UMGOMO #1: YIBA NOJESU

Akumangalisi ukuthi uJesu waqala ukwakheka kwabafundi bakhe ngokubabiza ngokuthi “wozani, ningilandele”—ukuba bavele bahambe eduze kwakhe endleleni.

Wamema u-Andreya nomngani wakhe ukuba beze nje bazobona lapho ehlala khona. “Base beza babona lapho ehlala khona, bahlala naye ngalolo suku.”( NgokukaJohane 1:39.

NgokukaLuka 10:39, sifunda ngomfundi ogama lakhe linguMariya “owayehlezi ezinyaweni zeNkosi elalele ekushoyo.”

NgokukaMarku 3:13, uJesu ‘wabiza’ abafundi bakhe, ‘beza kuye. Leli bekungaba iqembu labalandeli abaningi noma ngisho namakhulu abachitha isikhathi eside noJesu. Kuleli chibi elikhulu labafundi, uJesu wakhetha abangu- 12 ukuze bathole ukuqeqeshwa okukhethekile ukuze “babe naye”.

Lona umgomo wokuqala nobaluleke kakhulu wokufunda kuJesu: ukuba naye, ukuchitha isikhathi sonke sokuvuka ukwazi ukuba khona kwakhe nokunaka izwi lakhe. Ukuhlakulela ubungane noJesu njengesisekelo sempilo yakho yonke.

Ukulandela uJesu akuyonaifomula enezinyathelo ezintathu, kodwa ku wukulandelana. Akulona uhlelo kodwa ukuqhubeka.

Sizobheka lokhu kuqhubekela phambili ekukhulekeleni kwanamuhla nokubili okulandelayo. Nakhu okufingqiwe: Okokuqala, woza ube noJesu; kancane kancane uqala uku fana naye; ekugcineni, kufana nokuthi awukwazi ukuzibamba—uqala ukwenza izinhlobo zezinto azenza emhlabeni.

Sibona lokhu kuqhubekela phambili ezindabeni zabafundi bokuqala: Bachitha izinyanga noma mhlawumbe iminyaka bemlandela nje kwa-Israyeli futhi behlezi ezinyaweni zakhe. Kancane baqala ukushintsha, futhi ekugcineni, “wabathuma” ukuba bayoshumayela ( NgokukaLuka 9:2).

Mhlawumbe umusha ekulandeleni uJesu futhi uyacabanga, Ngiqala ngaphi? Uqala lapha, ngomgomo othi #1: Yiba noJesu.

Uma ucabanga “ngokuhlakulela ubuhlobo noJesu,” yini efika engqondweni yakho? Ungavuma ukuma namuhla imizuzu embalwa ngesikhathi, futhi ubuyisele ingqondo nenhliziyo yakho ebukhoneni bukaJesu ngaphakathi kuwe? Ungakwenza kanjani lokho?