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Usuku 3—Ukubekezela ngenxa yabanye

Upawulu wayebazi kahle ubunzima. Wabhekana nokuboshwa, ukushaywa, ukuphukelwa umkhumbi, ukulamba, ukukhathala, nokunye okuningi ngenxa yenjongo kaKristu. Nokho, kukho konke wabekezela. Wayelokhu eqhubekela phambili. Kodwa kwakungekona kukaKristu kuphela—wenza kwabanye abantu.

“UYebo, siphila ngaphansi kwengozi yokufa njalo ngoba sikhonza uJesu, ukuze ukuphila kukaJesu kubonakale emizimbeni yethu efayo. Ngakho siphila ebusweni bokufa, kodwa lokhu kuye kwaphumela ekuphileni okuphakade kini.”

Upawulu wayazi ukuthi ukubekezelela ubunzima kwavula ithuba lokuba uKristu akhazinyuliswe, okwaphumela ekusindisweni kwabaningi. Kunjalo nakuwe nokuthi uphila kanjani impilo yakho. Lapho ubekezela ezikhathini ezinzima, ubambelele ngokuqinile kulokho okuyiqiniso nokuhloniphekile, abantu bayakuqaphela. Uma bebona ukuthi uziphatha kanjani ezikhathini zobumnyama, bafuna ukwazi okwengeziwe.

Umfowethu omncane ukukhombise kahle lokhu ngesikhathi esinzima empilweni yakhe. Lapho esanda kweva eminyakeni engamashumi amabili ubudala, yena nentombi yakhe baya ocansini ngaphandle komshado. Kwaholela ekukhulelweni, abakuthola ngayizolo eyocela umshado. Benze iphutha, kodwa babengazi ukuthi yini eyayizokwenzeka.

Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani yena nentombi yakhe bezwa ngokukhulelwa, wahlukana naye, futhi akaphindanga wayibona kwaze kwaba ngemuva kokuzalwa kwendodakazi yakhe. Kwakuyinkathi yosizi olumangalisayo kumfowethu. Akagcinanga nje ngokulahlekelwa owesifazane ayemthanda, kodwa waphinde waphuthelwa ulwazi lokuza kwendodakazi yakhe emhlabeni.

Okuphawulekayo ngempela ukuthi wahamba kanjani kuleyo nkathi ngokholo nokulalela okungaka. Wahamba indlela yokubuyiselwa ngemva kwesono sakhe, kodwa futhi wathola ukusondelana kanye nokuphulukiswa noBaba. Abantu ababemazi—abanye abangakholwa—bakubona ukubekezela kwakhe kulesi siphepho, futhi konke kwakubhekisela emuva kuNkulunkulu. Ubunzima bakhe bakhazimulisa uNkulunkulu ngezindlela ezinhle. Ngiyajabula futhi ukubika ukuthi uNkulunkulu wahlenga lobo buhlobo, futhi manje bashadile banezingane ezimbili!

Lokhu ngikusho ngoba sonke sinezikhathi lapho sifuna ukuyeka ngenxa yokukhathala nokudikibala. Kodwa asikwazi. Kufanele siqhubeke noma ngabe isizini inzima kangakanani. Kuyokuzuzisa kakhulu ukukhuthazela, kodwa futhi kuyokhonza nabanye. Ukubekezela kwakho kunamandla okukhomba abantu kuKristu, okuholela ezimpilweni ezishintshile!