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"Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okudlula ukuqonda konke kuyolinda izinhliziyo zakho." - UPhil 4: 7

(Imisebenzi: uJehova = 39; Jesus = 2)

Njalo kaningi, i-athikili yokufunda ye-Nqabayokulinda iza futhi isebenza kahle nakulabo esivuke othandweni lukaKristu futhi sebekhululwe iqiniso abasinika lona.

Isifundo saleli sonto siyindatshana enjalo. Kuncane ukuthola iphutha lapha, inqobo nje uma umuntu eqonda ukuthi umbhali — noma ngabe wayehlose lokhu noma qha — ukhuluma nezingane zikaNkulunkulu. Kusikhumbuza okwenziwa ngumpristi omkhulu lapho ephrofetha ngokungaqondile ngeNdodana yomuntu. (Johane 11: 49-52)

Okokuqala, lolu cwaningo lukhombisa umthombo wangempela wemfundo esiyitholayo ngenkathi futhi sibonisa ukuthi kwakungekho sigungu esilawulayo sangekhulu lokuqala esiqondisa umsebenzi wokushumayela — iqiniso elisusa iningi lesisekelo sokukholelwa ukuthi kumele libe khona nomlingani wanamuhla . Ukusuka esigabeni 3 socwaningo, sinoku:

Mhlawumbe uPawulu ucabanga nangezehlakalo zezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule. Wayengaphesheya koLwandle i-Aegean, e-Asia Minor. Ngesikhathi uPowula akhona, umoya ocwengileko waphinde wamvimba ukushumayela ezindaweni ezithile. Kwakungathi umoya ongcwele umcindezela ukuba ahambe kwenye indawo. (IzEnzo 16:6, 7) Kepha kuphi? Impendulo yafika ngombono ngenkathi eseTrowa. UPawulu watshelwa: “Welela eMakedoniya.” Ebonisa lokho okucacile ngentando kaJehova, uPawulu wasamukela leso simemo. - isig. I-3

Okokuqala, bekunguku “bonakaliswa okucacile” kwentando kaKristu, ngoba uJehova unikeze lonke igunya kuKristu ukuqondisa, phakathi kokunye, ukushunyayelwa kwezindaba ezinhle. (Mt 28:18, 19) Imisebenti 16: 7 ikhombisa kutsi “bekungumoya waJesu” lobewungabavumeli kutsi bashumayele kuleto tindzawo. Ngakho kwakunguJesu, hhayi iqembu elithile lamadoda akude neJerusalema, owayeqondisa umsebenzi wokushumayela. Lokhu kusinika ukuzethemba osukwini lwethu ukuthi umoya usiholela ekwenzeni intando yeNkosi, nokuthi asidingi amadoda okusitshela ukuthi sishumayele kanjani, yini nokuthi kuphi. Eqinisweni, ukulalela abantu kunokulalela uKristu kusenza simelane neNkosi.

Ukuhola Komoya KaJesu

Wake wazizwa njengoba isigaba 4 sichaza?

Mhlawumbe kuke kwaba nezikhathi empilweni yakho lapho uzwe sengathi wena, njengoPaul, bekulandela ukuhola komoya ocwengileko kaZimu, kodwana-ke izinto azikhenge zihambe ngendlela obekulindelwe ngayo. Ube nobuso nobuso nezinselelo, noma uzithole usesimweni esisha esidinga ushintsho olukhulu empilweni yakho. (UmSh. 9: 11) Njengoba ubheka emuva, mhlawumbe usasele uzibuza ukuthi kungani [uJesu] avumela izinto ezithile ukuba zenzeke. Uma kunjalo, yini engakusiza ukuba uqhubeke ukhuthazela ngokuqiniseka okugcwele [eNkosini]? Ukuze sithole impendulo, ake sibuyele ekulandiseni kukaPawulu noSila. - isig. 4 (“UJehova” ubuyiselwe esikhundleni ngenxa yenembile.)

Izinto azihlali zisebenza ngendlela esifuna ngayo— “sifuna” ukuba igama elisebenzayo. Kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi uJesu, njengoYise kanye nowethu, usifunela okungcono kakhulu esikhathini esizayo, okuvame ukuthi kungabi yilokho esikufunayo nganoma yisiphi isikhathi esithile. Ufeza okuhle kakhulu kithi esebenzisa uMoya oNgcwele, kepha kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi uMoya awulona ipayipi lomlilo. Isebenza kumaKristu njengomsinga omnene wentaba. Iconsela phansi isuka phezulu, kepha ingavinjelwa yinhliziyo elukhuni nokuzimisela ngamabomu. Kumele siqaphele ukuthi “okufunwayo” kwethu kungaphazamisi ukuhola komoya.

