Ngaba ungenile ekuphumleni kukaThixo?
Umbhali wamaHebhere uyaqhubeka nokuchaza 'ukuphumla' kukaThixo - “Ke ngoko, njengoko uMoya oyiNgcwele esitsho: Namhla, ukuba nithe naliva ilizwi lakhe, musani ukuzenza lukhuni iintliziyo zenu, njengasengcaphukisweni, ngomhla wolingo entlango; apho bandilingayo ooyihlo, bandilinga, bayibona imisebenzi yam iminyaka emashumi mane. Kungoko ndakruqukayo seso sizukulwana, Ndathi, Bahlala belahleka ngeentliziyo, Abazazi ke bona iindlela zam; Njengoko ndafungayo, ndinengqumbo, Ndathi, Unakanye ukuba bokha bangene ekuphumleni kwam!Lumkani, bazalwana, hleze kubekho kubani wenu intliziyo engendawo, engakholwayo, enokumka kuThixo ophilileyo; manivuselelane imihla ngemihla, kusathiwa kunamhla, ukuze kungabikho mntu kuni wenziwa lukhuni kukulukuhla kwesono. Kuba siba nenxaxheba kuKristu ukuba sibambe isiqalo sokuzithemba kwethu siqinile kude kube sekupheleni, ngelixa kusithiwa: 'Namhlanje, ukuba niyaliva ilizwi lakhe, musani ukuzenza lukhuni iintliziyo zenu njengakwimvukelo.' ” (Hebhere 3: 7-15)
Ezi ndinyana zikrwelelwe umgca ngentla zicatshulwe ku INdumiso 95. Ezi ndinyana zibhekisa kwinto eyenzekayo kumaSirayeli emva kokuba uThixo ewakhuphile eYiputa. Kwakufuneka bangene kwiLizwe Lesithembiso kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuphuma kwabo eJiphutha, kodwa ngokungakholwa bavukela uThixo. Ngenxa yokungakholwa kwabo, babhadula entlango sada safa isizukulwana esasikhokelwe saphuma eYiputa. Emva koko abantwana babo baya kwiLizwe Lesithembiso.
AmaSirayeli angakholwayo ajolisa kubuthathaka bawo, endaweni yobuchule bukaThixo. Kuye kwathiwa intando kaThixo ayisoze isikhokelele apho ubabalo lukaThixo lungasigcini khona.
Le yinto uThixo awayithethayo INdumiso 81 Oko wakwenzayo koonyana bakaSirayeli - “Ndawususa umthwalo egxalabeni lakhe; zakhululwa izandla zakhe ezingobozini. Embandezelweni wadanduluka wena, ndakuhlangula; Ndikuphendule ndisendaweni efihlakeleyo yendudumo; Ndakuvavanya emanzini aseMeribha. Yivani, bantu bam, ndikuqononondise; Sirayeli, ukuba uya kundiphulaphula! Makungabikho thixo wasemzini kuwe; unganquli thixo wolunye uhlanga. NdinguYehova, uThixo wakho, owakukhupha ezweni laseYiputa; vula umlomo wakho, ndiwuzalise. Ke abantu bam abaliva izwi lam, USirayeli akasabibangi; Ndabanikela ebungqoleni beentliziyo zabo, Ukuze bahambe ngamacebo abo. Akwaba abantu bam bebendiva, Akwaba uSirayeli ubehamba ngendlela yam! (KwiNdumiso 81: 6-13)
Umbhali wamaHebhere wabhala le leta eyayisiya kumakholwa angamaJuda awalingwa ukuba abuyele kubuYuda. Babengaqondi ukuba uYesu uwuzalisekisile umthetho kaMoses. Bazabalaza beqonda ukuba ngoku baphantsi komnqophiso omtsha wobabalo, endaweni yomnqophiso omdala wemisebenzi. Indlela 'entsha nephilayo' yokuthembela kokulungileyo kukaKristu iyodwa yayingaqhelekanga kwabo babephile iminyaka phantsi kwemithetho nemigaqo emininzi yobuJuda.
"Kuba singamadlelane noKrestu ukuba sibambe isiqalo sokuzithemba kwethu somelele kude kube sekupheleni." Kwenzeka njani ukuba 'sibe nenxaxheba' kuKristu?
We 'yidla' kaKristu ngokholo kwizinto azenzileyo. AmaRoma asifundisa - "Ngoko ke, sigwetyelwe nje ngokwaselukholweni, sinoxolo kuThixo ngayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu; esithe ngaye safikeleleka ngokholo kolu lubabalo simi kulo, savuya nethemba lozuko lukaThixo." (AmaRoma 5: 1-2)
UThixo ufuna ukuba singene ekuphumleni kwakhe. Sinokukwenza oko kuphela ngokholo kumfaneleyo kaKristu, ingekuko nakwezinye izinto ezilungileyo zethu.
Kubonakala ngathi kuyaphikisana ukuba uThixo angasithanda kakhulu ukwenza konke okufunekayo ukuze siphile naye ngonaphakade, kodwa wenza njalo. Ufuna sithembele kwinto ayenzileyo kwaye samkele ngokholo esi sipho simangalisayo!