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Amehlo ami ayibona insindiso yakho
Isiqubulo se-Street Parade yanamuhla eZurich sithi: "Dansa inkululeko" (umdanso wenkululeko). Kusizindalwazi salo msebenzi sifunde ukuthi: “I-Street Parade iwumbukiso womdanso wothando, ukuthula, inkululeko nokubekezelelana. Ngesiqubulo se-Street Parade "Dance for Freedom", abahleli bagxile enkululekweni.
Isifiso sothando, ukuthula nenkululeko bekulokhu kuyinkinga yabantu. Ngeshwa, nokho, siphila emhlabeni obonakala ngokuhlukile: inzondo, impi, ukuboshwa nokungabekezelelani. Buza abahleli beStreet Parade Gxila enkululekweni. Kodwa bahlulwa yini ukubona? Yiliphi iphuzu obonakala ungaboni ngalo? Inkululeko yangempela idinga uJesu futhi nguJesu okufanele abe maphakathi! Bese kuba khona uthando, ukuthula, inkululeko nokubekezelelana. Ngemuva kwalokho ungagubha futhi udanse! Ngeshwa, lokhu kuqonda okumangalisayo kusangenakufinyeleleka kwabaningi namuhla.
“Kepha uma ivangeli lethu limboziwe, kunjalo kufihlwe kwababhubhayo, kwabangakholwayo, abangqondo zabo unkulunkulu walesi sikhathi uphuphuthekisile ukuba bangaboni ukukhazimula kwevangeli lenkazimulo kaKristu, osesithombeni sikaNkulunkulu. Ngokuba asizishumayeli thina, kodwa sishumayela uKristu Jesu njengeNkosi, nathi siyizigqila zenu ngenxa kaJesu. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu owathi: Ebumnyameni kuyakuvela ukukhanya! yena owakhanyisa ezinhliziyweni zethu ukuba akhanyisele ulwazi lwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ebusweni bukaJesu Kristu.” ( 2 Korinte 4,3-enye).
UJesu ungukukhanya abangakholwa abangakuboni.
USimeyoni wayeyindoda elungile futhi emesaba uNkulunkulu eJerusalema, futhi uMoya oNgcwele wawuphezu kwakhe (Luka 2,25). Wayethembise ukubona umgcotshwa weNkosi ngaphambi kokuba afe. Lapho abazali beletha umntwana uJesu ethempelini futhi wamgona, wadumisa uNkulunkulu wathi:
“Manje, Jehova, njengezwi lakho, uyayimukisa inceku yakho ngokuthula; ngoba amehlo ami ayibonile insindiso yakho, oyilungisile emehlweni azo zonke izizwe, ukukhanya kube ngukwambulelwa kwezizwe nenkazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli.” 2,29-enye).
UJesu Kristu weza njengokukhanya ukuze akhanyise lomhlaba.
“Ebumnyameni kuyakuvela ukukhanya! yena owakhanyisa ezinhliziyweni zethu ukuba akhanyisele ulwazi lwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ebusweni bukaJesu Kristu.” ( 2 Korinte 4,6).
Umbono kaJesu Kristu wawungokuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila kukaSimeon, umongo wendaba ngaphambi kokuthi avalelise le mpilo. Bafowethu nodadewethu, ngabe amehlo ethu ayibonile insindiso kaNkulunkulu kuyo yonke inkazimulo yayo? Kubalulekile ukuthi ungalokothi ukhohlwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu usibusise kangakanani ngokuvula amehlo ethu ukuze asindiswe:
“Akakho ongeza kimi, uma uBaba ongithumileyo emdonsa; mina ngiyakumvusa ngosuku lokugcina. Kulotshiwe kubaprofethi ukuthi: “Bonke bayakuba ngabafundiswe nguNkulunkulu; Yilowo nalowo ozwile kuBaba wafunda uyeza kimi. Akusikho ukuthi ukhona oke wabona uBaba, ngaphandle kwalowo ovela kuNkulunkulu, yena umbonile uBaba. Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Okholwayo unokuphila okuphakade. Mina ngiyisinkwa sokuphila. Oyihlo badla imana ehlane, bafa. Lokhu yisinkwa esehla ezulwini, ukuze umuntu adle kuso angafi. Mina ngiyisinkwa esiphilayo esehla sivela ezulwini; uma umuntu edla lesi sinkwa, uyakuphila phakade. Kodwa isinkwa engizasinika sona siyinyama yami ngenxa yokuphila kwezwe.” (Joh 6,44-enye).
