Akufika uYesu ngaphesheya, kummandla wamaGadara, kweza kumhlangabeza ababini abaneedemon, bephuma emangcwabeni, bevutha ngumsindo, ngokokude kungabi sadlula mntu ngaloo ndlela. Basuka badanduluka bathi: “Kukho ntoni na phakathi kwethu nawe, Nyana kaThixo? Ngaba uze apha lingekafiki ixesha lakho ukuze usithuthumbise? (Funda uMateyu 8:28-29.)
Bazalwana abathandekayo bomnombo wezithunywa zezulu ezigqibeleleyo, ababefudula bengabobukroti bokulungileyo nokuKhanya, abathe bawela ixesha elide emthunzini wobubi, baba ngabalandeli bomphathi weli hlabathi. Ndiva uloyiko lwakho, uloyiko olunzulu oluhlala kuyo yonke imvakalelo kunye nokungcangcazela kuyo yonke indawo yobuntu bakho. Iminyaka engamawaka amabini sele idlulile ukusukela oko wazifumana ujongene noBungcwele, kunye noThixo uNyana, uYesu, ukudibana okubhentsise ubuthathaka bakho nokuba semngciphekweni, kukukhumbuza ukuba unokuphela kwakho. Yaye ngoku, bona ukusondela kwexesha lentuthumbo, ixesha elaxelwa kwangaphambili yiNkwenkwezi yaseMntla engaguqukiyo, iBhayibhile, esele iza kuzaliseka.
Eli lixesha apho izithunzi ziqala ukunika indlela, nangona ngokungathandabuzekiyo, ebusweni boloyiso olungenakunqandwa lokuKhanya. Lifikile ixesha lokuba ububi buqalise ukubhangiswa, komelezwa ubulungisa. Le nyaniso igungqisa ubuqu bakho, iphelisa nakuphi na ukukhohlisa konqabiseko. Uhlaselo lwakho lokuphakuzela, olukungcungcuthekisayo ngokungapheliyo imini nobusuku, luphawu lweli xesha lentlungu. Kwaye abagwenxa; zibubungqina obuyinyani besiganeko esisemnyango esibangela umonakalo omkhulu kwaye ngokufuthi ngequbuliso okanye ukubandezeleka; intlekele.
Intuthumbo iza kuba nayo kubuya ukuKhanya okuNgcwele, kubungangamsha bayo obupheleleyo. Oku kuKhanya kuzisa iintlungu ezinzulu nezimandundu kwimicu yokonakaliswa kwakho bububi. Kufana nencakuba ebukhali engene emphefumlweni, isenza intuthumbo inganyamezeleki, ibe buhlungu. Oku kuKhanya, okubukhali kwaye akunakwenzeka, kususa ubumnyama obufihliweyo emphefumlweni, njengekrele eligqobhoza isigqubuthelo sobuntu. Intlungu iqatha, yongamele, iinyembezi zivutha njengomlilo kunye nentliziyo ebetha isingqi sedabi lokulwa nokuphelelwa lithemba. Uzifumana ugobile, izandla zakho zingcangcazela oku kwamagqabi emoyeni, intliziyo yakho ibetha ngamandla, ilizwi lakho libuthathaka kwaye aliqinisekanga.
Kulo nzonzobila, uya kubuza ubunjani bezinto ozifumanayo, ungazange ukhe ujongane nesaqhwithi sangaphakathi esitshabalalisa ngolo hlobo. Uya kuzibuza ukuba oku kukuqala kwesiphelo. Kwaye impendulo icacile: ewe, kunjalo.
Noko ke, kule nzonzobila inzulu kuphuma intsikelelo ebengayilindelanga, isipho senceba yobuthixo. Oku kuthuthunjiswa, lo busuku obumnyama bomphefumlo, buba yintsimbi ye-alarm ekuvusayo kwi-nightmare, umnxeba wolwazi olutsha.
Vukani, bantwana bakaSomandla, ngokuba lifikile ixesha losindiso. UkuKhanya okuvuselelayo, okuqaqambe ngakumbi kunako nakuphi na ukusa okwakha kwabonwa ngaphambili, ngoku kuchukumisa iintlantsi eziseleyo zomoya wakho, kulayita umlilo wethemba. Amehlo akho avuleke kakhulu kwindlela eyayikade ingabonakali, ngoku ikhanyiselwe kuKhanya oluthembisa ukubuya ekhaya, ukuya ekwamkeleni kukaBawo okulindileyo ngothando olungagungqiyo