Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne KwabaseFilipi 4:7

Imicabango yakho ingakubuyisela emuva, ikuphushele phansi, ikufunze amanga. Kodwa futhi ingaku  phakamisa! Ngakho, uCraig Groeschel, umfundisi omkhulu weLife.Church, wabhala amaqiniso athile awafunda nsuku zonke. Qala ukufunda ukuze ubone ukuthi lawa magama aguqule kanjani yonke into kuye, futhi uthole izinyathelo ezintathu ezilula zokuthola amazwi akho Okuphila Ngawo.

Ungakwazi ukunqoba imizwa yokwesaba. Udkt. Tony Evans ukuholela endleleni eya enkululekweni kulolu hlelo lokufunda olunokuqonda. Zitholele impilo yenjabulo nokuthula obulokhu uyifuna njengoba usebenzisa izimiso ezibekwe kulolu hlelo. 

Lesi sifundo sizosiza abafuni ukuba bathole uKrestu, sikhuthaze amakholwa ukuthi athole ukuphumula kuKrestu ngezikhathi zezilingo zemihla ngemihla.

“Izinhliziyo zethu aziphumuli baze bakuthole ukuphumula kuWe.” Akukaze nanini ngaphambili ukuthi abaningi bethu bazizwe ukungahlaliseki u-Augustine akuchaze ngalo musho odumile. Kepha siyini isisombululo ekushodeni kwethu kokuphumula kwangempela? Njengoba lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezintathu luzobonisa, ikhambi ngokwengxenye lisekubukeni umkhuba wasendulo weSabatha ngelinye ilensi — ngokusebenzisa i-lens ka “Wena” —uJesu — umthombo wethu wokugcina wokuthula.

Ukukhathazeka kuyisela lesikhathi sethu, amandla, nokuthula. Pho kungani sikwenza? Kule nkonzo yezinsuku ezingu-3, sizobheka ukukhathazeka, kungani sikwenza, nokuthi singakunqanda kanjani.

Izigidi zamaKrestu emhlabeni jikelele zizobe zigubha uKhisimusi kulo nyaka. I-Advent, umkhosi omuhle ongokomfanekiso oholela osukwini lukaKhisimusi, iyingxenye enkulu yemikhosi kaKhisimusi emazweni amaningi. njengoba ufunda le nkonzo ye-Advent ethokozisayo, uzoba nethuba lokujoyina futhi ugubhe nabafowenu nodadewenu abavela ezizweni ezikude futhi ufunde emibonweni namasiko abo ahlukile futhi anamandla.

Ukubhekana nezimo ezilukhuni ezimpilweni zethu yinto esingasoze sayibalekela. Nokho kuloluHlelo olufushane lwezinsuku ezi-4, sizokhuthazeka ngokwazi ukuthi asisodwa, ukuthi uNkulunkulu unecebo ngobuhlungu esidlula kubo, nokuthi uzobusebenzisela okulicebo lakhe elikhulu.

Uma uphila, khona-ke mhlawumbe uke walwa nokukhathazeka. Abanye abantu bakhathazeka kakhulu, kanti abanye ngezikhathi ezithile bavumela izinto ukuba zithathe imicabango yethu. Akunandaba ukuthi kukangaki noma kuncane kangakanani, kuwukuhlakanipha ngathi ukuthi sifunde ukuthola ngalesi simo esisivumela ukuthi sintshontshe ukuthula kwethu futhi siphuce nokholo lwethu. Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezine luzokusiza wenze lokho kanye.

Ingabe uyakulangazelela ukugujwa kukaKhisimusi okujulile, okunenjongo? Kulo nyaka, zitholele kabusha izipho zeTHEMBA, UKUTHULA, INJABULO, NOTHANDO uNkulunkulu aludlulisela kithi sonke kulesi sikhathi esimatasa. Ukuthola kabusha uKhisimusi Esiphithiphithini kuhlola lezi zihloko ze-Advent ngokusebenzisa imibhalo nokufunda okuhloselwe ukusilungiselela ukuqhela ebuphithiphithini benkathi yamaholide futhi sigubhe ngempela ukuzalwa kukaJesu!

UJesu wathi, “Nginikhethile nina, nganibeka ukuba niphume, nithele izithelo, nezithelo zenu zihlale” (Joh. 15:16). Wathi futhi, “Ngaphandle kwami ningenze lutho” (Joh. 15:5). Ukuthela izithelo kungukuphila impilo ayiphilayo uJesu eselapha emhlabeni. Kuyagcizelelwa kulawa mavesi angenhla ukuthi lokho kungumyalo kaJesu nokuthi akhona amandla okuzithela izithelo. UPawulu usitshela ngezithelo eziyisishiyagalolunye ezivezwa uMoya oNgcwele kulabo abamvumeleyo behamba ngokukaMoya (Gal. 5:22, 23). Sizokhuluma kancane ngalezi zithelo. Masikhumbule ukuthi ngokwethu asinamandla okuzithela. Kepha ngamandla akhe singazithela.

Isikhuthazo komama esivela kumama owethule izingane zakhe ezingu-7 futhi waphila ukuze azixoxele ngakho. Lokhu kuyingxenye 4 kwezingu-12 zokuzinikela kulolu chungechunge oluvela kuRobin Meadows!

