Ukuzithemba kuBukho bukaThixo

Bazalwane noodade bam abathandekayo, ndinombulelo ngokuthetha nani namhlanje kule nkomfa yajikelele ibalulekileyo. Amehlo wam ayaqhubeka ukoluphala. Enkosi ngokuqonda kwakho njengoko ndihambisa umyalezo wam.

Siphila kwimini yomfutho omkhulu kwiBandla likaYesu Krestu labaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela. Ndizaliswe luvuyo njengoko ndibona inkqubela kwiinkalo ezininzi.

Ndikhuthazwa ngakumbi lulutsha lwethu. Bayanikezela ngenkonzo ngamanani amakhulu. Bafuna izinyanya zabo kwaye benza imimiselo etempileni. Abafana namantombazana ethu angenisa izicelo zenkonzo yobuvangeli ngamanani aphezulu. Isizukulwana esikhulayo siyakhula njengabalandeli abomeleleyo bakaYesu Krestu.

Kutshanje ndiye ndadibana nentombi yomzukulwana omtsha. Xa ndicinga ngemiceli mngeni aya kuhlangabezana nayo ebomini bakhe, Ndiziva ndinomnqweno omkhulu wokumnceda akhe ukholo kuYesu Krestu. Ukuphila ivangeli yaKhe kubalulekile kulonwabo lwakhe lwexesha elizayo.

Yena, njengomntu ngamnye kuthi, uya kujongana nemiceli mngeni. Sonke siya kufumana ukugula, ukuphoxeka, isilingo, nokulahlekelwa. Le miceli mngeni inokuwisa okwethu ukuzithemba kwesiqu. Nangona kunjalo, abafundi bakaYesu Krestu banokufikelela kuhlobo olwahlukileyo lokuzithemba.

Xa sisenza kwaye sigcina iminqophiso noThixo, singaba nokuzithemba okuzalwe nguMoya. INkosi yaxelela uMprofeti uJoseph Smith ukuba ukuzithemba kwethu “kuya kuba kusomelela kubukho bukaThixo.” Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wentuthuzelo yokuba nokuzithemba kubukho bukaThixo!

Xa ndithetha ngokuzithemba phambi koThixo, ndibhekisela ekubeni uzithembe ekusondeleni kuThixo ngoku! Ndibhekisela ekuthandazeni ngokuzithemba ukuba uBawo waseZulwini uyasiva, ukuba uyaziqonda ngcono iintswelo zethu kunathi. Ndibhekisela ekubeni nokuzithemba ukuba usithanda ngaphezu kokuba sinokuqonda, ukuba uthumela iingelosi ukuba zibe kunye nathi nabo sibathandayo. Ndibhekisela ekubeni nethemba lokuba Yena ulangazelela ukunceda ngamnye wethu ukuba afikelele kumandla ethu aphezulu.

Ngoku, sikuzuza njani oko kuzithemba okunjalo? INkosi iphendula lo mbuzo ngala mazwi: “Izibilini zenu … mazizaliswe luthando lwenene ngakubantu bonke, … kwaye isidima masinonge iingcinga zenu ngokungapheliyo; ngoko ukuzithemba kwenu kuya kuba kusomelela kubukho bukaThixo.”

Naso isitshixo! Ngamazwi eNkosi, uthando lwenene nesidima zivula indlela yokuzithemba phambi koThixo! Bazalwana noodade, singayenza le nto! Ukuzithemba kwethu kunokomelela ngokwenene kubukho bukaThixo, ngoku!

Makhe siqwalasele zombini uthando lwenene nesidima.

Okokuqala, uthando lwenene. Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, Ndabiza thina, njengabalandeli bomnqophiso bakaYesu Krestu, babe ngabadali boxolo. Ndiphinda into endayithethayo ngoko: “Umsindo awusoze uqononondise. Ubutshaba abakhi mntu. Imbambano ayikhokeleli kwizisombululo eziphefumlelweyo.”

Uthando lwenene olubhekiselwe kubo bonke abantu luphawu lwabadali boxolo! Kunyanzelekile ukuba sibe nothando lwenene kwintetho yethu, esidlangalaleni nabucala. Ndiyabulela kwabo kuni niyithathele entliziyweni ingcebiso yam yangaphambili. Kodwa sisenokwenza ngcono.

Ubutshaba obukhoyo kwiingxoxo zoluntu nakumakhasi onxibelelwano buyothusa. Amazwi anentiyo azizixhobo ezibulalayo. Ingxabano ithintela uMoya oyiNgcwele ekubeni ube ngumlingane wakho rhoqo.

