Esihlokweni esilandelayo, sizocabangela amandla emthandazweni, nokuthi lesi kuyisikhali esiqine kangakanani amaKristu anaso sokuguqula indlela yokuphila kwethu, imindeni, isizwe ngisho nomlando.
Zitholele amandla kumKristu onokholo, othandazayo.
Ingabe akhona amandla emthandazweni?
IBhayibheli lisitshela ngezikhathi ezihlukahlukene ngamandla amakhulu amaKristu athandazayo anawo, okokuqala nje, singasho lokho okushiwo uJakobe 5:16-18 :
16 vumani izono omunye komunye, nikhulekelane ukuba niphulukiswe. Umthandazo osebenzayo wolungileyo ungenza lukhulu.
17 U-Eliya wayengumuntu onemizwa efana neyethu, futhi wathandaza ngobuqotho ukuba lingani, futhi akuzange line emhlabeni iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha.
18 Waphinda wakhuleka, izulu lanika imvula, nomhlabathi wathela izithelo zawo.
Kule ndaba, uMphostoli uSantiago usitshela ukuthi ukuthandaza komunye nomunye kungasenza kanjani siphiliswe, kusinike isampula yamandla akhe.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, unikeza isibonelo sika-Eliya, okwathi, engumuntu owenza amaphutha amaningi (njengalowo nalowo wethu), lapho ethandaza ngokukholwa ekholelwa emandleni avela kuJesu Kristu, isicelo sakhe sezwakala.
Ngakho-ke, kunini njengamaKristu lapho siqala khona ukwenza umthandazo ube umkhuba noma umkhuba, esikhundleni sokuqonda ukuthi izimangaliso zingenzeka ngawo nokuthi uNkulunkulu angaguqula izimpilo, ngisho nezizwe.
Nathi senza iphutha elikhulu lokuthandaza sodwa siphakathi kwezinkinga noma izidingo, kulo nyaka kube wubufakazi balokhu. Igciwane elibulalayo lasivalela ezindlini zethu, kwaholela ekutheni abaningi balahlekelwe yimisebenzi, abanye babambezele izinhlelo zabo, futhi abanye abaningi bangqongqozwa emnyango yilesi sifo.
Futhi ngalezo zikhathi imikhuleko yaqina futhi ishisa kakhulu. Nokho, kuLuka 11:1, uJesu ufundisa ukuthi kufanele sithandaze njalo:
1 Kwathi uJesu ekhuleka endaweni, eseqedile, omunye wabafundi bakhe wathi kuye: Nkosi, sifundise ukukhuleka, njengalokhu uJohane laye wafundisa abafundi bakhe.
Kwesinye isikhathi amaKrestu amaningi ayakhathala ukukhuleka ngoba ebona sengathi izicelo zawo azifiki kuBaba noma aziphendulwa, abanye abaningi bathi kunzima ukuhumusha izwi likaNkulunkulu lokho kudala ukukhungatheka.
Kodwa, eBhayibhelini singabona izikhathi eziningi ukuthi izinceku zikaNkulunkulu ezinkulu zathandaza kanjani futhi izicelo zazo zaphendulwa.
Esinye isenzakalo kwakungesokhokho ongumJuda u-Abrahama, owathandaza ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke ukuze umuzi waseSodoma ungabhubhi, isizathu salokhu ukuthi umshana wakhe uLoti, indodana yomfowabo uHarana, wayelapho, futhi uNkulunkulu akazange. bhubhisa .
Esinye isibonelo kwakungu-Eliya, owathandaza futhi uNkulunkulu wehlisa umlilo ezulwini; U-Elisha wathandaza futhi wavusa indodana yowesifazane waseShunemi kwabafileyo; UJesu wathandaza futhi wavusa umngane wakhe uLazaru, ngemva kwezinsuku ezine efile.
