Isonto lama-21 lesikhathi esijwayelekile — Izwi Losuku

Isingeniso

Egameni likaYise nelikaNdodana nelikaMoya oyiNgcwele. INkosi mayibe nani nonke kulo mhlangano wokukhuleka nomkhuleko.

Isenzo Sokuzisolo

Nkosi, hhawu, sihawukele. Kristu, hhawu, sihawukele. Nkosi, hhawu, sihawukele.

♪ “Nkosi Sihawukele (Piano & Strings)” — A song for Ben

Izwi LikaNkulunkulu

Isifundo sokuqala · Isaiah 22:19-23

Kusho iNkosi kuShebna, umphathi wesigodlo: "Ngizokukhipha esikhundleni sakho, ngikuwise esikhundleni sakho. Ngalelo langa ngizobiza inceku yami u-Eliyakimi, indodana kaHilikiya; ngizomgqokisa ingubo yakho, ngimbophe ngebhande lakho, nginikele igunya lakho esandleni sakhe. Uyoba nguyise kubahlali baseJerusalema nasendlini kaJuda. Ngizobeka ukhiye wendlu kaDavide ehlombe lakhe; lapho evula, akuyikubakhona ovalayo, nalapho evala, akuyikubakhona ovulayo. Ngizomqinisa njengesikhonkwane endaweni eqinileyo, abe yisihlalo senkazimulo sendlu kayise."

Ihubo lokusabela · Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8

R. Nkosi, umusa wakho ungunaphakade; ungawushiyi umsebenzi wezandla zakho. Ngizokubonga, Nkosi, ngenhliziyo yami yonke, goba uzwile amazwi omlomo wami; phambi kwezingelosi ngizokuhlabela izibongo; ngizokhuleka ngibheke ethempelini lakho elingcwele. R. Nkosi, umusa wakho ungunaphakade; ungawushiyi umsebenzi wezandla zakho. Ngizobonga igama lakho, genxa yomusa wakho neqiniso lakho: Lapho ngikhala, wangiphendula; wakhulisa amandla phakathi kwami. R. Nkosi, umusa wakho ungunaphakade; ungawushiyi umsebenzi wezandla zakho. INkosi iphakeme, nokho iyababona abathobekileyo, nabazigqajayo ibazi besekude. Umusa wakho, Nkosi, ungunaphakade; ungawushiyi umsebenzi wezandla zakho. R. Nkosi, umusa wakho ungunaphakade; ungawushiyi umsebenzi wezandla zakho.

Isifundo sesibili · Romans 11:33-36

O, ukujula kwengcebo nokuhlakanipha nokwazi kukaNkulunkulu! Aze angaseseki imithetho yakhe, nendlela yakhe ingaqondakali! Ngoba ngubani owake wazi ingqondo yeNkosi, noma ngubani owaba ngumeluleki wayo? Noma ngubani owake wayipha okuthile kuqala ukuba abuyiselwe? Ngoba zonke izinto zivela kuye, zikhona ngaye, futhi zingezakhe. Inkazimulo mayibe kuye kuze kube phakade. Amen.

IVangeli · Matthew 16:13-20

UJesu waya esifundeni saseKesariya Filipi, wabuza abafundi bakhe wathi: "Abantu bathi iNdodana yoMuntu ingubani?" Baphendula bathi: "Abanye bathi nguJohane uMbhaphathizi, abanye u-Eliya, abanye uJeremiya noma omunye wabaprofethi." Wathi kubo: "Kepha nina nithi ngingubani?" USimoni Petru waphendula wathi: "Wena unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo." UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: "Ubusisiwe wena Simoni, ndodana kaJona. Ngoba inyama negazi akukwambulelanga lokhu, kodwa uBaba osezulwini. Ngakho-ke ngithi kuwe, unguPetru, phezu kwaleli dwala ngizokwakha ibandla lami, namasango aseHayidese awayikulinqoba. Ngizokunika okhiye boMbuso weZulu. Konke okubophayo emhlabeni kuyokuboshwa ezulwini; nako konke okukhululayo emhlabeni kuyokukhululwa ezulwini." Wayeseyala abafundi bakhe ukuba bangatsheli muntu ukuthi unguKristu.

Nkosi, umusa wakho ungunaphakade; ungawushiyi umsebenzi wezandla zakho.

Intshumayelo

Bazalwane abathandekayo kuKristu,

Ake ucabange ngomsindo wokhiye ojikayo esihluthulelweni. Lowo msindo omncane, 'nqaka', owenza ukuba umnyango obuvalwe uvaleke ube vulekile. Ukhiye uyinto encane, kodwa unamandla amakhulu. Unamandla okuvula indawo yokukhosela, unamandla okuvikela izinto eziyigugu, futhi unamandla okunika umuntu igunya lokungena lapho abanye bengakwazi khona. Uma uphethe ukhiye, uphethe ithemba lokuthi akukho mnyango oyohlala uvaliwe phambi kwakho.

