Ukukhula · izifundo 11
Ubundlalifa bobuKristu: isikhathi, amathalente, izimali
Ukuphatha ngobuqotho lokho okungokukaNkulunkulu
Okabani lowo mali?
USibonelo wayehola kahle. Kodwa ekupheleni kwenyanga, kwakungasali lutho. Uma ezwa ngokweshumi okokuqala, wacabanga: 'Akunakwenzeka. Ngishayeka ngezikweletu.' Umdiscipula wakhe akamcindezelanga. Wabuza nje: 'Sibonelo, okabani imali oyiholayo?' Kwathula. 'EkaNkulunkulu,' waphendula uSibonelo, azi impendulo efanele. 'Pho awuniki uNkulunkulu u-10%. Ubuyisela okungokwakhe — futhi uyakuvumela uphathise u-90% osele.' Okuthile kwashintsha endleleni uSibonelo abona ngayo. Kwakungeyikho ukuthi unikela malini — kodwa okabani.
Ubundlalifa ukuqaphela ukuthi akukho okungokwethu — konke kungokukaNkulunkulu futhi singabaphathi. Isikhathi, amathalente, impilo, imali, amathuba — konke kuvela kuYe futhi ngolunye usuku sizolandisa ngendlela esiphathise ngayo.
Lokhu akusikho umthwalo — yinkululeko. Uma ngiqonda ukuthi ngingumphathi (umphathi), ngiyeka ukuphila njengomnikazi (okhathazekayo, obambelelayo, omncane) ngiqale ukuphila ngesihle nenhloso.
Nansi isimiso esiyisisekelo: konke kungokukaNkulunkulu. Uma lokhu kuyiqiniso, umbuzo awuyikho 'malini yemali yami engiyinika uNkulunkulu?' kodwa 'uNkulunkulu ufuna ngiphathise kanjani imali yakhe?'
Ubundlalifa bobuKristu buhlanganisa izindawo ezintathu ezinkulu: isikhathi (ngizisebenzisa kanjani izinsuku zami), amathalente (ngizisebenzisa kanjani amakhono ami) nezimali (ngizisebenzisa kanjani izinsiza zami). Kuzo zonke, isimiso sifanayo: ubuqotho.
Okweshumi (u-10% wengeniso) yindawo yokuqala yobundlalifa bezimali. KuseBhayibhelini, kuyasebenza futhi kuyisenzo sokholo. Uma sibuyisela okweshumi, simemezela: 'Nkulunkulu, ngiyethemba ukuthi uyangisiza ngo-90% kangcono kunami ngo-100%.'
Ngaphezu kokweshumi, kukhona iminikelo — yokuzithandela, ngokulinganayo, ngenjabulo (2 KwabaseKorinte 9:7). Okweshumi ukulalela; umnikelo isihle. Kokubili kuyisimo sokwethemba uNkulunkulu njengomkhipha.
Ubundlalifa besikhathi namathalente Bonisa
Ubundlalifa besikhathi:
Sinamahora angu-168 ngesonto. UNkulunkulu akafuni wonke — ufuna siwaphathise ngokuhlakanipha. Lokhu kubandakanya: isikhathi noYe (ukuzinikela), isikhathi nomndeni, isikhathi sokusebenza (ibandla/umphakathi), isikhathi sokuphumula (uNkulunkulu wasungula ukuphumula!) nesikhathi somsebenzi.
Umbuzo oyisekelo: 'Ngichitha isikhathi sami kulokho okunentho engunaphakade noma okuphuthumayo kuphela?'
Ubundlalifa bamathalente:
UNkulunkulu unikeze umuntu ngamunye amakhono ayingqayizivele — ukusetshenziswa enkazimulweni yakhe nokubusisa abanye. Ukufihla ithalente kuyisono (uMathewu 25:24-30). Zibuze: 'Amakhono mani uNkulunkulu anginike wona engingawasebenzisi ngokwanele eMbusweni?'
Ubundlalifa bezimali okusebenzayo:
- Okweshumi njengokubeka phambili (hhayi okusele)
- Phila ngaphansi kwalokho okuhola
- Gwema izikweletu ezingadingekile
- Yiba nongodla wezimo eziphuthumayo
- Yiba nesihle kubadingayo
- Hlela: ibhajethi akuyikho ukungakholwa, ukuhlakanipha (IzAga 21:5)
Isihle siyisilinganiso somoya. UJesu wathi: 'Lapho kukhona ingcebo yakho, nenhliziyo yakho iyoba khona' (uMathewu 6:21). Esikwenza ngemali kubonisa lokhu esikhazimulisayo.