UJesu Kristu uyisinkwa esiphilayo, insindiso kaNkulunkulu. Ngabe sisasikhumbula isikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu avula khona amehlo ethu kulolu lwazi? UPaul akasoze awukhohlwa umzuzu wokukhanyiselwa kwakhe, sifunda ngakho ngenkathi esendleleni eya eDamaseku:
Kodwa njengoba ehamba, kwenzeka ukuthi wayesondela eDamaseku. Futhi ngokuzumayo ukukhanya okuvela ezulwini kwamkhanyisa nxazonke; wawa phansi, wezwa izwi lithi kuye: “Sawulu, Sawulu, ungizingelelani na? Kodwa wathi: Ungubani, Nkosi? Kodwa yena : Mina nginguJesu omzingelayo. Kodwa sukuma uye edolobheni futhi uzotshelwa ukuthi wenzeni! Kodwa amadoda ayehamba laye endleleni ayemile engelakukhuluma, ngoba ayezwile ilizwi kodwa kababonanga muntu. Kodwa uSawule wasukuma phansi. Kodwa lapho amehlo akhe evuleka, akazange abone lutho. Basebembamba ngesandla, bamyisa eDamaseku. Kwaze kwaphela izinsuku ezintathu engaboni, engadli futhi engaphuzi.” (IzE 9,3-enye).
Ukwembulwa kwensindiso kwakumangalisa kakhulu kuPaul kangangokuba wayengaboni izinsuku ezi-3!
Kusishaye kangakanani ukukhanya kwakhe futhi impilo yethu isishintshe kangakanani ngemuva kokuba amehlo ethu eyibonile insindiso yakhe? Ingabe kwakuwukuzalwa okusha kwangempela kithina nakithi? Ake silalele ingxoxo noNikodemu:
“Kwakukhona umuntu wakubaFarisi, nguNikodemu igama lakhe, isikhulu sabaJuda. Weza kuye ebusuku, wathi kuye: “Rabi, siyazi ukuthi ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu, ngokuba akakho ongenza lezi zibonakaliso ozenzayo, uma uNkulunkulu engenaye. UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Uma umuntu engazalwa ngokusha, angewubone umbuso kaNkulunkulu. UNikodima wathi kuye: Umuntu angazalwa kanjani esemdala na? Angangena ngokwesibili esiswini sikanina azalwe na? UJesu waphendula: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Uma umuntu engazalwa ngamanzi nangoMoya, angengene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. [UJohane 3,6] Lokho okuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama, nokuzelwe ngomoya kungumoya. Ungamangali ngokuthi ngithe kuwe: Nimelwe ukuzalwa ngokusha” (Johane 3:1-7).
Umuntu udinga "ukuzalwa" okusha ukuze abone umbuso kaNkulunkulu. Amehlo abantu awaboni insindiso kaNkulunkulu. Kodwa-ke, abahleli beStreet Parade eZurich ababazi ngobumpumputhe obujwayelekile bomoya. Uzibekele umgomo ongokomoya ongeke wafinyelelwa ngaphandle kukaJesu. Umuntu akanakuyithola ngokwakhe inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu noma ayazi ngokuphelele. NguNkulunkulu oziveza kithi:
“Aningikhethanga, kodwa nginikhethile nani; Yayani ukuba nihambe nithele isithelo, nesithelo senu sihlale, ukuze noma yini eniyakukucela kuBaba egameni lami aninike khona” (Johane 1)5,16).
Bafowethu nodadewethu, sinelungelo elikhulu lokuthi amehlo ethu abone insindiso kaNkulunkulu: "UJesu Kristu uMhlengi wethu ".
