Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne KwabaseFilipi 2:7

Ngenkathi uJesu efa esiphambanweni, igazi lakhe laphuma ezinsikeni zokhuni laya ekujuleni kwemimoya yethu. Ekugcineni sahlanganiswa noNkulunkulu, okhuluma nathi ngolimi lomhlaba wonke oluhumusha ngokuqondile isimo sethu - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singobani, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sivelaphi, futhi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izindonga ezisihlukanisayo. Wopha ukuze bonke bangene!

Uyazibuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzozigcwalisa kanjani izithembiso Zakhe kuwe? Ingabe unethemba lokuphila impilo enezithelo? Incwadi kaEzra ihlola ukugcwaliseka kwesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu sokukhulula nokubuyisela abantu Bakhe, kanye nezimpilo ezithelayo abaziphilayo ngenxa yalokho. Okubonwayo endabeni emangazayo ka-Ezra nguJesu: ukugcwaliseka kwesithembiso sikaNkulunkulu esiphelele emuntwini, kanye nendlela yethu okuyona eya ekuphileni okunezithelo.

Incwadi ka-Esteri iveza ukungabi namandla kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu okuzisindisa ekuqothulweni ngokohlanga. Efaka ukuphila kwakhe engozini, u-Esteri uzihlanganisa nabantu bakubo, ezimbandakanya ebasiza phambi kwenkosi. Lolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezintathu lusivezela indaba ka-Esteri yesibindi nothando futhi ifanekisela kanjani indaba yothando lukaJesu: Siwumfanekiso naye, wasifela, wasisindisa lapho singakwazi ukuzivikela thina.

Indaba ka-Esteri ethinta inhliziyo, ehlolisiswe kulolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezine, ifanekisela indlela uJesu azidela ngayo ukuze asikhulule. Nakuba igama likaNkulunkulu lingashiwongo kulencwadi, ubukhosi Bakhe phezu kwezehlakalo abunakuphikwa, futhi isibindi sika-Esteri nokuzidela kwakhe kubonisa uthando Lwakhe kanye nomsebenzi Wakhe wokuletha ithemba emhlabeni.

Incwadi uPawulu ayibhalela ibandla laseFilipi iye yahamba ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane ukuze yondle futhi inselele izinhliziyo nezingqondo zethu namuhla. Le nkonzo yezinsuku ezinhlanu ikunika ukunambitheka kwencwadi yabaseFilipi, emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka kusukela lapho uNkulunkulu eyibhala ngoPawulu. Kwangathi uNkulunkulu anganigcwalisa ngokumangala nangokulindela njengoba nifunda le ncwadi yenjabulo! Ngoba lawa akuwona nje amazwi kaPawulu ebandleni lasendulo—lawa amazwi kaNkulunkulu kuwe.

Ukucindezeleka kungokoqobo, kodwa akufanele kulawule impilo yakho. NgoKristu, singakuhlela kabusha, sikugxilise kabusha, futhi sikuchaze kabusha. Uma ulwa nengcindezi, hlola lolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-5 ukuze ufunde ukuthi ungathola kanjani inkululeko nokuthula.

Ku Isaya 9: 6, siyabona ukuthi uJesu unguMluleki omangalisayo, uNkulunkulu onamandla, uYise ongunaphakade,, neNkosi yokuthula. Kule pulani yezinsuku ezinhlanu, sizogubha ukufika kukaJesu ngokufunda ngamagama akhe ahlukene, nokuthi anomthelela muni ezimpilweni zethu namuhla.

Uyafuna yini ukulwela abantu obathandayo futhi ubonise abanye ukuthi bayigugu kangakanani kuNkulunkulu? Kulolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezingu-5, olusekelwe encwadini ka-Hosanna Wong ethi-How (Not) to Save the World, thola amanga akuvimbela ukuba uthande abanye njengoba uNkulunkulu ekubizile. Zinike isikhathi sokuhlola isimemo sikaJesu sokumazi futhi wabelane ngaye nabanye ngesipiliyoni sakho esiyingqayizivele.

Okubaluleke ngempela ukuthanda uNkulunkulu nokuthanda abanye, kodwa sikwenza kanjani lokho ngokuphumelelayo? Iqiniso liwukuthi, asikwazi ukuthanda abantu kahle ngamandla ethu. Kodwa uma sibheka kuNkulunkulu futhi sizibeka phansi ngokuzithoba, singaphila othandweni lukaNkulunkulu lweqiniso nolunamandla. Funda kabanzi mayelana nokukhula othandweni kulolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-5 oluvela kuMfundisi u-Amy Groeschel.

