UMyalezo waNyanga zonke we bhukwana elithi For the Strength of Youth (Okwakha Intsha) ngo-Ephreli 2026
Ngemva Kwamaphutha Akho—Ngisho Namakhulu
Singafunda okuningi kuMphostoli uPetru ngoMsindisi, iNhlawulo Yakhe, kanye nokuzama futhi
Peter’s Denial, umfanekiso owenziwe nguCarl Bloch
Iningi lethu lenze okungenani inkumbulo eyodwa esifisa sengathi singayikhohlwa nje. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuyisikhathi sokuhlazeka nje kuphela, ingozi ebuhlungu emzimbeni, noma impikiswano lapho usho amazwi ofisa sengathi ungawabuyisela emuva, kunezikhathi eziningi empilweni lapho inkinobho ethi “ukwenza-ukwedlula” noma ngisho nenkinobho ethi “susa” izwakala ikhanga kakhulu.
Isiprofetho Esibuhlungu Sagcwaliseka
Umphostoli uPetru wayengumuntu othakazelisayo eTestamenteni Elisha. Wayenokholo nesibindi sokuhamba phezu kwamanzi eya kuJesu, kodwa ngemva kwesikhashana wavumela ukwesaba kwakhe ukuba kumnqobe waqala ukucwila, ekhala eNkosini ecela usizo (bheka NgokukaMathewu 14:28–31). Nakuba singayazi yonke imininingwane yempilo kaPetru, siyazi ngesinye isikhathi lapho wakhala kabuhlungu.
Emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba uJesu Kristu aboshwe, waprofetha ukuthi uPetru wayezomphika kathathu ngaphambi kokuba iqhude likhale kabili. UPetru wenqaba ukukholelwa isiprofetho esinjalo futhi “Kepha waqinisa ngamandla, wathi: “Noma ngingaze ngife nawe, angisoze ngakuphika” (NgokukaMarku 14:31).
Yebo, isiprofetho soMsindisi saba yiqiniso. Ngenxa yokwesaba nokwesaba okwakuzungeze ukuboshwa koMsindisi, isibindi sikaPetru sahluleka. Ngemva kokuphika ukuthi uyamazi uMsindisi kabili, futhi ecindezelwe okwesithathu, uPetru “waqala ukuqalekisa nokufunga, ethi, Angimazi lowo muntu enikhuluma ngaye” (NgokukaMarku 14:71).
Lapho iqhude likhala kabili uPetru wakhumbula isiprofetho soMsindisi, “wakhala kakhulu” (NgokukaMathewu 26:75).
Kodwa lokho akusona ukuphela kwendaba yakhe!
Ikhona Elijikile, Kuze Kube Phakade
Ngakho konke esingakufunda emibhalweni engcwele, ukwesaba kukaPetru akuzange kuphinde kudlule ubufakazi bakhe ngoJesu Kristu. Wafakaza ngesibindi ngoMsindisi ngazo zonke izikhathi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wayesengozini yokwenza kanjalo. Khumbula, uPetru wayefundisa abantu ababesanda kubethela uJesu Kristu esiphambanweni! Ingozi yayingokoqobo.
Lapho uPetru elapha indoda eyayiyisishosha kusukela ekuzalweni, emyala, “Ngegama likaJesu Kristu waseNazaretha sukuma uhambe” (IzEnzo 3:6), waboshwa kanye noJohane futhi wabuzwa ukuthi wasenza kanjani lesi simangaliso.
UPetru waphendula ngesibindi, “Makwazeke kini nonke, nakubantu bonke bakwa-Israyeli, ukuthi ngegama likaJesu Kristu waseNazaretha, enambethela esiphambanweni, uNkulunkulu amvusa kwabafileyo, ngaye lo muntu umi lapha phambi kwenu ephilile.
“Lo uyitshe elachithwa kini bakhi, eseliyinhloko yegumbi. Akukho nsindiso komunye; ngokuba alikho elinye igama phansi kwezulu elinikiwe phakathi kwabantu, esimelwe ukusindiswa ngalo” (IzEnzo 4:10–12).
Yeka impendulo enesibindi! Nobufakazi obucacile bokukholwa kwakhe.
Izinceku Ezingaphelele, Ezikwaziyo Ngokuphelele Ukusiza
Ngamunye wethu uzokona kulokhu kuphila. Naphezu kwemizamo yethu emihle kakhulu, sizohluleka ukufeza amathemba nezinhloso zethu ngezikhathi ezithile. Njengoba uMongameli uJeffrey R. Holland (1940–2025), uMongameli weQoramu labaPhostoli Abayishumi nambili, wake wafundisa, “Ngaphandle kweNdodana Yakhe Ezelwe Yodwa Ephelele, abantu abangaphelele yibo bonke uNkulunkulu ake wasebenza nabo.”
Ukubaluleka kwakho okungokomoya akunqunywa noma kunqunyelwe amaphutha akho—ngisho namakhulu! Ngenxa yokuthi waphenduka futhi uKristu wamthethelela, ukuphika kukaPetru uKristu akuzange kumvimbele ukuthi ngaphambili afakaze, afundise, futhi aguquke ngamandla amakhulu. Imibhalo engcwele igcwele izibonelo zabanye abafundi abona, baphenduka, futhi baqhubeka nokukholwa kuKristu.
USathane uzohlala ezama ukukukhohlisa ukuthi amaphutha akho ayanda nokuthi awusoze wakwazi ukuwanqoba. Ungawanaki amanga akhe!
UDade Tamarano W. URunia, uMeluleki Wokuqala kubuMongameli bamaNtombazane, wafundisa: “Udinga ukuzwa lokhu, ngakho ngizosho la mazwi ngokuzwakalayo: Awusilo izwi ekhanda lakho noma amaphutha owenzile. Kungase kudingeke ukusho lokho ngokuzwakalayo futhi. Tshela uSathane, ‘Hhayi namuhla.’ Mbeke ngemuva kwakho.
“Kuzwe lokho kudonswa, usizi lokudabuka okuya ngokukaNkulunkulu olukuphendulela kuMsindisi wakho, futhi ubuke umusa Wakhe ungena empilweni yakho nasezimpilweni zalabo obathandayo. Ngiyathembisa ukuthi ngomzuzu esiletha ngawo inhliziyo ephukile ngesibindi kuYe, ukhona ngokushesha.”
Christus Consolator, umfanekiso wenziwe nguCarl Bloch
Izinsuku Zakho Ezikhanyayo Ziseza
Kulesi sikhathi sePhasika, njengoba ucabanga ngokugcwele ngeNhlawulo yoMsindisi, khumbula ukuthi ikhono lokuphenduka nokuzama futhi lingenye zezipho ezinkulu kakhulu ongazithola. Ngenxa kaJesu Kristu, amaphutha akho amabi kakhulu angathethelelwa bese elahlwa njengezibopho ezisindayo.
“UMsindisi ukhanya phakade kunobumnyama behlazo,” kusho uDade Runia.
Ngenxa kaJesu Kristu, ithemba lingakhanya njalo phambili njengoba uhlala ugxile kuYe.
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