Isango lethuba kunye nokuqonda
Ubungqina bayizolo bulungile kodwa ubungqina banamhlanje bungcono; ukanti ubungqina bangomso bungcono. Bonke ubungqina buyamangalisa kwaye kuzuko lukaThixo. Abaninzi namhlanje bacinga ukuba bayamqonda uThixo kodwa kufuneka bacinge kwakhona. Umsebenzi wecawe othengiswe ngabantu abaninzi awubonakalisi ukuqonda. Kwezinye iicawa namhlanje, bathanda ukungqungqa, abefundisi bedlala njengeemvumi ezithile zehlabathi; bekhuphela nezimbo zabo zokudanisa. Abanye bongezelela imidaniso yabo yesithethe baze banxibe isinxibo kumngqungqo, bonke besithi banqula uThixo. Kunqabile ukuba uve umyalezo oyinyaniso ovela kwabanjalo kwaye ndiqinisekisa nabani na, ukuba ukuba isono nobungcwele bushunyayelwa phantsi kwentambiso egwebayo, loo midaniso iya kuyeka kwangoko kwaye ingqondo yokomoya iya kubuya. Yazi xa uYesu esemnyango wakho kuba lisango lakho lethuba elo.
1st KwabaseKorinte 13:3 bathi: “Nokuba ndisamkelisa amahlwempu ngempahla yam yonke, nokuba ndithe umzimba wam ndawunikela ukuba utshiswe, uthando ke ndingenalo, akundincedi lutho.” Ikhona into esiyenzayo, nasecaweni engaphumi luthando. Xa nicula, ningqungqa, makube kuYehova; kwaye nguwe kuphela onokuzigweba ngokunyanisekileyo. Namhlanje kukho iividiyo enkonzweni, ezikuncedayo ukuba uzigocagoce ukuba ingqalelo iphezu kwakho na okanye ikubantu abathile okanye eNkosini. Kwakhona icawe ayisiyondlela yokuhamba ngefashoni njengoko ihlabathi lisenza. Xa uxelisa ihlabathi uze uzise abanjalo ebandleni, zilumkele ukuba ungabi ngumhlobo wehlabathi, (Yakobi 4:4). Nisehlabathini, aningabo abehlabathi, (Yohane 17:11-17). Abaninzi bangqungqa ezicaweni bengaqondi. UDavide wangqungqa ngokuqiqa, nezingqino zikaThixo phambi kwakhe. Xa ungqungqa khumbula ukuba bubuphi na ubungqina othembele kubo obuvela eNkosini; umdaniso ngokuqonda.
Kwakukho abantu ababini, indoda nomfazi ababenokuqonda ngoThixo nendlela yokumlandela. Xa usenza izinto ngaphandle kothando lukaThixo, ukuqonda akukho. Khumbula uMarta, kuLuka 10:40-42, ukuba wayekruqukile kukulungiselela (imisebenzi), weza kuYesu wathi, Nkosi, akukhathali na, kukuba umsakwethu andiyekele ndilungiselele ndedwa? Yitsho kuye ngoko ukuba andincede. Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Marta, Marta, uzixhalabise ngezinto ezininzi; noMariya ke unyule eso sabelo silungileyo, singayi kususwa kuye,” Indinyana 39 ithi: “Yaye inodade wabo ogama linguMariya, owathi naye wahlala ngasezinyaweni zikaYesu, waliva ilizwi lakhe. Ngubani owaziyo ukuba uYesu wayethetha ukuthini okanye wayeshumayela kuMariya uMarta amphosayo, elaSango leThuba eliza kanye ebomini. UMarta wayexakeke yimisebenzi (walibala amandla ondla i-4000 kunye ne-5000 kwaye wakhulisa umnakwabo kwaye ukupheka kwakhe kwakungeyona nto igxininiswe kuyo); Kodwa uMariya wanyula ukuliva iLizwi, ukholo luza ngokuva ilizwi, kungekhona ngobuninzi bemisebenzi. UMariya ukhumbula ukuba umntu akayi kuphila ngasonka sodwa kodwa ngamazwi onke aphuma kuThixo, ( Mat. 3:4 ); ibikukuqonda oko. UMarta wayeyithanda iNkosi kodwa wayengenalo ukuqonda umzuzu kunye nesango lethuba (uYesu) phambi kwakhe.
UYesu ujonge kwaye uyazazi iintliziyo zabantu ngakuye. Ekuphela kwendlela uMariya awayenokukhulisa ngayo ukholo lwakhe yayikukuqonda ixesha lokuhanjelwa kwakhe, kunye nesango lethuba eliphambi kwakhe. Wenza isigqibo sokuhlala ezinyaweni zakhe ukuze eve aze afunde ilizwi likaThixo elisisonka esehla sivela ezulwini. Ngaba uxakeke yimisebenzi yebandla kangangokuba ungeva namazwi kaThixo? Abaninzi baya ecaweni kodwa abahlali ezinyaweni zeNkosi; kananjalo abaziva, ngenxa yokuba beswele ukuqonda. Phawula entliziyweni yakho ukuba naxa ufika ezulwini uze udibane noMariya kusenokubangel’ umdla ukumbuza oko uYesu wakufundisayo xa wayehleli ezinyaweni zakhe yaye uMarta exakekile.