Yehlisa ijubane futhi ujabulele isikhathi noMsindisi kule sizini. Khetha ukuma kancane uzindle njengoba kwenza uMariya, uduke esimangalisweni sika-Imanuweli, kaNkulunkulu unathi. Kulo nyaka, makube nguKhisimusi nje.

Unyaka omusha ulingana nesiqalo esisha nesiqalo esihle. Yisikhathi sokusetha kabusha, ukuvuselela, nokugxila kabusha kulokho okubaluleke kakhulu empilweni yakho. Ukuba nonyaka omuhle kakhulu kungukuqala ngokwazi ukuthi wenziwe musha ngoJesu. Phila kabusha onyakeni omusha!

Sibizelwe ekubeni sihole njengoJesu. Ubuholi buqala ngomuntu, hhayi isikhundla, futhi inhloso yobuholi ukuholela abantu baNkulunkulu ezinjongweni zaKhe. Isifundo ngasinye sansuku zonke sizokusiza wakhe isisekelo esiqinile lapho ungumholi khona, kukukhumbuze ukuthi ngaphambi kokuba umholi uyinceku, futhi ngaphambi kokuba ube yinceku ungumntwana othandekayo kaNkulunkulu.

Ingabe uke ufune okuthe xaxa? Amateku amaningi. Ama-skateboard amaningi. Uswidi owengeziwe. Imidlalo eminingi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini oyithandayo, ufuna nje okungaphezulu! Lolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli luzokusiza ufunde ukuthi “kwanele,” futhi likusize ubone ukuthi lapho uphila njengoJesu, ungathola injabulo eyengeziwe ngokubuza ukuthi “Nginganikela ngamalini?” esikhundleni sokuthi “Yimalini engingayithola?”

Ukuba nesimo sengqondo esilungile kuzo zonke izimo kuyinselela yangempela. Loluhlelo lwezinsuku eziyisi khombisa luzokunika umbono weBhayibheli, ngendinyana emfushane yosuku ngalunye. Funda indinyana, uthathe isikhathi uzihlolisise ngeqiniso, bese uvumela uNkulunkulu ukuthi akhulume nesimo sakho. Ukuthola okunye, bheka i finds.life.churh

Ngithole okuthile okumangazayo: ukuziphilela wena kuwumsebenzi omningi. Ukugxila ekutheni ungaba kanjani u-“mina” ongcono kakhulu kuzwakala kukhulula, kodwa empeleni kuyisisindo esicindezelayo—ngoba uNkulunkulu usibizela ukwazi injabulo yokugxila kuqala kuye. Ngiyethemba ukuthi lokhu kubuka kwencwadi yami ethi I-Free of Me kuhambisana nesifiso sakho sokuzikhulula futhi ubambelele kuNkulunkulu. Kulapho sithola khona inkululeko yeqiniso!

Unkulunkulu ulubonise kanjani uthando lwakhe, noma amandla akhe? Ibhayibheli likaJesu libonisa izindlela uNkulunkulu akhuluma ngazo nathi, indalo yakhe, ngoJesu Kristu eTestamenteni Elidala neLisha. Lolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezingu-7 lukhanyisa izici zikaNkulunkulu ukuze likusize ujulise ukuqonda kwakho nokumangalisa kwezipho zakhe. 

Uyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukupha ukuphila okuchichimayo kunalena oyiphilayo, kodwa iqiniso elibuhlungu liwukuthi isiqhathaniso siyakuvimbela ukuba uye kwelinye izinga. Kulolu hlelo lokufunda u-Anna Light wembula imininingwane ezophazamisa ukuqhathaniswa kwesembozo emakhonweni akho, futhi ikusize uphile impilo ekhululekile nechichimayo uNkulunkulu ayidalele wena. 