Okuhlangenwe nakho kukaPaul noSila okuchazwe kuzEnzo 16: 19-40 kukhombisa ukuthi kwesinye isikhathi kufanele sihlupheke ukuze sifeze intando yeNkosi ngathi, kepha ukuphela kuhlala kukufanele. La maqiniso awavamisile ukubonakala kithi ngaleso sikhathi, noma kunjalo.

“Idlula Konke Ukuqonda”

Imininingwane engaphansi kwalesi sihloko kufanele sikucabangele. Isibonelo, abaningi bethu yilapho sikukhona ngemuva kokusobala ukuthi sichithe iminyaka eminingi, ngisho nempilo yonke, kulokho okungabonakala sengathi kuyizinto ezingenamsebenzi, zonke ezinhlanganweni ezenziwa amadoda.

Ukubala udaba lwami — olungajwayelekile — ngichithe impilo yami yonke ngilandela ukuholwa ubuholi beNhlangano YoFakazi BakaJehova, ngikholelwa ukuthi nguJehova ohola zonke izinto. Ngibheka emuva eminyakeni engichithe ukuphayona kwamanye amazwe. Ngibheka emuva emashumini eminyaka okusebenza njengenceku emisiwe yeNhlangano. Empilweni yami ngichithe cishe amahora angama-20,000 XNUMX ukuya emihlanganweni (futhi ngivame ukuqhuba) ehholo LoMbuso, noma emihlanganweni emincane nemikhulu. Lokhu akubandakanyi isikhathi esichithwe kulungiselelwa imihlangano nemisebenzi yenhlangano efana nokugcina ama-akhawunti webandla nokwenza amashejuli emihlangano. Angifuni ngisho nokucabanga ngawo wonke amahora amade achithwa emihlanganweni yabadala. Ngiphinde ngachitha izinkulungwane zamahora ngisebenzela amahhovisi egatsha emazweni amabili, futhi ngasebenza ezinhlelweni ezahlukahlukene zokwakha. O, futhi masingakhohlwa isikhathi esichithwa enkonzweni yasensimini sishumayela iqiniso ngokweNhlangano.

Ingabe konke bekuwukuchitha? Ngabe kwakuyintando yeNkosi ukuthi ngisebenzise ubusha nobungqabavu bami ngisekela inhlangano ephethwe amadoda ngifundisa a izindaba ezimnandi zamanga?

Njengoba ngishilo, icala lami alihlukile futhi alijwayelekile. Kodwa-ke, njengesifundo esingamacala, kungazuzisa.

Umlimi ohlakaniphile akahlwanyeli imbewu kuze kube yisikhathi esifanele sayo. Bese elinda isimo sezulu esikahle, kodwa hhayi ngaphambi kokuba aqale alungise umhlabathi — ukulima, ukulima nokufaka umquba. Angase avumele insimu ukuba ihlale ilima ize ilungele ukukhiqizwa.

Ubaba usazi kangcono kunokuba sizazi thina. Uyazikhethela, kepha usikhetha nini?

UJakobe wakhethwa ngaphambi kokuba azalwe, njengoJeremiya. (Ge 25:23; Jer 1: 4, 5) Wakhethwa nini uSawulu waseTarsu? Singaqagela nje.

UJesu watshala ukolweni, kepha ukolweni ngesikhathi etshalwa okokuqala uyimbewu nje. Kuthatha isikhathi ukukhula ube isiqu esigcwele, isikhathi sokukhiqiza izithelo zawo. (Mt 13:37) Noma kunjalo, lokho kungumfanekiso nje. Akusipendi isithombe esiphelele. Abantu banenkululeko yokuzikhethela, ngakho-ke noma bekhethwe uNkulunkulu, kumele sikhule ngokuhamba kwesikhathi futhi kuya ngokuthi sikhula kanjani, uJesu uzosivuza noma asenqabe. (Luka 19: 11-27)

Ukuzikhulumela mina, ukube ngangiphaphamele iqiniso langempela lezwi likaNkulunkulu eminyakeni eyedlule, cishe ngangizokhetha ukufuna izinto zobugovu. Lokhu akusho ukuthi bengizolahleka unomphela, ngoba luyoba khona uvuko lwabangalungile, kepha lelo thuba ebengizoliphuthelwa. Futhi, ukuzikhulumela, lokhu kuvuswa engikunikiwe akuqinisekisi lutho futhi. 'Lowo okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyosindiswa.' (Mt 10:22)

Noma kunjalo, iqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu usikhethile lingumthombo wesikhuthazo esikhulu, kepha akusona isizathu sokuqhosha.

