Ukuzila kusimema ukuba singene kubomi obunzulu
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Kubonakala ngathi kungakhathaliseki ukuba silahlekelwa kangakanani na okanye sibuhlungu kangakanani na, abantu abaninzi balindele ukuba “sinyamezele” kwiinyanga ezintathu okanye ngaphantsi. Sikhula siphelelwa ngumonde kwabo bathatha ixesha elide kunoko ukuba buhlungu ukuphulukana nesithandwa okanye naluphi na uhlobo lokulahlekelwa, ngokwenene. Sifuna abantu “baqhubele phambili” njengoko sinqwenela ubomi ukuze babuyele “kwimeko eqhelekileyo” etofotofo. Kodwa ngaba ukuqheleka ngokwenene kuyinjongo kwintlungu nelahleko?
Kule ncwadi Ukholo Lwenene, uGary Thomas wabhala wathi, “Ukuzila kusimemela kubomi obunzulu.” Enyanisweni, ude ade athi ukuzila akusayi kugqitywa de sifike ezulwini. “Ukuzila likhobokazana lenguquko kwaye inguquko lisango lentobeko.” Ngaba uyavumelana noko? Inene, sisenokungalwazi ulonwabo lombhiyozo ngaphandle kokwazi ilahleko eviwa yintlungu namaxesha okungaqhelekanga.
Ngamnye wethu udalelwe iGenesis isahluko sokuqala nesahluko sesibini sehlabathi, kodwa sizifumana siphila kwiGenesis isahluko sesithathu sehlabathi—eliwileyo. Ukuhlala ngaphandle komyezo wase-Eden, apho bekukho ubomi obufezekileyo, umsebenzi ogqibeleleyo, ubudlelwane obugqibeleleyo, kunye nokuhamba okugqibeleleyo noThixo, kuye kwakhuthaza intlungu nokubandezeleka. Ngoku siphila kwihlabathi elizaliswe sisono, elizaliswe zizifo, elizaliswe kukufa nelizaliswe ziintlungu.
Ngamaxesha amnandi, sityekele ekucingeni ukuba silawula ubomi. Silawula iintsapho zethu, imali yethu, imisebenzi yethu nobomi bethu. Kodwa xa kufika intlekele okanye intlekele, sikhawuleza siqonde ukuba sinjalo hayi ekulawuleni yonke into. Oko kuvakala kungakhululekanga kwaye kungaqhelekanga. Xa singakwazi ukwenza ingqiqo ngeemeko, sikhangela into okanye umntu esimbeka ityala. Ekugqibeleni, sinokumbek’ ityala uThixo, ngokusekelwe kwingqiqo yokuba “unguThixo ngoko ngewayekuthintele oku.”
AmaHebhere amathathu
KuDaniyeli isahluko 3 , uShadraki, uMeshaki noAbhednego babejamelene nokufa ngokuqinisekileyo kwiziko elivutha umlilo esandleni sikaNebhukadenetsare. Benokholo, bamxelela ummangaleli wabo, besithi, Ukuba sithe sajulwa ezikweni elivutha umlilo, uThixo wethu esimkhonzayo, unako ukusisindisa kulo; yaye uya kusihlangula esandleni sakho, kumkani. Baza bongezelela la mazwi, "Kodwa ukuba akenzanga, sifuna ukwazi, kumkani, ukuba asiyi kubakhonza oothixo bakho, asiyi kuqubuda kumfanekiso wothixo owumisileyo."
La madoda mathathu ayengayazi intlungu nokubandezeleka. Ayenokholo lokukhululwa, kodwa ayekwalungele imiphumo eyahlukileyo. Babesazi ukuba baya kuphumelela nangayiphi na indlela. Loo mazwi athi, “Kodwa nokuba akenzi” abethelela ngokunzulu xa silangazelela umphumo othile size ngokwenene sifumane owahlukileyo.
UYesu wathandaza kuMyezo waseGetsemane ecela amandla okunyamezela oko kwakuza kwenzeka. U-Isaya 53 ucacisa ngokuthe ngqo ukuba uya kubandezeleka, ukulahlwa, usizi, inkxwaleko, ukubethwa, ukutyunyuzwa, ukohlwaywa, kunye nokwenzakala kakhulu. Wathula kwezontlupheko wayithatha yonke lento yakho nawe. Wanyamezela ukubandezeleka komnqamlezo ukuze afezekise ukuphiliswa kwethu, usindiso lwethu, nobomi bethu bovuko.
