Ukubuyisela Ukuchuma Kuwo Wonke umzimba KaKristu
Kungenzeka yini ukuthi isizathu sokuthi kungani amadoda athile kaNkulunkulu echuma ngenkathi abalandeli babo behlala bempofu kungenxa yephutha ekwakhekeni kwebandla? UZimu ufisa ukukhombisa umlingiswa wakhe ngezinceku zakhe, kodwa lapho ukuchuma kukhawulelwa kwabambalwa, kukhona okushodayo.
Kweyoku-1 Samuweli 13: 19-22, sibona impikiswano ebucayi kwa-Israyeli: "Manje kwakungekho mnyama lapho kwakutholakala ezweni lonke lakwa-Israyeli, ngoba amaFilisti athi, 'funa amaHeberu azenzele izinkemba noma amakhohle. Kepha wonke ama-Israyeli wehlela kumaFilisti ukulola iplowshare yalowo nalowo, uMattock, izembe, futhi kwenzeka, ngosuku lokulwa, kepha kwakukhona uSawule noJonathani indodana yakhe. "
Lokhu kupenda isithombe esiphazamisayo - sonke isizwe sasingazelwe, kanti abaholi babo kuphela abanezikhali. AmaFilisti asuswa ngamasu abamnyama, avimbela ama-Israyeli ukuba enze izikhali zawo.
AmaBlacksmiths nguthisha, abeluleki, kanye nabafundisi bezezimali abahlomisa abantu ngolwazi. Lapho abantu bengahlomisile, bahlala buthakathaka. Isizathu sokuba amakholwa amaningana alwa ngokwezezimali ukuthi aswele imfundiso edingekayo ezimisweni zoMbuso ukuze uhambe ekuchumeni.
Amadoda amaningi kaNkulunkulu ahlwanyela, anikeze, futhi asebenzise izimiso zezezimali ezisebhayibhelini, eziholela ekuchumeni. Kepha ibandla kufanele lifundiswe lezi zimiso. Abaningi bacabanga ukuthi abantu bakaNkulunkulu bayaphumelela ngoba bathola okuningi, kodwa ngabona okuphambene - banokuningi ngoba banikeza okuningi.
"Ngenkathi umhlaba uhlala, isikhathi sokuvuna nokuvuna, kubanda nokushisa, ubusika kanye nasehlobo, nobusuku ngeke kuphele." (UGenesisi 8:22)
Kungenzeka yini ukuthi abanye esontweni bechuma ngoba batshalwe enjongweni kaNkulunkulu ngabo? Lapho othile ehamba esabelweni sawo saphezulu, uNkulunkulu ubanakekela. Kepha uma ibandla lingaqondani esikhundleni salo, ukuhlinzekwa kuyavinjwa.
"Futhi uNkulunkulu wami uyakukunikeza sonke isidingo sakho ngokwengcebo yakhe enkazimulweni ngoKristu Jesu." (Fil. 4:19)
AmaFilisti aqonda ukuthi ukube u-Israyeli wayenabamnyama (abafundisi nabaqeqeshi), baba yisizwe esinamandla. Ngokufanayo, isitha sifuna ukugcina amakholwa awazi ukudala ingcebo. Isonto kumele libuyisele imfundiso yokuhlakanipha kwezezimali ukuze wonke umuntu akwazi ukuchuma. Uma singafundisi obala ngezimali, thina ngamabomu sivimba ukukhula kwamalungu kanye nebandla.
"Abantu bami babhujiswa ngenxa yokuntuleka kolwazi." (Hoseya 4: 6)
Ukudluliswa kwengcebo okuza esontweni akuyona eyabanye abantu kodwa wonke umzimba kaKristu, okubonisa ukuthi ukuchuma akugcinelwe abantu abathile kodwa wonke umzimba.
"Ingcebo yesoni ibekelwe abalungileyo." (Iziyema 13: 22)
"Niyakukhumbula uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ngokuba ngubani okunika amandla okuthola ingcebo." (Dut. 8:18)
Isonto kumele lisukume njengebutho, lihlome ngokuphelele, njengoba kuchazwe kuJoweli 2: 7-8: "Bagijima njengamadoda anamandla, bakhuphuka odongeni njengamadoda alwa impi; bonke bahlela ukwakheka."
Lapho wonke umuntu efakwe, isonto ngeke lisaba nezikhulu ezihamba ngezinyawo ngenkathi izinceku zigibela amahhashi (UmShumayeli 10: 7). Esikhundleni salokho, amakholwa azoba nethonya, amandla negunya lokuletha umthelela woMbuso.
UNkulunkulu ulungisa iphutha lapho ukuchuma kukhawulelwe abambalwa abakhethiweyo. Ufisa isonto lapho wonke amakholwa ehamba khona elungiselelweni laphezulu nethonya. Isihluthulelo siyafundisa, sibeka isikhundla, kanye nokusebenzisa izimiso zoMbuso. Masikhulise amaBlacksmiths, sihlomise umzimba, futhi sihambe ekuchumeni kwezinkampani zenhlangano ngenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu!
Amen.
