? Mhlawumbe ufisa kakhulu ukuthi babuyelane futhi uphatheke kabi kakhulu ngokuthi lokhu akwenzekanga.

Umphostoli uPawulu ukhuluma ngalesi simo encwadini emfushane kunazo zonke ayibhalela umngane wakhe uFilemoni, owaguqulwa nguye. Cishe uFilemoni wayeyisakhamuzi sasemzini waseKolose. Enye yezigqila zakhe, u-Onesimu, yayibalekele kuye futhi cishe yathatha ezinye zempahla yenkosi yayo yahamba nayo ngaphandle kwesizathu. U-Onesimu wahlangana noPawulu eRoma, waguqulwa futhi baba abangane abakhulu. Efuna ukuba isigqila nenkosi babuyisane, uPawulu wathumela u-Onesimu ohambweni oluyingozi ukuba abuyele kuFilemoni. Izinhliziyo zikaPawulu nezabanye ababethanda kokubili uFilemoni no-Onesimu zazilangazelela ukuhlawulelwa nokuphulukiswa. Isicelo sikaPawulu kuFilemoni sasingenakushaywa indiva ngoba, njengoba uPawulu abonisa ekuqaleni encwadini, uFilemoni wayethanda ukuvuselela izinhliziyo zabanye. Phawula amazwi kaPawulu kumngane wakhe:

“Ngokuba ngibe nentokozo enkulu nenduduzo othandweni lwakho, ngokuba izinhliziyo zabangcwele zivuselelwe ngawe, mzalwane othandekayo. Ngakho-ke, nakuba kuKristu nginenkululeko yokukuyala okumelwe kwenziwe, ngenxa yothando kungcono ngicele, njengoba nje nami nginjalo: uPawulu, ixhegu, kodwa manje futhi ngiyisiboshwa sikaKristu Jesu.” ( Filemoni 1 . 7-9).

Kumphostoli uPawulu, ukuphulukisa ubudlelwano obuphukile kwakuyingxenye ebalulekile yenkonzo yevangeli—kangangoba wakhumbuza uFilemoni ukuthi kuKristu wayenesibindi sokufuna lokho. UPawulu wayazi ukuthi uJesu wanikela ngakho konke ukuze alethe ukubuyisana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu, futhi wayevame ukugcizelela ukuthi nathi kufanele senze konke ukuze sibuyise ukubuyisana nomaphi lapho sikhona. Kodwa lapha uPawulu ukhetha indlela yesiqondiso sothando, azi ukuthi yini esengozini yomuntu ngamunye.

Isigqila esibalekile, u-Onesimu wazifaka engozini enkulu ngokubuyela kuFilemoni. Ngokomthetho wamaRoma, wayengenakuvikeleka entukuthelweni kaFilemoni uma engazange enze ngokuvumelana nesicelo sikaPawulu. KuFilemoni, ukubuyisela u-Onesimu nokulahla ubunikazi bakhe kwakuyoba nemiphumela yezenhlalo eyayingase iphumele ekulahlekelweni isikhundla nethonya emphakathini wakubo. Lokho uPawulu ayekucela kubo bobabili kwakungqubuzana nezithakazelo zabo siqu. Kungani engozini? Ngoba kwakuyoqabula inhliziyo kaPawulu, futhi ngokuqinisekile nenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu. Yilokhu okwenziwa ukubuyisana: kuvuselela inhliziyo.

Ngezinye izikhathi abangane bethu abadinga ukubuyisana bangase bafane no-Onesimu noFilemoni futhi badinga ukushukunyiswa. Kwesinye isikhathi akubona abangani bethu, yithina esidinga ukugudluzwa. Indlela yokubuyisana igcwele izinselele futhi idinga ukuzithoba okujulile esingeke sikuhlanganise njalo. Ngokuvamile kubonakala kulula ukuvele uhlukane nobudlelwano futhi udlale umdlalo okhathele wokwenza sengathi akukho nkinga.

NgoMhlawuleli Omkhulu uJesu Kristu singaba nesibindi nokuhlakanipha ukuze sithathe isinyathelo esinjalo esinesibindi. Ungasabi ubuhlungu nomshikashika oyolethwa yilokhu, ngoba ngokwenza kanjalo siqabula inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu, izinhliziyo zethu kanye nezinhliziyo zalabo abasizungezile.

nguGreg Williams