Uninzi lwethu lukhe lwehlelwa yintlekele okanye intlungu ngaxa lithile. Kwabanye, intlungu iye yanda ngakumbi. INdumiso 34:19 ithi: “Umntu olungileyo akasindi kuzo zonke iingxaki; Umngcwabo wam wokuqala njengomfundisi omiselweyo wawungowentwazana eneminyaka esi-8 ubudala eyatshayiswa yilori kwisitrato esixakekileyo. Ndiye ndaqhuba imingcwabo yokufa ngaphambi kwexesha komfazi womfundisi kunye neqela labahlobo abazibuleleyo. Ezi zizisa inyaniso enzima kakhulu kwikhaya lethu ngokweemvakalelo. Asenzelwanga ukusingatha ilahleko engaka. UThixo akazange asidale ngenjongo yokuba siphile kwihlabathi eliwileyo apho sihlala sijamelana neentlekele ezimanyumnyezi nelahleko.
Andikholelwa ukuba kukuthanda kukaThixo ukuqalisa nantoni na eya kusenzakalisa, yenzakalise, ibangele isifo, ibangele ilahleko, okanye izise ukufa kwangaphambi kwexesha kuthi. Uthando olugqithisileyo, olungenakucingelwa, olungagungqiyo, nolungenalusini lukaThixo aluyi kuqalisa nantoni na echasene nothando, intlonipho nokwamkela indalo yakhe. Xa oko kuzinzisiwe, sinomnye umbuzo esifanele siwuphendule. Ngaba uThixo angazisebenzisa ezi ntlekele ebomini bethu? Ewe, Unako. Ngelixa Engazibhali ezi meko, Uyazisebenzisa ukudala amandla, amandla, kunye nokukhula kwethu ngaphakathi kwethu.
Ngoko, Yintoni Ngokwenene Eqhubekayo Ngentlungu, Ilahleko, Nentlekele?
Ngamaxesha onyaka entlungu, ilahleko, kunye neentlekele, siyakufumana eyona nto siyiyo. Uxinzelelo olungaqhelekanga luya kusinceda ukuba sifumane oko kufihlwe ngokunzulu kwimiphefumlo yethu kunye nemimoya. Ukuba kukho uloyiko, luya kuvela. Ukuba kukho umsindo, kuya kuvela. Ukuba kukho ukholo, lobonakala nalo. Cinga ngoko kuye kwavezwa kuwe ngamaxesha anzima. Kuthiwa ngoxa siwathanda amaxesha aqhelekileyo, akhululekileyo, owona mgangatho mkhulu wokukhula komntu ubakho ngamaxesha anzima.
Kwi-1994, izazinzulu zenze umfuniselo obizwa ngokuba yi-Biosphere 2. Indawo eyenziweyo ubukhulu bebhola ekhatywayo emibini yenziwa e-Arizona. Ngaphakathi kwesi sijikelezi-langa bekukho indalo encinci kuquka intlango, amahlathi ashinyeneyo kunye nolwandle. Phantse zonke iimeko zemozulu zinokulinganiswa, ngaphandle nje kokunye—umoya ovela ngokwemvelo. Ngubani okhathalele umoya kwaye kutheni ndikhankanya oku? Kolu vavanyo, kwafunyaniswa ukuba ngaphandle koxinzelelo lomoya, iziqu zemithi ziba buthathaka kwaye zagoba, zingakwazi ukubugcina ubunzima bazo. Umoya, kwafunyaniswa, wawusisixinzelelo sendalo esomeleza imithi kunye neenkqubo zayo zeengcambu. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba imimoya yobomi yenza okufanayo nakuthi. Zisenza singene nzulu kwaye somelele.
Izisombululo ezingokweZibhalo
KwiZenzo 27:15-29 , uPawulos wazifumana ejongene nokwaphukelwa ngumkhombe. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo le yayiyimeko eyayizaliswe luxinezeleko, kodwa kukho izifundo esinokuzifunda kule ntlekele.
- Ngamanye amaxesha ngamaxesha anzima obomi, ukukhukuliseka yindlela esisabela ngayo ekuqaleni. Musa ukumka kuThixo. Ukuba uza kukhukuliseka, khukuliseka uye kuYe. Ukuba silandela kuphela iimvakalelo zethu, siya kukhukuliseka kwindlela esingaqinisekanga ngayo naphi na apho umoya uya kusisa khona. Thina, kwintlungu yethu, kufuneka siyigcine kufutshane inyaniso kaThixo, ikhampasi yakhe. Kuya kusigcina sihamba kwicala elifanelekileyo.
- Musa ukuyilahla inyaniso okanye ukuphose emlanjeni oko ukufunde kumaxesha obomi bekungekho ngxaki okanye intlekele.. Kungoku xa zisetyenziswa kakhulu kwaye kufuneka zisetyenziswe kakuhle. IZenzo 27:18 .