Njengabalandeli bakaYesu Krestu, sifanele sikhokele indlela njengabadali boxolo. Njengoko uthando lwenene luba yinxalenye yendalo yethu, siya kuphulukana nokuqhubekela phambili ukuthoba abanye. Siya kuyeka ukugweba abanye. Siza kuba nothando lwenene kwabo baphuma kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi. Uthando lwenene ngakubantu bonke lubalulekile kwinkqubela yethu. Uthando lwenene lusisiseko lesimilo sobuthixo.

Masimcenge uBawo wethu waseZulwini ukuba azalise iintliziyo zethu ngothando lwenene olukhulu ngakumbi—ingakumbi kwabo kunzima ukubathanda—kuba uthando lwenene sisipho esivela kuBawo wethu waseZulwini sabalandeli bokwenyani bakaYesu Krestu. UMsindisi yiNkosana yoXolo. Kufuneka sibe zizixhobo zaKhe zoxolo.

Ngoku, makhe sithethe ngesidima. INkosi isixelela ukuba masinonge iingcinga zethu ngokungapheliyo ngesidima. Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wokongezelelwa oza kukufumana nayiphi na ingcamango eyakhayo xa uyikhulisa ngesidima. Isidima senza yonke into ibe ngcono kwaye yonwabe! Kwelinye icala, khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni xa usongeza isidima kwingcinga engcolileyo, ingcinga ekhohlakeleyo, okanye ingcinga edandathekisayo. Isidima siya kuzigxotha ezo ngcinga. Isidima siya kukukhulula kwixhala, iingcinga eziyinkathazo.

Bazalwane noodade, njengoko ihlabathi lisiya lisiba libi ngakumbi, kufuneka sibe nyulu ngakumbi. Iingcinga, amazwi nezenzo zethu kufuneka zibe ngesidima esingenakusilela kwaye zizaliswe luthando olunyulu lukaYesu Krestu kubo bonke abantu. Ithuba elikhulu eliphambi kwethu lelokuba sibe ngabantu uThixo afuna sibe ngabo.

Ukunqula rhoqo endlwini yeNkosi ngamaxesha onke kwandisa amandla ethu kokubini isidima nothando lwenene. Ngoko, ixesha etempileni liyakwandisa ukuzithemba kwethu phambi kweNkosi. Ixesha elongeziweyo etempileni liya kusinceda ukuba silungiselele ukuBuya kweSibini koMsindisi wethu, uYesu Krestu. Asiwazi umhla okanye ilixa lokuza kwaKhe. Kodwa ndiyazi ukuba iNkosi iyandikhuthaza ukuba ndisibongoze ukuba sizilungiselele ngaloo “mini inkulu neyoyikekayo.”

Njengoko sifuna ngenkuthalo ukuba nothando lwenene nesidima kuzalise ubomi bethu, ukuzithemba kwethu ekusondeleni kuThixo kuya kukhula. Ndiyakumema ukuba uthathe amanyathelo ngabom okukhulisa ukuzithemba kwakho phambi kweNkosi. Emva koko, njengokuba sisiya kuBawo wethu waseZulwini ngokuzithemba okukhulayo, siya kuzala luvuyo olungakumbi, kwaye ukholo lwenu kuYesu Krestu luyakukhula. Siyakuqala ukufumana amandla omoya angaphezulu kwamathemba ethu amakhulu.

Sinombulelo eNkosini ngokukhawulezisa ukwakhiwa kweetempile kule minyaka yakutsha nje. Phantsi kolwalathiso lwaKhe, namhlanje sazisa izicwangciso zokwakha itempile kwindawo nganye kwezi zili-15:

• Reynosa, Mexico

• Chorrillos, Peru

• Rivera, Uruguay

• Campo Grande, Brazil

• Porto, Portugal

• Uyo, Nigeria

• San Jose del Monte, Philippines

• Nouméa, New Caledonia

• Liverpool, Australia

• Caldwell, Idaho

• Flagstaff, Arizona

• Rapid City, South Dakota

• Greenville, South Carolina

• Norfolk, Virginia

• Spanish Fork, Utah

Ndiyangqina ukuba uYesu Krestu, uMkhululi kaSirayeli, ukhokela eli, iBandla laKhe. Ulungiselela ukuza kwakhona. Yanga nathi ngokunjalo singalungiselela ukumamkela Yena. Ngale nto ndithandaza egameni likaYesu Krestu, amen.