Isela elalibethelwe eduze kukaJesu lathandaza futhi lamqinisekisa ukuthi ngalobobusuku bayoba ndawonye epharadesi; umphostoli uPetru wathandaza futhi wavusa uDorka, owakwazi ukukhonza uJesu iminyaka eminingana eyengeziwe.
Emlandweni wakamuva kunezinkulungwane zezindaba zabantu nezizwe ezasukuma zathandaza zakwazi ukwenza izinguquko ezinkulu, ngisho nathi esikhathini esithile ohambeni lwethu lobuKristu sakwazi ukuzwa amandla omthandazo.
Umshumayeli owaziwayo waseScotland uJohn Welch wake wathi, "Angiboni ukuthi ikholwa lingachitha ubusuku bonke embhedeni ngaphandle kokuthandaza." Kufanele sizindle ngalokhu futhi singavumeli ukholo lwethu luphole, sihluleke ukubona ukubaluleka komthandazo ezimpilweni zethu.
UJesu uqobo lwakhe kuMathewu 17:20 uthi masigcine ukukholwa singadangali, ngokuba ngegama lakhe akukho okungenzeki.
20 UJesu wathi kubo: "Ngenxa yokukholwa kwenu okuncane; Ngokuba ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Uma ninokukholwa okungangembewu yesinaphi, niyakuthi kule ntaba: Suka lapha, uye laphaya, iyakusuka; futhi akukho lutho oluyokwenzeka kini.
Ngendlela efanayo, iBhayibheli lisifundisa ukuthi kulokhu kuhamba, izikhali zethu zingokomoya kuphela futhi kufanele sizisebenzise, njengoba kushiwo ku-2 Korinte 10: 4-5:
4 Ngokuba izikhali zempi yethu kasizo ezenyama, kodwa kuNkulunkulu zinamandla okubhidliza izinqaba;
5 siwisa ukuphikisana nakho konke okuphakemeyo oziphakamisayo ngokumelene nolwazi lukaNkulunkulu, futhi sithumba yonke imicabango ekulaleleni kukaKristu.
Kamuva, encwadini eya kwabase-Efesu, umphostoli uPawulu uqinisekisa lokho uJesu ayekufundisile ngaphambili, lapho esikhuthaza khona ukuba sithandaze ngawo wonke amathuba. Lesi siqephu seBhayibheli sitholakala kwabase-Efesu 6:18, esithi:
18 nikhuleka ngezikhathi zonke ngakho konke ukukhuleka nokunxusa ngoMoya, nikuphaphamele lokho ngokubekezela okukhulu nokunxusela abangcwele bonke.
Uma ufuna ukuqhubeka ufunda ezinye imiboniso emifushane yobuKristu ukuze wabelane nomndeni wakho, faka lesi sixhumanisi futhi uthole konke uNkulunkulu akulungiselele kona.
Thandazani ningaphezi, njengoba kusho imiBhalo.
Ukusebenzisa amandla emthandazweni
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, akhona amandla amangalisayo emkhulekweni, ake ucabange uma wonke amaKristu emhlabeni wonke ayewuqonda futhi awusebenzisa, ewuqonda umhlatshelo uJesu awenza ngenxa yalowo nalowo kithi, ukuze sisindiswe, ukufeza lokho. ukuhlanganyela kanye nokuxhumana okuqondile noBaba kwakungenzeka.
Laba bafundi babona kunesidingo sokufunda ukuthandaza ukuze basebenzise lawo mandla, lapho beya kuJesu ukuze abafundise, ubanikeza lokho okwaziwa nanamuhla ngokuthi uBaba Wethu.
Lokhu kwakumela umhlahlandlela wokuthi kukhulekwa kanjani, yini okufanele ukucele kanye nendlela yokukhuluma noBaba, nokho, lesi kwakungesona isifundo sodwa sendlela yokuthandaza. Yona kanye impilo yakhe yayiwumhlahlandlela oqhubekayo wokuqondisa ubudlelwano noNkulunkulu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yisiphi isikhathi, isimo noma isikhathi okwakuzosithatha, okumqoka kwakhe kwakuyilokhu.
