Kukhona amaKristu amaningi, abangashadile. Amanye amaKristu angashadile aye akhetha ngamabomu ukuhlala engashadile, kodwa akhona amanye amaKristu angashadile, abalangazelela umaqondana futhi abakwazi ukulinda ukuhlangana nomlingani wabo wakusasa. Abanye balinde isikhathi eside umlingani ofanele kangangokuthi hey baye bakhungatheka futhi ngezinye izikhathi bathukuthelele uNkulunkulu. Bayahlupheka babuze ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu engabaniki umngane womshado. Lesi sihloko sikhuluma ngesithembiso sozakwethu, ukubaluleka kokulinda umlingani ofanele nokuthi yini okufanele uyenze ngesikhathi usalinde umlingani ofanele.
Isithembiso somlingani
Yathi iNkosi uNkulunkulu, Akukuhle ukuthi indoda ibe yodwa; ngizamenzela umsizi onjengaye. UJehova uNkulunkulu wabumba ngomhlabathi zonke izilwane zasendle, nezinyoni zonke zezulu; waziletha ku-Adamu ukuze abone ukuthi angaziqamba ngokuthini: nalokho u-Adamu azibiza ngakho konke okuphilayo, lelo kwakuyigama layo. Futhi u-Adamu waziqamba amagama zonke izinkomo, nasezinyonini zezulu, nakuzo zonke izilwane zasendle; kepha u-Adamu akafunyanwanga umsizi omfaneleyo. UJehova uNkulunkulu wamehlisela u-Adamu ubuthongo obunzima, walala: wathatha olunye lwezimbambo zakhe, wavala inyama esikhundleni sayo; Nobambo, uJehova uNkulunkulu ayewuthathile kumuntu, wamenza owesifazane, wamyisa endodeni. Futhi u-Adamu wathi, leli manje seliyithambo lamathambo ami, nenyama yenyama yami: uzakuthiwa uMfazi, ngoba ukhishwe kuNdoda. Ngalokho-ke indoda iyakushiya uyise nonina, Futhi unamathele kumkakhe: Futhi bayakuba nyamanye (Genesis 2:18-24)
Isihloko esandulele sasimayelana elindele isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu. U-Abrahama kwadingeka alinde 25 iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu sigcwaliseke. Ngemva 25 iminyaka yokulinda, UNkulunkulu wanika u-Abrahama indodana: Usaka. U-Abrahama wathola isithembiso sikaNkulunkulu naphezu kwesikhathi eside elindile. Kodwa siphila enkathini lapho abantu bengazimisele ukulinda. Bafuna kwenziwe izinto izolo. Kodwa kumelwe sazi ukuthi isikhathi kuNkulunkulu sihlukile kunomuntu.
Izikhathi eziningi, Ngiyezwa futhi ngibone ukukhungatheka, ubuhlungu nokuhlupheka amaKristu angashadile abhekene nakho, ngoba abakamtholi umaqondana olungile futhi izinto azihambi ngokohlelo lwabo. Bagxile kakhulu ekungabikho komlingani futhi bamatasa kakhulu ezingqondweni zabo ngokuthola umlingani ofanele, ukuthi bavame ukuphuthelwa ubuhle bempilo. Impilo yabo yonke igxile ekudukeni nasekutholeni umaqondana.
Ngezinye izikhathi kungase kube nzima kakhulu, ukuthi bacindezeleke. Kungase kuze kufike ezingeni lokuthi abasafuni ukuphila.
Bazibona beyizehluleki. Abazithembi futhi bahlale bezibuza, ofuna umuntu onjengami? noma yini engalungile ngami? futhi cabanga, bona, ngimubi, ngoba akekho ongifunayo.
Amaphupho nokulindelwe empilweni
Akuwona wonke umuntu othola umlingani wakhe eneminyaka engamashumi amabili. Mhlawumbe unamaphupho athile kanye nalokho okulindele ngempilo yakho, kodwa ake ngikutshele, ukuthi akuwona wonke lamaphupho nezilindelo ezizofezeka.
Themba uNkulunkulu ukuthi uzokunikeza umlingani ofanele
Kwesinye isikhathi uNkulunkulu uba nelinye icebo ngempilo yakho. Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu futhi ubeke konke ezandleni Zakhe. Mthembe, ukuthi uzonikeza umlingani ofanele ngesikhathi esifanele: Isikhathi sakhe. UNkulunkulu akawenzi amaphutha. UNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi ungubani, Wazi kahle ukuthi yini oyidingayo, futhi Uyazi uma usulungele umaqondana, noma lapho umlingani wakho ezobe ekulungele.
