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Umbuso wakho mawufike, intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini

Kunemibuzo emibili emikhulu empilweni. Owokuqala owomuntu siqu: ngizeleni lapha? Owesibili owomhlaba wonke: umhlaba uyaphi? Lena imibuzo ‘liyini iphuzu?’ futhi ibaluleke kakhulu. Phela, abantu abaningi baye baphetha ngokudabukisayo nangokungabaza ukuthi akukho nzuzo ekuphileni noma endaweni yonke. Futhi ukukholelwa ukuthi asikho isidingo sokuba khona kuyadabukisa ngendlela emangalisayo; kuwumbono owehlisa noma yikuphi ukushayela noma ukuzimisela. Okungcono kakhulu ongakwenza ukuthola indlela yokudlulisa isikhathi kamnandi ngangokunokwenzeka.

Lesi sigatshana soMthandazo WeNkosi siyawuphika wonke lo mbono wokungasho lutho futhi esikhundleni salokho sinikeza injongo kithina kanye nomhlaba. UJesu lapha ubhekisele embusweni futhi kuyaphawuleka ukuthi umbuso kaNkulunkulu nombuso wezulu kuyefana. Abafundi beBhayibheli abaningi bazithola bedidekile kancane lapha ngoba zimbalwa izinkomba ezikhuluma ngombuso eTestamenteni Elidala futhi aziningi uma usudlulele ngale kwamakhasi kaMathewu, uMarku kanye noLuka. Nokho, iqiniso liwukuthi nakuba iTestamente Elidala likhuluma kancane ngombuso, likhuluma kakhulu kabi ngeNkosi. Lapho uNkulunkulu uyiNkosi yomhlaba wonke futhi inkinga yesintu ukuthi abantu bakushaya indiva ukubusa kwakhe; sivukela iNkosi nombuso wayo.

ITestamente Elisha liphakamisa le mibono futhi likwenza kucace ukuthi manje, ngokufika kukaJesu, umbuso usufinyelele kubo bonke. Umbuso ukuphi - nanoma iyiphi impilo - engaphansi kwegunya likaJesu; yizo zonke izindawo lapho ukubusa kukaNkulunkulu kwamukelwa khona ekuphileni kwabesilisa nabesifazane. Ukuba sembusweni kuwukuba othile noma endaweni ethile lapho igunya likaNkulunkulu lamukelwa khona futhi intando yakhe yenziwa. Okwamanje lokho kwenzeka ezulwini kuphela, kodwa ngolunye usuku sithenjiswa ukuthi ukuhlubuka kwesintu kuyoqedwa futhi igunya likaNkulunkulu liyolalelwa endaweni yonke.

Lo mbono wombuso ubalulekile ngoba thina bantu sivame ukucabanga ukuthi sikhona endaweni ethile engathathi hlangothi ngokomoya esizimele kuyo. Eqinisweni umbono weBhayibheli uwukuthi akukho ukungathathi-hlangothi: leli zwe liyinkundla yempi lapho amandla omubi kanye nobumnyama (okuthe kamuva kakhulu) esebenzisa, noma ethi unegunya eliphakeme phezu kwayo yonke into. Lapho umuntu ebeka ukholo lwakhe kuJesu futhi eba umKristu, kwenzeka izinto eziningi; okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi basuse ukwethembeka kwabo kulomhlaba baye embusweni kaNkulunkulu okhazimulayo.

Lomkhuleko-ke owokuthi ububi bunqotshwe, ukuthi ngolunye usuku - mhlawumbe ngokushesha kunalokho esikucabangayo - lo mhlaba uyoba endaweni ethile lapho okuwukuphela kwezinto ezenzekayo okuhle, okulungile nokujabulisayo uNkulunkulu afuna ukuba kwenzeke. Umsindo oshayisanayo womhlaba wethu uzovumela ukuzwana okuphelele kwezulu.

Nakuba kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi sigcine ikusasa lesikhathi eside lomkhathi wethu ligxilile futhi silangazelele lolo suku olukhulu lapho konke kuzolunga phakade, kufanele siphile usuku nosuku okwamanje. Ukuthandaza le ngxenye yoMthandazo WeNkosi kusho ukuthi kumelwe senze izinqumo futhi sithathe izinyathelo zokusekela iNkosi nombuso. Singathandazela futhi simelane nezinto. Ngakho, kufanele sithandazele izinto ezisiza ukusebenzisa izindinganiso zombuso: isibonelo, izenzo zomusa nesihe namazwi eqiniso nomusa. Singaphinda sithandaze komelene nezinto ezimelene nombuso kaNkulunkulu: ukuhaha, inzondo, inkanuko nokunye. Yiqiniso, akufanele sibe nokungahambisani. Asikwazi ukuthandazela ozakwethu noma omakhelwane bethu ukuthi bakhombise izindinganiso zombuso ngaphandle kokuthi sizame ukuphila ngazo ezimpilweni zethu.

Ukuthandaza le ngxenye yoMthandazo weNkosi ngendlela enenjongo kuwukubheka yonke into ezimpilweni zethu kanye nasemhlabeni wethu futhi sithi kukho konke, 'Nkosi, phatha: umhlaba mawufane kakhulu nezulu nokuphila kwethu kwasezulwini kakhulu!'