Lesi yisipiliyoni esibaluleke kunazo zonke esingaba naso empilweni yethu yonke. Kwakungekho ezinye izinhloso empilweni kaSimeon ngemuva kokubona uMsindisi. Umgomo wakhe ekuphileni wafinyelelwa. Ingabe ukuqaphela insindiso kaNkulunkulu nakho kunenzuzo efanayo nakithi? Namuhla ngithanda ukukhuthaza sonke ukuthi singalokothi sisuse amehlo ethu ekusindisweni kukaNkulunkulu futhi sihlale sigxile (kuJesu) ngokomoya.
“Uma navuswa kanye noKristu, funani okwaphezulu, lapho ekhona uKristu, ehlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu. Cabangani ngokwaphezulu, hhayi okusemhlabeni! Ngokuba nafa, nokuphila kwenu kufihliwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu. Lapho uKristu, oyimpilo yenu, ebonakaliswa, khona-ke nani niyobonakaliswa kanye naye enkazimulweni.” ( Kolose 3,1-enye).
UPawulu uyala ukuba singaphendukeli ekubukeni kwethu kokusemhlabeni kepha kuKristu. Akukho lutho kulomhlaba okufanele kusiphazamise ensindisweni kaNkulunkulu. Konke okulungele thina kuvela phezulu hhayi kulo mhlaba:
“Ningaduki, bafowethu abathandekayo! Izipho zonke ezinhle neziphiwo zonke ezipheleleyo zehla zivela phezulu, zivela kuYise wezinkanyiso okungekho kuye ukuguquka nasithunzi sokuphenduka.” ( UJakobe. 1,16-enye).
Amehlo ethu ayibonile insindiso kaNkulunkulu futhi akusafanele sisuse ukubuka kwethu kule nsindiso, njalo siqondise ukubuka kwethu phezulu. Kodwa-ke, ingabe konke lokhu kusho ukuthini empilweni yethu yansuku zonke? Sonke sizithola sisezimweni ezinzima, ezivivinyweni, ekuguleni, njll. Kaninginingi.Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi siqhubeke sibheke kuJesu noma kunesiphazamiso esikhulu kangaka? UPaul usinikeza impendulo:
“Jabulani eNkosini njalonjalo! Ngiyaphinda futhi ngifuna ukuthi: Jabulani! Ubumnene bakho buyakuba yibo bonke abantu; iNkosi iseduze. Ningakhathazeki ngalutho, kepha kukho konke izicelo zenu mazaziwe nguNkulunkulu ngomthandazo nangokunxusa kanye nokubonga; Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okudlula ukuqonda konke kuyakulondoloza izinhliziyo zenu nemicabango yenu kuKristu Jesu.” ( KwabaseFilipi 4,4-enye).
Lapha uNkulunkulu usithembisa ukuthula nokuthula kwaphezulu “okudlula ukuqonda konke.” Ngakho kufanele silethe ukukhathazeka kwethu nezidingo zethu phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu. Nokho, ingabe ubonile ukuthi imithandazo yethu iphendulwa kanjani?! Ingabe lisho ukuthi: “futhi uNkulunkulu uzoxazulula zonke izinkathazo nezinkinga zethu futhi aziqede”? Cha, asikho isithembiso lapha sokuthi uNkulunkulu uyoxazulula noma asuse zonke izinkinga zethu. Isithembiso sithi: "Futhi ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu, okudlula ukuqonda konke, kuyakugcina izinhliziyo zenu nemicabango yenu kuKristu Jesu".
Lapho sibheka phezulu, siletha ukukhathazeka kwethu phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu usithembisa ukuthula okungaphezu kwamandla emvelo nenjabulo ejulile engokomoya, naphezu kwazo zonke izimo. Uma sincika kuye impela futhi sizibeka ezandleni zakhe.
“Lokhu ngikukhulume kini ukuze nibe nokuthula kimi. Ezweni ninosizi; kepha yimani isibindi, mina ngilinqobile izwe” (Johane 16,33).