Iqiniso lokuthi awunaye umaqondana, akusho ukuthi umubi. Akusho, ukuthi akumnandi ukuhlala nawe, noma ukuthi awufunwa. Cha, akunjalo!
Ukuthi nje uNkulunkulu unelinye icebo ngempilo yakho, khona-ke unesikhathi sempilo yakho, yilokho kuphela.
Futhi manje kukuwe. Uyalamukela yini icebo lakhe ngempilo yakho, uyamethemba uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele futhi ubeke konke ezandleni Zakhe futhi ngena ekuphumuleni kwakhe bese ulinda? Noma ungavumi, futhi uzithathela izindaba ngokwakho futhi uzibhalise ezinhlobonhlobo (ku-inthanethi) ukuphola amasayithi, izinhlangano zomshado, futhi uye emicimbini yokuphola ngesivinini, imicimbi eyodwa njll. ukuthola umaqondana.
Kuyingozi kakhulu ukungalindi bese uthatha izinto ezandleni zakho. Kukangaki abantu beshada nomuntu ongafanele, ngenxa nje yokuthi abakwazanga ukulinda umlingani ofanele futhi bazithathele izinto ezandleni zabo. Akumangalisi ukuthi izinga lesehlukaniso liphezulu kakhulu futhi liyakhula minyaka yonke, ngisho eBandleni. Awusekho umehluko phakathi kwezwe namaKrestu, abathi ndawonye bayiBandla.
Isiphi isizathu esikhulu esenza abantu badivose? Ngicabanga ukuthi esinye sezizathu ezimbi ukuthi benza ukukhetha okungalungile kozakwethu, ngoba abakwazanga ukulinda.
Ubani ofuna ukulinda?
Abantu abaningi balawula izimpilo zabo futhi abakwazi ukulinda ukuthi izinto zenzeke empilweni yabo. Abazange babeke ukuphila kwabo e-altare likaNkulunkulu. Abazange balahle wonke amaphupho abo kanye nalokho ababekulindele futhi abazinikele ngokugcwele Kuye. Ngakho-ke ngokuvamile kwenzeka, ukuthi abantu bashade ngokushesha futhi izikhathi eziningi, shada nomuntu ongafanele.
Ababuzi uNkulunkulu ngomuntu futhi abalindi impendulo Yakhe. Abakufunayo nje wukuba nomndeni; unkosikazi noma umyeni, Izingane. Ngokushesha lapho bethola umuntu, abanohlobo oluthile lokuxhumana naye, bayavumelana ngalokho futhi bayashada. Ikakhulukazi uma iwashi lebhayoloji liqala ukuphawula (ngokwezwe).
Indoda nomfazi bayinyunyana
Khumbula, ukuthi wena nomlingani wakho wesikhathi esizayo nizokwenza imbobo egcwele ndawonye. Kungakho uzokwazi, lapho uhlangana nomlingani ofanele. Kufanele kuqala kube nokuxhumana okungokomoya bese kuba ukuxhumana kwenyama; ubudlelwano bomzimba kanye nobudlelwano bomzimba.
Izikhathi eziningi kakhulu, abantu benza izinqumo ngezinzwa zabo futhi bakhetha umlingani ngezisekelo zokubukeka kwangaphandle nokukhangwa ngokomzimba.
Akukho ukungabaza, ukuthi ungakhangwa abantu abangaphezu koyedwa empilweni, kodwa lokhu kukhanga okungokwenyama kungokwenyama futhi okwesikhashana futhi akusikho okungokomoya futhi okuhlala isikhathi eside.
Munye nje umuntu ongokomoya owenzelwe wena ngokukhethekile. Futhi uma ungalindela uNkulunkulu, khona-ke uNkulunkulu uzokunika umlingani ofanele ngesikhathi esifanele.
Ungazi kanjani ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzokunika umngane womshado? Ngoba iZwi likaNkulunkulu lisho njalo. UNkulunkulu wabumba zonke izinhlobo zegedlela nezinyoni zezulu futhi wazinika u-Adamu, kodwa u-Adamu akakwazanga ukuzitholela usizo lokuhlangana. Kwaze kwaba yilapho uNkulunkulu ehlisela u-Adamu ubuthongo obunzima futhi njengoba elele uNkulunkulu wathatha ubambo luka-Adamu futhi wenza u-Eva ku-Adamu.. U-Adamu no-Eva bakha inyunyana, babenyamanye.
Lapho uthola umlingani ofanele, nani niyokwakha ukuhlangana nibe nyamanye. Kodwa kumele ubekezele.
“Ungakuthandi lokhu kancane?”