Kumelwe sithathe ukuphila kukaJesu njengesibonelo, ukuthi mangaki amathuba ashukunyiswa ukukhathala noma imisebenzi ehlukahlukene esinayo, asizinikeli isikhathi esanele kukho.
Ngezinye izikhathi iba imishwana elula ephindaphindayo esiyishoyo ukuze sizizwe sifeza umyalo wokuthandaza, futhi asizivuli izinhliziyo zethu, futhi asivumeli uNkulunkulu ukuba asebenze ngendlela emangalisayo kithi.
Masifunde ukuthulula izinhliziyo zethu phambi kukaBaba, masibe neqiniso, sikhulume konke okusihluphayo, okusihlulayo futhi okungasivumeli ukuthi siqhubekele phambili, asikhulule zonke lezo zindawo ezingahlelekile futhi azilawule. bona.
Masivumele uNkulunkulu ukuthi asebenze, ngaleso sikhathi, ngaphandle kokuxhamazela, noma ukucindezeleka kwansuku zonke, ngaleyo ndlela singakwazi ukuqonda izwi likaNkulunkulu futhi sizobona impendulo ezimpilweni zethu.
Kufanele sazi ukuthi amandla omthandazo awaveli eqinisweni elilula lokuwenza, amandla awo avela kubani esikhuluma naye futhi lo nguNkulunkulu, amandla eqiniso avela kuye, njengoba uJohane 5:14-15 esho:
14 Ngemva kwalokho uJesu wamthola ethempelini, wathi kuye: “Bheka, ususindile; ungabe usona, ukuze ungehlelwa okubi nakakhulu.
15 Indoda yasuka yatshela abaJuda ukuthi uJesu nguye owayeyiphilisile.
Lokhu ukuqiniseka okumelwe sithandaze ngakho, sibe nokuqiniseka ngokuthi uyasizwa, futhi sazi ukuthi izimpendulo zezicelo zethu zivumelana nentando kaNkulunkulu ekuphileni kwethu.
Kungakho lapho indlela ephelele yokuthandaza ngentshiseko nokholo, ngenjongo ecacile futhi uqondiswa intando kaNkulunkulu, igcwaliseka, impendulo enamandla ingasimangaza.
Masikhumbule ukuthi ukuthola impendulo yomthandazo, amagama esingawasebenzisa noma ukuthi imisho iwuketshezi kangakanani akuthonyeli, eqinisweni, uJesu uyalenqaba iqiniso lokuphindaphinda, uyaliveza kuMathewu 6:7-8 :
7 Futhi nikhuleka, ningaphindaphindi izinto eziyize njengababezizwe abacabanga ukuthi bayakuzwiwa ngokukhuluma kwabo.
8 Ngakho maningafani nabo; ngoba uYihlo uyakwazi elikudingayo lingakaceli kuye.
Masithembeke kuNkulunkulu, izicelo eziningi noma izifiso zezinhliziyo zethu, usezazi ngaphambi kokuba simtshele, kodwa uNkulunkulu ufuna ukuzwa emilonyeni yethu, ukuthi sifinyelele ezinyaweni zakhe ngemithwalo yethu nezifiso zethu, ngaleyondlela izongenelela ngendlela enamandla.
Ngoba ekugcineni, isenzo sokuthandaza siyingxoxo noBaba wethu, ongeyena nje noma yimuphi umuntu, sikhuluma ngokuba nengxoxo eqondile neNkosi yamaKhosi. Ubani omunye esingacela usizo nosizo lapho sisenkingeni noma lapho singasakwazi ukukuthwala, njengoba iHubo 107:28-30 lisho:
28 Base bekhala kuJehova ekucindezelekeni kwabo,
Futhi uyabakhulula ezinsizini zabo.
29 Guqula isiphepho sibe ukuthula,
Futhi amagagasi alo ayancipha.
30 Bese bejabula, ngokuba sebezolile;
Futhi ngakho uyabaqondisa ethekwini ababefisa.