Umbhali othengisa kakhulu uMax Lucado uhlola icebo likaNkulunkulu lokwelapha ukukhathazeka elitholakala kwabaseFilipi 4:4–8. Njengoba ulandela lesi siqondiso - ukugubha ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu, ukucela usizo lwakhe, ukushiya ukukhathazeka kwakho kuye, nokuzindla ngezinto ezinhle - uzothola ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu. Nakuba ukukhathazeka kuyingxenye yokuphila, akudingekile ukuba kubuse ukuphila kwakho

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.

Kwabanye, isikhathi sikaKhisimusi singagcwala usizi, ubunzima, ubuhlungu, nokuhlukana. Nokho uKhisimusi ugubha ukuthi uNkulunkulu waba umuntu futhi wangena phakathi nezwe lethu elilimazayo, elithukuthele, elinesiphithiphithi ukuze asilethele ukuthula—ukuthula phakathi kwabantu futhi, okubaluleke nakakhulu, ukuthula noNkulunkulu. Hlanganyela nathi kulesi sikhathi seAdvent sibheke ukuthula okulethwa uKristu.

Ngesikhathi indodana kaKim eneminyaka emithathu ishona, wathola izinsiza eziningi zosizi. Nokho, uthi into ayeyidinga ngempela “kwakuwumuntu owayezonginikeza iseluleko sokuphila, hhayi nje ngokudabuka.” kule nkonzo yezinsuku ezinhlanu, uKim uzokwabelana ngokuba sebungozini, umthombo ojulile wokuhlakanipha, nolwazi lomuntu oke waba khona njengoba ehamba nabazali abadabukile endleleni yokuphila ngemva kokufelwa futhi asinde osizini lokulahlekelwa.

Ukuthula kwezwe kuhlukile ekuthuleni kukaNkulunkulu. Ukuthula kwezwe kungokwesikhashana futhi kuncike ezimweni. Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu kunikeza isixazululo esihlala njalo, okuyinsindiso ngoJesu nobukhona Bakhe ezimpilweni zethu. Kulolu Hlelo, sizongena kulokho okushiwo ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu ngempela nokuthi singakuthola kanjani ezimpilweni zethu.

Ezikhathini zokungaqiniseki, kungaba lula ukuzizwa ukhungathekile. Izindaba, imithombo yezokuxhumana, nabantu abasizungezile bangasenza sizizwe sikhathazekile noma sikhathazekile lapho kwenzeka izehlakalo ezinomthelela. Ngezikhathi lapho kubonakala sengathi asinakho ukulawula izinto, singathola indawo yenduduzo nokuthula eZwini likaNkulunkulu.

Ingabe ufuna impilo enokuthula evikelwe ezinxushunxushwini zomhlaba wakho? Ingabe ufisa ukuphila lapho yonke into ihamba kahle, ngaphandle kweziphazamiso noma izingxabano? Sonke siyakwenza, kodwa lo mbono ukude neqiniso lethu. Kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku eziwu-5 thola ukuthi ukuthula akukhona ukungabikho kwezinkinga noma ubunzima. Ukuthula ubukhona bukaJesu. Ukuthula kunguMuntu.

Cishe awukaze uphuphe ukuthi uzoba kule ndawo lapho kufanele wenze izinqumo ezinzima kangaka ngemfundo yezingane zakho. Kodwa nakhu ukulesi sikhathi esingakaze sibe khona, ucabangela imfundo yasekhaya. Lolu hlelo oluvela kumama wesikole sasekhaya, uRobin Meadows, lubhalelwe ukuphendula eminye yemibuzo yakho, ukuthobisa ukwesaba kwakho okuningi, futhi likukhuthaze ukuthi ngoJesu noma yini ingenzeka!

Ukutadisha ngemva kokutadisha kusitshela ukuthi ukuphumula kubalulekile empilweni yethu engokomzimba, engokwengqondo, nengokomzwelo. Ukuphumula kubaluleke kakhulu kuNkulunkulu waze wakwenza kwaba ngomunye wemithetho Yakhe. Siyazi ukuthi kufanele siphumule—ngakho kungani singaphumuli? Kulolu Hlelo olulula lwezinsuku ezi-5, sizobheka ukuthi kungani, nini, kuphi, futhi kanjani, futhi nobani imbala.

Okujwayelekile kusho ukuthi sigcina isimiso esithandwayo, kodwa umhlaba ugcwele izigidigidi zabantu abahlukile futhi abahlukahlukene. Ngokujwayelekile, indawo evamile iyindawo ekhethwayo "yokuhlala," kodwa empeleni, ayihlali inempilo. Kulolu Hlelo, sizofunda iZwi likaNkulunkulu mayelana nendlela yokudlulela ngale kokujwayelekile futhi senze izinguquko ukuze siphile kangcono kunokujwayelekile.

Jabulela iZwi likaNkulunkulu ngokusebenzisa ilensi yokubonga. Imithandazo yalolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezinhlanu zonke isukela ekuphawuleni kukaDkt. Tony Evans okutholakala ku-CSB Tony Evans Bible Commentary.

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.

Ukudumisa kuyisiyalo esinamandla esizoqinisekisa amandla akho okuphila impilo enempilo. Lapho owesilisa noma owesifazane ekhetha ukuthatha uhambo olunzima lokukhuphukela entabeni yokudumisa, naphezu kobuhlungu, ukuhlupheka, nokuphathwa kabi, uNkulunkulu uyohlangana nabo kuleyo ndawo ephakeme ngamandla Akhe nenjabulo Yakhe.