Cha, ngoba iZwi likaNkulunkulu liyiqiniso. Angibheki okuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu, kodwa ngibheka ukuthi iZwi likaNkulunkulu lithini!
Lapho sikholwa iZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi simlalela futhi siphila ngokweZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi sigcina imiyalo yaKhe futhi simethemba ngokuphelele, khona-ke izinga lesehlukaniso esontweni lizoshintsha libe nguziro.
Ngeke kusakhulunywa ngedivosi, ngoba isehlukaniso siyingxenye yempilo yomuntu wenyama, futhi hhayi impilo yomuntu womoya.
UNkulunkulu weluleka abantu baKhe ngeZwi laKhe, kodwa kusezabantu baKhe, uma befuna ukulandela izeluleko zaKhe. Wonke umuntu unomthwalo wemfanelo ngezinqumo zakhe, izenzo nezenzo. Akekho ongasola uNkulunkulu.
Wena unesibopho ngezenzo zakho. Ngisho nabantu abaseduze kwakho abanasibopho ngezenzo zakho (izinqumo). Ngakho, ungamsoli uNkulunkulu, noma kubantu abaseduze kwakho.
Wenzani okwamanje?
Ngenkathi usalinde umlingani ofanele ukuthi eze, hlala kuJesu; iZwi. Yazi ukuthi uMoya Wakhe uhlala ngaphakathi kwakho, futhi inqobo nje uma uhlala Kuye futhi ugxile Kuye, esikhundleni sokugxila kumlingani, uzothola ukuthula nenjabulo. Yebo, uzobekezela, futhi ube nokuthula nenjabulo, kuze kufike usuku, ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzokunika umlingani. Ungathembeka kanjani kumuntu, uma ungakwazi ukwethembeka kuJesu?
UNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu onomona futhi ufuna ukuchitha isikhathi nawe, ngoba uyakuthanda. Ufuna umethembe ngokuphelele. Ufuna ukukubumba, ukuze ulungele ukuhlangana nomlingani wakho.
Ngakho-ke chitha isikhathi Naye futhi uzakhe eZwini likaNkulunkulu.
Gcina amehlo akho kuJesu, mbuke futhi ungabheki ukuswelakala komlingani. Lapho ugcina amehlo akho ekusweleni umaqondana, uzodangala.
Uma nje uqhubeka uhamba ngokulandela uMoya uzophila kahle. Kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho uqala ukuhamba emva kwenyama (okwenyama, futhi uholwe yimizwa yakho, imicabango, izinzwa njll.), uzokhungathwa yimizwa nemicabango engemihle.
Ungabheki umndeni wakho, abangani, mangale, abashadile ‘ngokujabula’, ngomona. Ngoba uma ubabheka, ngomona, bese kushoda umaqondana, futhi zonke izinhlobo zemizwa engemihle ziyovela kuwe.
Ngakho-ke bajabulele futhi ungabi nomona.
Ukungashadi akuyona into embi neze
Abantu benza into enkulu kangaka, uma umuntu engashadile. Kodwa ukuba ongashadile akukubi neze. Ngeshwa uma ungashadile, abantu bahlale becabanga ukuthi kukhona okungalungile, noma ukungabaza okuncamelayo kobulili, okuyihlazo, ngoba abakwazi lokho ngokuziphatha kwabo noma ukuphawula kwabo, zingamlimaza umuntu, ongashadile.
Kodwa ungalaleli futhi unake lezi zinkulumo, ngoba uyalazi iqiniso. Ake ngikutshele, ukuthi njengomuntu oyedwa, ungaba nempilo enhle, noma ufinyelela 30. Khumbula, akukho okubi ngawe!
“Kodwa kungani kufanele ngilinde? Ngiyazi ngabantu abaningi, abathole umaqondana wabo nge-inthanethi. UNkulunkulu angaphinde anikeze uzakwethu nge-inthanethi.”
Yebo Angakwazi! Kodwa ingabe kuyoba umlingani uNkulunkulu akukhethele yona, futhi ubeke eceleni kwakho?
Kungani simdinga uNkulunkulu uma singenza konke ngokwethu?
Ngisho lokhu; UnguJehova Jireh, uNkulunkulu ohlinzekayo. Kodwa uma unquma ukuthi isikhathi sakho sokulinda kufanele siphele, bese uqala ukungena ku-inthanethi, ukucinga umlingani ofanele onawo engqondweni, khona-ke empeleni awusamdingi uJehova Jireh, ngoba uyakwazi ukuzinakekela. Futhi ngokungaqondile uthi kuNkulunkulu, ukuthi awumethembi ngokukunikeza umlingani.