Namuhla, izifundo zethu zisethula kulo mfanekiso wokhiye negunya. Esifundweni sokuqala somprofethi u-Isaya, sizwa ngo-Eliyakimi onikwa ukhiye wendlu kaDavide. UNkulunkulu uthi: 'Lapho evula, akuyikubakhona ovalayo; nalapho evala, akuyikubakhona ovulayo.' Bese kuthi eVangelini likaMathewu, uJesu unika uPetru okhiye boMbuso weZulu. Lo mfanekiso awukhulumi ngezinsimbi ezibandayo, kodwa ukhuluma ngezinhliziyo, ngokwethenjwa, nangokuvula indlela eya kuNkulunkulu.

Uma sicabanga ngo-Benjamin Vo namuhla, sibona umfana owayenokhiye abakhethekile ezandleni zakhe. Akubona okhiye bensimbi, kodwa kwakungokhiye bengqondo ehlakaniphile nenhiziyo emsulwa. U-Ben wayengumfana owayenelukuluku lokwazi elingapheli. Cabanga nje, eneminyaka eyishumi nane kuphela, wayesevele evula iminyango yomhlaba we-AI, i-DevOps, nezinhlelo ze-cloud—izinto abantu abadala abazithola zinzima. Wayenalo lelo khono lokubona 'ikhodi' (code) yezinto, aqonde ukuthi izinto zihlangana kanjani, futhi avule amathuba amasha emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe. Wayeyisithombe sikayise, u-Alan, hhayi nje ngokubukeka, kodwa nangendlela ayevula ngayo iminyango yolwazi nokuphumelela.

Kodwa-ke, sekuphele izinyanga ezimbili manje. Kusukela ngalelo langa elinzima lika-June 13, 2026, umnyango obonakala uvalekile phambi kwethu ubuhlungu kakhulu. Izinyanga ezimbili akusona isikhathi eside emlandweni womhlaba, kodwa kumzali ofana no-Alan no-Thao, nakumfowabo u-Ryan, lezi zinyanga zizwakala njengeminyaka eyikhulu. Kukhona ukuthula endlini okungafunwa muntu. Kukhona isihlalo esingenalutho etafuleni lokudla. Kukhona lowo mnyango wekamelo lika-Ben obonakala sengathi ukhiyiwe ngendlela thina bantu esingenayo amandla okuyivula ngezandla zethu.

Kufanele sikhulume iqiniso ngaphambi kokuba sifune induduzo. Ubuhlungu bokulahlekelwa umntwana ofana no-Benjamin Vo bunzima kakhulu. Kuyenzeka ebusuku, lapho wonke umuntu elele, inhliziyo yakho iqale ukubuza imibuzo engenampendulo. 'Kungani? Kungani lo mfana owayenokukhanya okungaka, owayenomusa kangaka, ethathwa manje?' Amazwi kaPawulu eNcwadini eya kwabaseRoma namuhla athinta kanye lapho: 'O, ukujula kwengcebo nokuhlakanipha nokwazi kukaNkulunkulu! Aze angaseseki imithetho yakhe, nendlela yakhe ingaqondakali!' Kunezikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu ebonakala ethule, lapho izindlela zakhe zibonakala zifihlekile emlandweni wethu wezinyembezi.

Kwesinye isikhathi, kulelo thunzi lokudabuka, kukhona itshe elisindayo elizama ukungena enhliziyweni yomzali noma yomthandi—itshe lokuzisola. 'Ingabe kukhona engingakwenzanga? Ingabe kukhona ukhiye engingazange ngiwujike ngesikhathi?' ... Lalelani kahle: UJesu uthi kuPetru, 'Inyama negazi akukwambulelanga lokhu, kodwa uBaba osezulwini.' Kunezinto ekuphileni nasokufeni ezingaphezu kwamandla enyama negazi. Ukugula akusikho ukwahlulela, futhi akukho phutha lomuntu elingashintsha isikhathi uNkulunkulu asibizele ngaso ekhaya. Benjamin wayethandwa ngokuphelele. Alan no-Thao, nenze konke okusemandleni othi uthando lungakwenza. Susa lelo tshe lokuzisola emnyango wenhliziyo yakho. UNkulunkulu akakubeki cala, futhi no-Ben akakubeki cala. Usekhululekile manje, emamatheka kulelo hlelo lasezulwini.