Izinto okufanele ngizithandazele
UNkulunkulu uyatholakala ukuze alalele zonke izinhlobo zezicelo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sidinga usizo noma ukucela usizo, njengoba kuchazwe kwabaseFilipi 4:6-7 :
6 Ningakhathazeki ngalutho, kodwa izicelo zenu mazaziwe nguNkulunkulu kukho konke ukukhuleka nokunxusa kanye nokubonga.
7 Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu okudlula ukuqonda konke kuyakulondoloza izinhliziyo zenu nemicabango yenu kuKristu Jesu.
Ngendlela efanayo, uJesu usifundisa ukuthi kufanele futhi emithandazweni yethu sifake ukunxusela omunye komunye, ngisho nalabo abazibona beyizitha zethu, ukuze uNkulunkulu athinte izinhliziyo zabo abenze bazinikele ezinyaweni zakhe, kanjalo angakwazi ukuthethelelwa, njengoba uMathewu 5:44 esho:
44 Kodwa mina ngithi kini: thandani izitha zenu, libusise abaliqalekisayo, libenzele okuhle abalizondayo, libakhulekele abaliphatha kubi, belizingela;
Akumele sikhohlwe ngokubonga, kwesinye isikhathi kulula kakhulu ukukubuza, kepha lapho sithola izimpendulo zeminye imithandazo siyakhohlwa ukubonga, ngakho-ke masifake phakathi ukukhuleka, izicelo kanye nokubonga phakathi kwemithandazo yethu.
Futhi makube yingxoxo eqondile noBaba usebenzisa awakho amazwi futhi uziveze njengoba ubona kufanele, njengoba leso yisikhathi sokusondelana okukhulu.
Singakholwa ukuthi kunezicelo ezingasile noma umthandazo awutheli zithelo, ngoba noma kudlula amasonto, izinyanga noma iminyaka kodwa uNkulunkulu uyoyenza intando yakhe empilweni yakho.
Ningapheli amandla, sekunabesifazane asebeneminyaka bethandazela ukuguqulwa kwabayeni babo futhi bebona ukusekelwa uJehova, nabazali ngezingane zabo futhi uNkulunkulu wabakhulula ebubini, ezinkingeni, ebabizela eqinisweni. , masingaboli.
Masihlale sithembele eNkosini ngoba kunamandla angephikiswe nangaphezu kwemvelo emkhulekweni. UJesu akazikhumbuli emibhalweni, kunempendulo kulezo zicelo ezenziwa ngokusuka enhliziyweni nangobuqotho, siyibona ivezwa kuMathewu 21:22:
22 Noma yini eniyakukucela ngokukhuleka nikholwa, niyakukwamukela.
Masenze uNkulunkulu umvikeli wethu omkhulu, sikholelwe ukuthi akukho okungenzeki kuye, ayikho inkinga enkulu ngokwanele, futhi akukho mthwalo osindayo angeke asisize ukuwuthwala. Masishiye indlela yethu, ikusasa lethu kanye nezimpilo zethu ezandleni zabo.
Ukwamukela intando kaNkulunkulu kumaKristu amaningi kuyinkimbinkimbi, ngoba bafuna impendulo kaNkulunkulu njalo ibe "Yebo", lapho izikhathi eziningana impendulo ithi "Cha", ngoba uye walungiselela into ehlukile kuwe noma ngenxa yokuthi akulungile manje. umzuzu.
Masifunde ukuzwela ezwini likaNkulunkulu ukuze simvumele afeze inhloso yakhe komunye nomunye wethu, futhi uma ungazi ukuthandaza ungakhathazeki, qala manje, uye endaweni eyimfihlo. vala amehlo akho, ukhulume kuye, umtshele uNkulunkulu konke okubekile enhliziyweni yakho.
Uma ufuna ukuqhubeka ufunda ezinye izizindlo zobuKristu zabesifazane ngenjongo, chofoza lapha, ukuze niqhubeke niphila nithembele eNkosini.