Uyamethemba UNkulunkulu? Uyakholwa ukuthi Angaletha umuntu, Kwathi memfu, endleleni yakho? Uma ukukholelwa ngempela lokho, bese uyeka ukuzama ukukutholela umlingani ofanelekayo bese ulinda.
“Kodwa kunzima kakhulu ukulinda, Sengifuna ukushada ngiqale umndeni manje”
Ungakwenza kube nzima futhi kube nzima ngendlela othanda ngayo. Uma ukuthola kunzima futhi kunzima, khona- wena banesibopho salokho, ngoba wenza kube nzima wena, futhi hhayi uNkulunkulu.
Lapho uba umKristu futhi wazalwa ngokusha, wanikela ukuphila kwakho kuYe. Lokho kusho ukuthi uyabusa phezu kwempilo yakho, akusenani. Kungakho ungaphumula Kuye futhi ulinde… Akukhona ngobuningi kodwa ikhwalithi.
“Ngikuthola kunzima ngempela ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu, ngazi kanjani ukuthi ngithole umaqondana ofanele?”
UNkulunkulu uzokukhombisa ngoMoya waKhe, uma kungumlingani ofanele. Kuzoba nokuxhumana okungokomoya; ngokuchofoza, ngoba ubambo lwaphuma ezimbanjeni. Nizoqedelana futhi nobabili nizoba nombono ofanayo wempilo (umbono kaNkulunkulu, ozelwe ngoMoya).
Kukho konke ukuphila kwakho uye wabona futhi wahlangana ‘nabasizi’ abaningi (bheka uGenesise 3:18), ngakho-ke lapho uhlangana nomlingani ofanele uzokwazi, njengoba kwenza u-Adamu. Kuyoba nesiqiniseko sikamoya ngaphakathi kwakho.
Uma uhlangana nomuntu futhi ucabanga ukuthi ungumuntu olungile, bese uchitha isikhathi esiningi naye ngangokunokwenzeka (Ngicela uqaphele: Angiqondile ukuhlala ndawonye!)
Phakathi ‘nokwazana’ isikhathi, ungabi (ngokomzimba) basondelene, kodwa yazanani ngokomoya. Ukusondelana kuyinto efanele emshadweni, hhayi ngaphandle komshado.
Niyowazi umuthi ngesithelo sawo
Umuthi omuhle ungethele izithelo ezimbi, nomuthi omubi ungethele izithelo ezinhle. Ngakho-ke, lapho nazana nibone (noma ulwazi) izinto, ongakuthandi noma okwenza ubuze futhi ungabaze uma (s)ungumuntu ofanele wena, bese uyithatha ngokungathi sína.
Okungaphakathi kwenhliziyo yomuntu kuzophuma kumuntu (ekugcineni). Ngakho-ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi ndawonye. Baxoxe, kodwa ikakhulukazi nilalelane.
Uma usothandweni uzohlangabezana nemizwa. Le mizwa ingase ibe namandla kakhulu, ukuthi awusakwazi ukucabanga kahle. Uhlangabezana nezinto, lokho kukwenza ungabaze ukuthi lowo muntu ekufanele yini, kodwa imizwa yakho enyameni inamandla kakhulu, ukuze ucabange ukuthi izinto zizoshintsha uma usushadile.
Izinto ngeke zishintshe phakathi nomshado wakho
Kodwa izinto ngeke zishintshe uma usushadile. Khumbula, ukuthi ngesikhathi somshado abantu baziveza bengcono kakhulu. Ngakho okubonayo ukuziphatha okuhle kakhulu komuntu.
Isihlahla sama-apula asikwazi ukuba isihlahla samapheya. Futhi lokho kuyasebenza nakubantu. Yebo kuzoba khona ukuthenwa emshadweni, kodwa isihlahla lesithelo kuzahlala kunjalo. Ngakho-ke, ungajahi kakhulu ekwenzeni isinqumo, kodwa qiniseka ukuthi lowo muntu ungumlingani ofanele, uNkulunkulu akwenzele lona.
Uzoba ngcono, ukulinda iminyaka emibili noma emithathu ngaphezulu, kunokuthatha isinqumo esingalungile futhi uhlangane nomuntu olungile ngesikhathi somshado wenu.
Lapho ungashadile, ungapheli amandla, kodwa linda umlingani ofanele. Gcina amehlo akho kuJesu hhayi ukungabikho komlingani. Ungavumeli ukungabi khona kozakwethu kube yinto ogxile kuyona kanye nesizinda sempilo yakho, Ngoba uma wenza, uzolahlekelwa yimpilo futhi impilo izodlula kuwe.
‘Yibani usawoti womhlaba’