Umpostile uYohane akazange enze nayiphi na imimangaliso ebhaliweyo, ngaphandle kwaxa wayemi noPetros kwimeko yesiqhwala. UYohane akazange athethe nto nguPetros kuphela owayethetha naye. UYohane wayesoloko ethobekile, engafuni kwaziwa. Wayethetha kancinci okanye engathethi kodwa eqonda ukuba uthando lungundoqo. UYohane wayenothando nentembelo eNkosini kangangokuba wade walala emagxeni akhe. Eli yayililungelo lentliziyo eqondayo. Wayengenamdla ekwenzeni imimangaliso okanye ukutsalela ingqalelo. Akukho mntu wayethandabuza ukuba wayeyiqonda yaye eyithanda iNkosi.
Xa abanye babalekela ubomi babo kwelona xesha libi likaYesu uYohane wayekhona. KuYohane 18:14 , xa uYesu wayephambi koKayafa umbingeleli omkhulu; UYohane wayelapho. Waye ke uPetros engaphandle, waza uYohane wangena, wathetha nomgcini wesango, wamngenisa uPetros. kwaye akazange athethe kakhulu kuphela xa ibalulekile. Babephi abanye abafundi ngemizuzu yokugqibela emnqamlezweni, ( Yohane 19:26-27 ); UYesu wathi, “Mfazi, nanko unyana wakho; kumfundi (uYohane) nanko unyoko.” Wathi kwakwelo lixa loo mfundi wamthabatha, wamsa ekhayeni lakhe. UYesu wanikela ukunyamekela unina wasemhlabeni kumntu awayenokumthemba nowayemthanda njengeNkosi yabo bonke. Khumbula uYohane 1:12, “Ke bonke abamamkelayo wabanika igunya lokuba babe ngabantwana bakaThixo, abo ke bakholwayo kwigama lakhe.”
Ngokuphuma kwimibhalo kaYohane, niya kuyazi into eyabe ibekwe yiNkosi entliziyweni yakhe; nguYohane ehleli ngasezinyaweni zakhe, ephulaphule amazwi akhe, engathethi kakhulu. Kwathi nje ukuba iNkosi inyuke ibuyele ezulwini, uHerode wambulala ngokukhawuleza uYakobi umntakwabo Yohane. Oku ngokuqinisekileyo kwakuza kumvumela uYohane ukuba agxile ngakumbi eNkosini. Kwakhona nantoni na uYohane wayivayo waza wayixelelwa waza waboniswa kwiSiqithi sePatmos wayigcina entliziyweni yakhe kwaye uYakobi wayengekho apho ukuba abe ngumthombo wesilingo sokwabelana nabo. Ezinye zezityhilelo zePatmos yayiziimfihlelo zikaThixo ezingabhalwanga awazivayo uYohane kodwa walelwa ukuba azibhale, de kube lixesha likaThixo elimisiweyo. Khumbula Mat. 17:9 , kwiNtaba yoTshintsho, uPetros, uYakobi noYohane babona yaye basenokuziva ezinye izinto: Kodwa uYesu wabayala esithi, Ize ningawuxeleli bani umbono lo, ade avuke kwabafileyo uNyana woMntu. UYohane wayigcina le mfihlelo waza wafunyanwa ethembekile yaye ekufanelekele ukugcina imfihlelo yoko kwathethwa ziindudumo ezisixhenxe kwiSityhi. Wayiva sele eza kubhala kodwa kwathiwa makangayibhali. UYohane wagxothwa ukuba afele ePatmos kodwa uThixo wayiguqulela kwiholide ezukileyo yasezulwini. Ukugxila; nikela ubungqina nokubhala incwadi yeSityhilelo, eyanikelwa nguYesu Kristu ngokwakhe. UYohane akenzanga mimangaliso, nemiqondiso, nezimanga.
Ngaba usezinyaweni zikaYesu kwaye uve ilizwi lakhe lobomi? Kungekudala wonke umntu uya kuziphendulela kuThixo. Isango lethuba losindiso nobudlelwane noYesu lisavuliwe kodwa, liyakuvalwa nangawuphi na umzuzu, ngoguqulelo olukhawulezileyo lwamakholwa okwenyaniso. Yibani ngcwele, njengokuba mna ndingcwele, utsho uYehova; nabahlambulukileyo intliziyo kuphela abaya kumbona uThixo, ( Mat. 5:8 ). Liqonde isango lakho lethuba (uYesu Kristu).
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