“Bafowethu, bukani isikhathi sokubizwa kwakho: Abaniningi kini enabahlakaniphile ngezindinganiso zabantu; ababaningi ababenamandla; ababaningi abazalwa benobuhle. 27Kepha uNkulunkulu wakhetha izinto zobuwula zezwe ukuba ahlazise abahlakaniphileyo; UNkulunkulu wakhetha izinto ezibuthakathaka zomhlaba ukuze ajabhise abanamandla. 28Wakhetha izinto zomhlaba ophansi futhi edelelekile, nezinto ezingekho, ukwenza izinto ezingekho, 29ukuze kungabikho ozibongayo ebusweni bakhe.
30Kungenxa Yakhe ukuthi ukuKristu Jesu, osephendukele kithi ukuhlakanipha okuvela kuNkulunkulu: ukulunga kwethu, ubungcwele, nokuhlengwa. 31Ngakho-ke, njengoba kubhaliwe ukuthi: “Lowo oziqhayisayo makaqhayise ngeNkosi.” (1Co 1: 26-31)

Ngakho-ke masingazinikeli ngokuzisola, sicabange ukuthi, “Ukube nje bengazi lokho engikwaziyo manje…” Iqiniso liwukuthi, ukuhlakanipha kukaJehova kudlula ukuqonda. Uyazi okusilungele kakhulu. Ngokwami, bekufanele ngichithe sonke leso sikhathi ezintweni ezibonakala zingenazithelo ukufinyelela lapho ngikhona manje, futhi ngidumisa uNkulunkulu ngakho. Ngiyethemba manje ukuthi sengizokwazi ukuqhubeka nezifundo, kepha ngiyabona ukuthi bekungeyona imfucuza. Ngempela, njengoba ithemba lami kungukuphila okuphakade, kufinyelela kuphi amashumi eminyaka ambalwa? Ucezu lukaphayi waphakade luceba kancane kangakanani iminyaka engama-70?

UPaul, mhlawumbe ukwedlula noma ngubani wethu, kuningi abengazisola ngakho, kodwa watshela abaseFilipi ukuthi konke lokho ayekulahlekile wakuthatha njengodoti omningi nje ongalahlwa. (Phil 3: 8) Umuntu akakhali ngokulahlwa kukadoti. Wabe eseqhubeka wabatshela okulandelayo:

“Ungakhathazeki ngalutho, kodwa kukho konke izicelo zakho mazaziwe nguNkulunkulu ngomkhuleko nokunxusa kanye nokubonga; 7 ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okudlula ukuqonda konke kuyakuqapha izinhliziyo zakho namandla akho engqondo ngoKristu Jesu. ”(Php 4: 6, 7)

Asikwazi ukucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu usiphatheleni. "Kudlula ukuqonda konke". Singabona kuphela inhlansana yenkazimulo elindelwe, kepha kwanele ukusinika ukuthula kukho konke ukuhlupheka kwethu. (Ro 8:30)

Futhi siyahlupheka!

“Ungakhathazeki Ngalutho”

Ngikhumbula ngisolwa ngumngane wami wakudala nomdala engangisebenza naye ukuthi ngangilandela inkambo yokuziqhenya. Abanye abadala bangisola ngokubhala ngokuthi ngizimele, futhi nabo bakuthatha njengobufakazi bokuziqhenya. Isipiliyoni sami sikhonjiswa ngabaningi bakho ngokususelwa kuma-imeyili engiwatholile mathupha kanye namazwana engiwafundile kusayithi.

Kunzima ukubekezelela ukulahlwa okunje, ikakhulukazi uma kuvela kubantu esibathandayo. Kepha siyazi ukuthi bakhuluma ngokungazi, becaphuna imfundiso ebebeyiphoqelelwe iminyaka. Bayahluleka ukubona ukuthi umuntu oqhoshayo, esezuze isikhundla sokuhlonishwa negunya emphakathini woFakazi BakaJehova, akasoze alahla lokho ngenxa yesimiso. Uzoyibamba ngamandla. Sengikubonile kwenzeka kaninginingi. Uzokwehlisa izimiso zakhe — ecabanga ukuthi kwasekuqaleni - ukulondoloza ukuvelela nodumo alufisa kangaka.