Qaphela: Asigcini nje ngokuya eholidini bese sithemba ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzothatha yonke imithwalo yethu yemfanelo. Kukhona amaKristu enza leli phutha. Badida ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu nokunganaki. Kodwa-ke, kuyathakazelisa ukubona ukuthi uNkulunkulu usibonisa kanjani isihe esikhulu ezimweni ezinjalo. Kungcono ukuthembela kakhulu kuNkulunkulu kunokuzithathela impilo yethu.
Kunoma ikuphi, kusamele sihlale sinomthwalo wemfanelo, kepha asisathembeli emandleni ethu kepha sesithembele kuNkulunkulu. Ezingeni likamoya sidinga ukubona ukuthi uJesu Kristu uyinsindiso yethu futhi ukuphela kwethemba lethu futhi kufanele siyeke ukuzama ukukhiqiza izithelo zikamoya ngamandla ethu. I-Street Parade nayo ngeke iphumelele kulokhu. KumaHubo 37 sifunda ukuthi:
“Thembela kuJehova, wenze okuhle; hlala ezweni, ugcine ukuthembeka; uzithokozise ngoJehova, yona izakunika okufiswa yinhliziyo yakho. Nikela indlela yakho kuJehova, umethembe, uyakwenza, aphumelelise ukulunga kwakho njengokukhanya, nokulunga kwakho njengemini” ( IHubo 3 )7,3-enye).
UJesu Kristu uyinsindiso yethu, uyasithethelela. Kufanele sibeke ukuphila kwethu kuye ngaphandle kwemibandela. Nokho, ungayeki umhlalaphansi, kodwa “yenza okuhle” futhi “uqaphe ukwethembeka”. Uma amehlo ethu ekuJesu, insindiso yethu, sisezandleni eziphephile. Ake sifunde futhi kumaHubo 37:
“Izinyathelo zomuntu ziqiniswa nguJehova, futhi uyayithanda indlela yakhe; uma ewa, akayikwelula, ngokuba uJehova uphasa isandla sakhe. Ngangimncane futhi ngimdala, kodwa angizange ngibone olungileyo eshiywe, noma inzalo yakhe iphanza isinkwa; njalo unomusa, uboleka, nenzalo yakhe ngesibusiso” (Amahubo 3).7,23-enye).
Uma sifaka izindlela zethu kuNkulunkulu, akasoze asishiya.
"Ngeke nginishiye niyizintandane, ngizoza kini. Enye encane , nomhlaba awusangiboni; Kodwa bhekani mina, ngokuba ngiphila, nani nizakuphila. Ngalolo suku niyakukwazi nina ukuthi ngikuBaba, nani nikimi, nami ngikini. Lowo onemiyalo yami ayigcine, nguyena ongithandayo; kodwa ongithandayo uzakuthandwa ngubaba; futhi ngizomthanda futhi ngizembule kuye” (Johane 14,18-enye).
Ngisho nalapho uJesu enyukela esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, wathi abafundi bakhe baqhubeka bembona! Noma ngabe sikuphi nanoma yisiphi isimo esingazithola sikuso, uJesu Kristu, insindiso yethu, uhlala ebonakala futhi ukubuka kwethu kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi kubhekiswe kuye. Isicelo sakhe sithi:
“Zanini kimi nina nonke enikhatheleyo nenisindwayo! Futhi ngizokunika ukuphumula. Bekani ijoka lami phezu kwenu nifunde kimi! Ngokuba ngimnene futhi ngithobekile ngenhliziyo, futhi “niyotholela imiphefumulo yenu ukuphumula”; ngoba ijoka lami lihle, nomthwalo wami ulula.” ( Mathewu 11,28-enye).
Isithembiso sakhe sithi:
“Noma ngingahlali nawe, uzoba nokuthula. ngininika ukuthula kwami; ukuthula okungekho muntu emhlabeni ongakunika kona. Ngakho-ke ningakhathazeki futhi ningesabi” (Johane 14,27 Ithemba labo bonke).
Namuhla iZurich idansa ukuthula nenkululeko. Masigubhe futhi ngoba amehlo ethu ayibonile insindiso kaNkulunkulu futhi sithandazela ukuthi abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe babone futhi babone lokho okwembulwa kithi ngokumangalisayo: "Insindiso emangalisayo kaNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu!"
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