- Musa ukuphelelwa lithemba. Themba ukuba uThixo nguye olawulayo. Musa ukuzithoba kuxinzelelo oluqhubekayo, umsindo oqhubekayo okanye ukubeka ityala. Kakade ke, intlekele iya kuzisa usizi okanye umsindo; siva iingcinga neemvakalelo ezizaliswe ziintlungu. Kodwa kufuneka sikhethe ukungahlali sinomsindo, kodwa sisebenze kwezi mvakalelo de sifike kwindawo yoxolo. IZenzo 27:20 .
- Uloyiko luya kwandisa umnqweno wakho wokutsiba inqanawa. Musa, kodwa endaweni yoko, yilahle iankile yethemba. Ziqonde iimvakalelo zakho kwaye unikele intliziyo yakho nenyama yakho kuThixo ngokutsha. IZenzo 27:29 .
- Yima ngxi, ubambe nkqi, thembela kuThixo kwaye ungenzi izigqibo ezibalulekileyo zobomi ngexesha lobunzima. Ezinye izibini ziqhawula umtshato ngenxa yentlungu okanye impazamo yokubekek’ ityala ngendlela engafanelekanga. Yazini ukuba uThixo uthembekile; yala ukushukunyiswa. IZenzo 27:25 .
- Zazi ukuba ungubani kwaye ungokabani. Yazini ukuba ninazo izithunywa zezulu ezimi nani; akuyomfuneko ukuba woyike. IZenzo 27:23 .
Amanyathelo angakumbi oNyango
- Hlala unyanisekile ngeengcinga zakho kunye neemvakalelo, kodwa gcina ukuthobeka kunye nokuziphatha okuphezulu. Musa ukwenza izigqibo zobudenge kwintlungu yakho, ukothuka, okanye ukukhanyela.
- Dibana nomfundisi wakho okanye umveleli wakho wokomoya ukuze ufumane iingcebiso ukuba kuyimfuneko. Iyamangalisa into abanokwabelana ngayo naba bantu kwaye bakuncede ngayo. Ungashiyi ilitye elingaguqukiyo xa uxoxa ngobunyani bakho bangoku.
- Yabelana ngebali lakho ngokupheleleyo kangangoko unako. Musa ukuyifihla kwaye urhoxe edabini langaphakathi. Hlala uvule kwaye ufumane abo bahlobo baya kumamela ngaphandle kokunika igalelo elininzi kunye nesigwebo.
- Hlala uphendula ngenkqubo yakho yokuphilisa. Musa ukuxinga kuyo nayiphi na indawo. Qhubeka uya phambili. Ukuba uzifumana ubuyela umva nangayiphi na indlela, fikelela uncedo. Eli asiloxesha lokuba ligorha okanye ukuba lilolo.
- Jonga iimpawu zonxunguphalo olwandisiweyo okanye ukudakumba. Khumbula ukuba uYesu walila engcwabeni likaLazaro. Kungekudala emva koko, kwavela uvuko, ubomi nethemba.
Njengoko sisuka kukothuka, ukuya ekukhanyeni, emsindweni, kwiingxoxo, ukuya lusizi, ukuya ekwamkelweni—we kufuneka iqhubeke ishukuma ukuze kufikelelwe utyalo-mali ngokutsha. Leliphi inqanaba lotyalo-mali ngokutsha? Usizi lunokuba lungaphakathi kunye nomntu. Ukubuyisela kwakhona kuxa siqonda imfuneko yokufikelela kwabanye kwintlungu yethu kwaye siqalise ukuqhubela phambili ngendlela enempilo, enika ubomi.
Elokuvala, makhe siphinde sibuyele kuAdam. Ngoxa siphila kwiGenesis isahluko sesithathu sehlabathi, kubalulekile ukuphawula ukuba asishiywanga apho. KwabaseKorinte bokuqala 15 sixelelwa ukuba ngoAdam bonke bayafa, kodwa kuKristu bonke bayadliswa ubomi. Siqinisekiswa ngovuko lwabafileyo. Kuzo zonke iintlungu, zonke iintsizi kunye nayo yonke ilahleko kukho uvuko oluthenjisiweyo.
Kwiivesi 45-48 ze-15 kwabaseKorinte XNUMX, kutyhiliwe ukuba ngoku sinoAdam weSibini, “umoya odlisa ubomi.” UAdam omtsha, uYesu, weza evela ezulwini ukuze oyise ukufa, isihogo nengcwaba nako konke ukubandezeleka nokulahlekelwa okuhamba nako.
Sisenokuba kwintlambo esingayiqhelanga okwexeshana. INdumiso 23:4 isikhumbuza ukuba kukho intlambo nethunzi lentlungu nokufa, kodwa asifanele soyike kuba uThixo unathi, ingakumbi ukuze athuthuzele abo bazilileyo. Ngamana singafunda ngokwenene ukuthembela kuThixo nangamaxesha osizi. Uyakwazi ukusidlulisa.