Lokho esikwenzile ngokubhukuda ngokumelene negagasi lombono we-JW akuveli ekuziqhenyeni, kodwa othandweni. Sibekezelela isihlamba sikaKristu owenqatshwa yibo bonke abantu bakhe waze washiywa isikhashana ngabangane bakhe abakhulu. (He 11:26; Luk 9: 23-26) Lokhu sikwenza ngoba sithanda uBaba futhi sithanda iNdodana futhi yebo, sithanda ngisho nalabo abasithukayo nabaqamba amanga basho yonke inhlobo yento embi ngathi. Asibona amagwala, futhi asiwathandi amanga. (IsAm 21: 8; 22:15) Esikhundleni salokho, sihlala enjabulweni kaKristu. (Jakobe 1: 2-4)

Ama-ex-JW amaningi angena ekucindezelekeni. Bafuna amaqembu okusekela ukubhekana nezinhlungu zabo. Sisolwa ngabangane nomndeni ngokuthi siyizihlubuki. Izihlubuki azidingi amaqembu okusekela. Noma kunjalo, ukungazithembi kungasibangela ukuba siqagele inkambo yethu yesenzo. Nakulokhu, amazwi kaPawulu akweyabaseFilipi 4: 6, 7 ayasebenza. Sinokufinyelela okukhululekile esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke masisisebenzise 'ngomkhuleko nangokunxusa, yebo, ngokubonga, sazise uNkulunkulu konke okusikhathazayo.' Ngemuva kwalokho sizokwamukela ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okuza ngomoya futhi okudlula konke ukucabanga.

Njengoba isihloko sendatshana sokugcina siveza, lo ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu kuzoqapha izinhliziyo zethu (imizwa yethu ejulile) kanye namandla ethu engqondo (amandla ethu okucabanga anengqondo) “ngoKristu Jesu”.

OFakazi BakaJehova balulaza uKristu Jesu, ngakho-ke bashiye izinhliziyo zabo nezingqondo zabo zivulelekile ekusakazeni okuvela kubantu, ukuze bakhohliswe ngamazwi amnandi ahlaba umxhwele — amazwi anjengalawa:  Ungadikibali! Usuzofika lapho. Sisekumasekhondini wokugcina alesi simiso esidala. Lalela [iNdikimba Ebusayo], lalela futhi ubusiswe.

Ukudonsa kwalawo magama kungaba nzima kakhulu ukumelana nakho futhi izigidi zitshale ukholo lwazo emadodeni ngenxa yazo. Yebo, kunzima ukuba umucu owodwa kakolweni, ume ngaphandle phakathi nensimu uhlukile. Kodwa-ke uma sibheka izibonelo ezibekwe ngaphansi kwesihlokwana esithi “Izibonelo ZikaJehova Wenza Okungalindelekile”, sizobona umugqa ofanayo: Kwakuhlala kubantu ngabanye lapho umoya kaNkulunkulu usebenza.

Ngukuqiniseka kwami ​​okuqinile ukuthi noma yisiphi isikhathi esingazizwa ukuthi simoshile savunyelwa yiNkosi njengengxenye yenqubo yokucwenga. Njengoba nje avumela uSawule waseTarsu ukuba aqhubeke nenkambo yokushushisa abangcwele “ngokweqile”, ukuze kuthi lapho isikhathi sifika, abe yisitsha esikhethiwe ezizweni, ngokufanayo usenzele nathi. (1 Co 15: 9; IzEnzo 9:15)

Esikhundleni sokubheka emuva kokudlule kwethu ngesikhathi esasichithwa, masiqonde ukuthi uma kusiholela enkazimulweni, ekukhonzeni neNkosi yethu uJesu embusweni wamazulu ukusindiswa kwaso sonke iSintu, khona-ke bekungukubonakaliswa kweNkosi uqobo ukubekezela. Okuthile okufanele sikubonge ngokungapheli.

"INkosi ayiphuzi ukufeza isithembiso sayo njengoba abanye bekuqonda ukubambezeleka, kepha iyanibekezelela, ingafuni ukuba kubhubhe namunye, kodwa ukuba wonke umuntu aphenduke." (2 Peter 3: 9 Berean Study Bible)

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