Kodwa qaphela: ubundlalifa akuyikho ukuphila ngobuhlwempu. UNkulunkulu akayiphikisi ukuchuma — umelene nokukhonza imali. Ungajabulela ngokubonga lokho okuhola, uma imali ingathoathi indawo kaNkulunkulu enhliziyweni yakho.
“Isinyathelo ngasinye sokulalela yisinyathelo sokufundiswa. Ubhapathizo yisinyathelo sokuqala sasesidlangalaleni — futhi isinyathelo ngasinye sokulalela sivulela esilandelayo.”
Yima ucabange
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Ubuyisela okweshumi njalo? Uma kungenjalo, yini ekuvimba — kwezimali noma kwasemoyeni?
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Bunjan ubundlalifa besikhathi sakho? Yingaki esingenhloso futhi yingaki echithwayo?
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Likhona ithalente uNkulunkulu akunike lona ongalisebenziseli eMbusweni?
Kuleli sonto
Yenza ukuzijwayeza okusebenzayo: bhala izinsuku eziyisi-7 indlela ochitha ngayo isikhathi nemali yakho. Hhayi ukuzisola, kodwa ukwazi. Ekupheleni kwesonto, hlola: 'Izinto engizibeka phambili ngempela (lapho ngichitha isikhathi nemali) zibonisa izinto engisho ukuthi ngizibeka phambili (uNkulunkulu, umndeni, uMbuso)?' Uma kukhona ukungalingani, thandaza ucele ukuhlakanipha ukulungisa.
Ukuvala
“Baba, konke kungokwakho — isikhathi sami, amathalente ami, imali yami. Thethelela lapho bengingaqotho njengomphathi. Ngifundise ukuphatha ngokuhlakanipha nesihle. Ngikhulule ekuhaheni nasekukhathazekeni. Mangiphile njengomuntu owazi ukuthi konke kuyedlula — nokuthi lokhu esitshala eMbusweni wakho kuhlala ingunaphakade. Egameni likaJesu, amen.”
Komfundisi
Inhloso
Fundisa isimiso seBhayibheli sobundlalifa — konke kungokukaNkulunkulu futhi singabaphathi — okusebenzayo ezimalini (okweshumi neminikelo), isikhathi namathalente, ngokusebenzayo nangaphandle kokuphatha izimali ngokukhohlisa.
Imibuzo enzima
- Okweshumi kungokweTestamente Elidala. Kusasebenza? Isimiso sokubuyisela kuNkulunkulu sidlula lonke iBhayibheli. u-Abrahama wanikela okweshumi ngaphambi komthetho (uGenesisi 14:20). UJesu wakuqinisekisa (uMathewu 23:23 — 'beningenza lezi zinto'). ITestamente Elisha alikuqedanga okweshumi — lisungule isihle njengesimo esiya ngaphaya kwakho.
- Ngikweshuma elincanyana noma enkulu? IBhayibheli ayisho. Isimiso: nika ngenjabulo nangokwethemba. Uma u-10% kwenkulu kungenzeka, kunesihle ngokwengeziwe. Uma kunzima, qala ngencane ukhule. Okubalulekile ukuqala.
- Uma nginesikweletu? Ngingayeka yini okweshumi? Kunzima, kodwa okuhle ukugcina okweshumi njengesenzo sokholo ngesikhathi usebenza ukuphuma esikweletini. Uma isimo siphuthume, xoxa nomfundisi wakho. Kodwa ungasebenzisi isikweletu njengesizathu esingapheliyo.
- Ukuchuma kuyisimpawu sobuqotho? Hhayi ngempela. UNkulunkulu uyakhipha, kodwa hhayi njalo ngemali. Ukuchuma ngokweBhayibheli ukuba nokwanele, ukwaneliseka nokuba nesihle — akuyikho ukuceba okuphoqelekile (1 KuThimothewu 6:6-8).
Amacebiso angokoqobo
- Imali yisihloko esibucayi. Qhuba ngaphandle kwengcindezi nangaphandle kokwahlulela. Abanye eqenjini bangase badlule ebunzimeni bezimali.
- Ungathembisi inzuzo yezimali njengesizathu sokweshuma. Isizathu ukulalela nokwethemba, hhayi ukutshala.
- Yiba osebenzayo: phakamisa ama-app okulawula izimali, amashidi alula, noma indlela yemisebe yabangenahlelo.
- Nweba ingxoxo ibe yisikhathi namathalente — abaningi bagxila emalini kuphela bakhohlwe ukuthi ukuchitha isikhathi kuyibundlalifa obungaqotho.
Okwengeziwe
- Leitura: Ukuphila Obuhlale Ubufuna — John Ortberg (isahluko sobundlalifa)
- Video: Izimali ngokweBhayibheli — Ongoti Bezimali ZobuKristu