Indaba kaKhisimusi iyisimangaliso emva kwesinye. Kodwa ngezinye izikhathi izincazelo ziiyajwayeleka ize ilahlekelwe wumthelela. Lemikhuleko yokuzindla emifushane ikusiza ngokuthi uhlale uzinze ezenzakalweni ezingalindelekile nezibalulekile emlandweni: ukuthi uNkulunkulu yena siqu waba ngomunye wethu. Umthandazo ngamunye ubhalwe ngu David Mathis, inhloko yomdidiyeli kwa desiringGod.org ongumfundisi e Cities Church e Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Uma othile ekubuza, "Yini okufanele ngiyikholelwe ukuze ngibe umKristu?" ungathini? Ngokusebenzisa amagama alula engomeni ethandwayo, “uJesu uyangithanda, lokhu ngiyazi, ngoba iBhayibheli lingitshela kanjalo”, intatheli eyaphenduka umfundisi ikusiza ukuthi uqonde ukuthi yini oyikholelwayo nokuthi kungani. Umbhali othengisa kakhulu uJohn S. Dickerson ngokucacile futhi achaza ngokwethembeka izinkolelo zobuKristu ezibalulekile futhi ubonise ngokunamandla ukuthi kungani lezi zinkolelo zibalulekile.

Mhlawumbe enye yezindaba ezimfushane ezihlaba umxhwele kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona, incwadi kaRuthe ilandisa ngothando lukaNkulunkulu oluhlengayo. Incwadi kaRuthe iyindaba emnandi yokuthi uNkulunkulu usebenzisa kanjani izimpilo zabantu abajwayelekile ukwenza intando Yakhe yobukhosi. Ngemifanekiso emihle yothando lukaKristu kanye nomhlatshelo wabantu Bakhe, sikhonjiswa ibanga uNkulunkulu ahamba ngabo ukuze ahlenge abantwana Bakhe.

Ezweni elimatasa, kufanele senze indawo yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu. Kumele sifunde ukusebenzisa ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu okuyokusiza ukuba uhlanganise le misebenzi ekuphileni kwakho okumatasa. Kwezinye izimo, uyothola ukuthi wenza izinto ezingalungile. Noma ungase uthole ukuthi wenza izinto ezinhle ngesizathu esingalungile noma ngendlela engafanele, ngakho azinikezi ukuphila noma azinelisi. 

Kuthiwani uma kungadingeki sihambe ibanga elide ukuze sisondele kubantu abakude noNkulunkulu? Kuthiwani ukube amaKristu ayengomakhelwane abangcono kakhulu? Ingabe umgwaqo wakho ungashintsha? Ingabe izulu laliyogcwala ngokwengeziwe? Esikhathini eside esidlule, umholi wenkolo wabuza uJesu indlela yokungena ezulwini. Ujesu waphendula ngombuzo, kwase kuba indaba kaMakhelwane Omuhle. Akumangalisi, eminyakeni eyingu-2000 kamuva indaba kaJesu isachaza indlela yomakhelwane. Joyina uMfundisi Craig Groeschel kanye ne-Life.Church kumhlahlandlela osebenzayo, ogcwele indaba wokuhlanganyela nomakhelwane bakho futhi ubathande njengoba uzithanda wena. Kodwa ungamane uliyunde—Iphile!

Siyakwamukela ochungechungeni lwenkonzo lwe-Hym of Heaven. Ukufunda kwansuku zonke okuhambisana neculo elihlukile le-albhamu yami, Ihubo Lezulu. Lezi zingoma zibhalelwe ukukhuthaza ukukhuleka ezinhliziyweni zabalaleli, futhi ngithandazela ukuthi lolu chungechunge lwenze okufanayo njengoba ufunda. Ngibonga kakhulu kumngani wami nomfundisi, u-Benji Horning, ngokungisiza ukuba ngiphilise le micabango. Sithandazela ukuthi ubusiseke!

Singafunda kanjani ukuphila njengoJesu uma singaqali ngokuthanda njengaYe? Funda kanye nabasebenzi nabalingani be-Life.Church ngenkathi bekhuluma ngabakwaziyo kanye nemiBhalo enza bafise ukuphila impilo egcwele nokuThanda Njengo Jesu.

Ukuzalwa kukaKristu, ukufika Kwakhe, kuphawula icebo likaNkulunkulu lokuhlengwa kwethu. KuKristu, sibona isithombe esigcwele sethemba likaNkulunkulu, ukuthula, injabulo nothando. Izwi likaNkulunkulu liyiqiniso esazi ngalo futhi sihamba Naye nsuku zonke. Sethemba ukuthi lo mhlahlandlela uzokhuthaza futhi wenze lula isikhathi sakho osichithwa eZwini futhi unikezele insiza yemindeni enezingane ukwenza lokho ndawonye.