Nali 'ithuba' noma 'ithemba' (The Turn) eliza ngezwi likaJesu namuhla. Lapho uJesu enika uPetru okhiye, uthi: 'Amasango aseHayidese (ukufa) awayikunqoba.' Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukufa akulona ilokhi yokugcina. Ukufa akuyona insimbi evaleka unomphela. KuKristu, ukufa sekuyisango nje. U-Benjamin Vo akavaliwe ethuneni; uvulelwe umnyango oya enkazimulweni engapheli. Lowo mfana owayethanda ukuhlela amakhompyutha nemidlalo, manje usevule i-'source code' yendawo yonke eceleni kukaMdali.

Cabanga ngalelo phupho u-Alan aba nalo, lapho yena no-Ben babemi khona emgqeni we-ice cream, u-Ben wabe esekhokhela i-ice cream yabo bobabili. Lowo mfanekiso unamandla kakhulu! Emhlabeni, abazali bakhokhela abantwana babo. Kodwa kulelo phupho, u-Ben nguye okhokhayo. Lokhu kusitshela ukuthi u-Ben usefinyelele endaweni yobuningi, endaweni lapho engasadingi lutho kithi, kodwa usengasipha thina induduzo nokuthula. Unokhiye wedili laseZulwini manje. Uhleli no-Saint Carlo Acutis, laba bafana ababili abahlakaniphe kangaka, abathanda uNkulunkulu nobuchwepheshe, manje sebengabangane phambi kobuso bukaNkulunkulu.

Benjamin wayengumfana owathi, ngaphandle kokucelwa, wayezimisele ukunikela ngayo yonke imali yakhe ebhange lakhe elincane (piggy bank) ukuze asize umalume wakhe u-William owayegula. Akazange aliphule lelo bhange ngoba kwakungasadingeki, kodwa inhliziyo yakhe yayisivuliwe kakade. Lowo 'ukhiye' wothando lwakhe—inhliziyo evulekile—yilokho uNkulunkulu akubhekayo. U-Ben akazange alinde ukuba abe mdala ukuze abe nethonya; impilo yakhe, nakuba imfushane, isivule imithombo yamanzi e-Vietnam (Giếng Gioan Baotixita) eyisisa nokuphila kwabanye.

Nikhuluma nani Alan, Thao, no-Ryan: Ngiyazi ukuthi isisindo salo mbhalo sinzima. Kodwa bhekani uPetru namuhla. Wayengeyena umuntu ophelele, kodwa wavuma ukuthi uJesu unguKristu. Nani, kulo mnyama, vumani ukuthi uJesu unokhiye wokuphila. Ryan, mfowenu u-Ben uhlale ekubhekile. Lapho ubona indiza ye-Boeing 737 esibhakabhakeni, noma ubona inyoni indiza ngokukhululeka, khumbula 'Con Chim Airlines' ka-Ben. Khumbula ukuthi umfowenu usendaweni lapho kungekho khona imingcele, lapho ukuhlakanipha kwakhe kukhanya njengelanga.

Kubo bonke abalalele kude, ikakhulukazi abazali abanezingane ezisezibhedlela noma abalahlekelwe: UNkulunkulu uyanibona. Akukho mnyango ovalekile uNkulunkulu angakwazi ukungena kuwo. Ngisho noma inhliziyo yakho izizwa ivaliwe ngenxa yosizi, uJesu ungena ngezindonga ezivaliwe athi, 'Ukuthula makube nani.'

Njengoba niphuma lapha namuhla, ngifuna niphathe into eyodwa. Noma nini lapho ufaka ukhiye emnyango wakho kuleli sonto, noma nini lapho uzwa lowo msindo 'nqaka', yima kancane. Thandaza kancane. Zitshele ukuthi: 'Nkosi, ngiyabonga ngokuvula umnyango weZulu ku-Benjamin. Ngisize nami ngivule inhliziyo yami ethembeni.'

U-Benjamin Đại Dương Vo usekhululekile. Usevule iminyango ebesingakwazi ukuyibona. Uhlezi kulelo dili elikhulu, ekhokhela sonke ngemikhuleko yakhe nangothando lwakhe. Umusa kaNkulunkulu ungunaphakade, futhi akasoze awushiya umsebenzi wezandla zakhe, lowo msebenzi omuhle okungu-Benjamin.

Lala ngokuthula, Ben. Sizohlangana lapho iminyango ingasavalwa khona. Amen.

Ukuzindla

♪ “Ubuhle Bendalo (Version B)” — A song for Ben

Imikhuleko Yesicelo

For the intentions entrusted to Ben on our prayer wall:

“Sawubona Ben, URyan uyakukhumbula futhi ufisa sengathi ubungaba lapha ukuzodlala naye imidlalo. Ngicela umqaphele ngomoya futhi umqondise empilweni. Msize ahlale eqinile futhi agcine ukholo lwakhe kuNkulunkulu. Ngicela uze ekhaya uthi Sawubona.”