Inkululeko Ingenzeka

Bengihlala ngikhathazekile. Eqinisweni, angikhumbuli isikhathi lapho ngingazange ngilwe nokukhathazeka. Ngiseyingane, ngangikhathazeke ngokuthi ubaba wayezofika ekhaya ephephile emva komsebenzi. Ngangikhathazekile ngokwenza amamaki amahle. Ngaze ngakhathazeka ngokuthi abazali bami bazobhema, nakuba bengabhemi noma baphuze utshwala. Ngakhathazeka kakhulu, umama wake wathi, “Maureen, yeka ukukhathazeka ngoba uzozibangela isilonda.” Lokho kwangenza ngakhathazeka ngokuthi sasiyini isilonda!

Kwesinye isikhathi isizathu sokukhathazeka kwethu asikwazi ukukhomba imbangela eyodwa. Akuwona umphumela wesigameko esibuhlungu ngaso sonke isikhathi, ukulahlwa, noma ukunganakwa. Angikhulelanga emkhayeni ophelele, kodwa ikhaya lami lalinempilo futhi lijabulisa.

Kwaba ngemva kokuba sengifunde iZwi likaNkulunkulu isikhathi eside lapho ngabona khona ukuthi ukutatazela, ukukhathazeka, nokuziphatha ngokweqile kwakungadingeki kungibuse. Ngingakutshela ngeqiniso ukuthi sengikhululekile ezinqabeni ezake zangibopha. Le nkululeko yatholakala kimi ngenxa yokuthi ngingumntwana kaNkulunkulu—okusho ukuthi inkululeko efanayo iyatholakala nakuwe.

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyazi ukuthi kungani ulwa nokukhathazeka noma cha, ungalenzi iphutha ngakho—uNkulunkulu ufisa ukuba uphishekele ukuthula (1 KaPetru 3:11). Ufisa ukuba nifunde ukuphonsa izinkathazo zenu kuye (IHubo 55:22). Ufisa ukuguqula umlotha wakho ube yinto enhle (Isaya 61:3). Lokhu ngikwazi ngoba ngiye ngazibonela ngawami—futhi uma lokho kungenele, iZwi likaNkulunkulu lisho njalo.

Uma ungakwazi ukwenza umqondo wokuthi kungani ukhathazeka, mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna ukukhombisa inkazimulo Yakhe ngokuphulukiswa kwakho nokubuyiselwa. Ngiyakukhuthaza ukuthi usebenzise lezi zinsuku eziyisikhombisa ukuze ufunde nokuthi ungayeka kanjani ukulawula futhi uthembele kuNkulunkulu ngempilo yakho, umndeni wakho, nekusasa lakho. Mvumele akubonise ukuthi umba kanjani eZwini ukuze ubone amanga akugcina ukhathazekile futhi ufunde ukuthi ungagqashula kanjani kulezo zinqaba. Kwangathi namuhla ungaphawula isinyathelo sakho sokuqala sohlobo olusha lwempilo—egcwele ukuthula.

Ukugxila Emthandazweni: Chitha isikhathi noNkulunkulu ngomthandazo umcele ukuthi abonakalise inkazimulo Yakhe ngawe njengoba ufunda ukunqoba ukukhathazeka ngosizo Lwakhe.