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40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 14

40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 14

A Servant’s Heart

by Bill Webster

Itekisi yeBhayibhile

KWABASEFILIPI 2

Intobeko nobukhulu bukaKrestu

1Njengoko kobu bomi bethu, simanywe noKrestu, kukho inkuthazo, kukho nokuvuseleleka kothando, nokudlelana koMoya, kukho nobubele novelwano, 2ngoko ke ndaneliseni nindivuyise ngokuba nibe banye ngezimvo nangothando, nibanye ngengqondo, nizamela ukuba nibe yimbumba yamanyama. 3Musani ukusunduzana. Izinto sanukuzenza ngokuzigwagwisa nangokuqhayisa. Ndaweni yaloo nto zithobeni, nibaphakamise kunani abanye abantu. 4Izinto abanomdla kuzo abanye zixabiseni nazo, ningakhathaleli izinto eninomdla kuzo kuphela. 5Njengoko nimanywe noYesu Krestu izimvo zenu mazifane nezakhe; kuba kaloku:

6Nakuba ubume bakhe babunguThixo ngenkqu,

ukulingana noThixo akakubawelanga

kangangokude afune ukusunduzana naye.

7Ndaweni yaloo nto waziqongqotha ubuyena,

wathatha isimo sesicaka,

waba ngumntu ncakasana.

Engumntu ebantwini,

8wazambesa intobeko,

ntobeko leyo yamsa ekufeni –

ukufa kwasemnqamlezweni.

9Kungoko ke athe uThixo wamphakamisa kakhulu,

wamthi jize ngelona gama lingaphezu kwawo onke amanye amagama,

10ukuze bonke abaphilayo,

ezulwini, emhlabeni, naphantsi komhlaba,

bagobe amadolo benika imbeko kwigama likaYesu;

11bathi bebonke bavume bengafihlisi

ukuba uYesu Krestu yiNkosi,

bebonakalisa ubungangamsha bukaThixo onguBawo.

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UMARKO 10

Isicelo sikaYakobi noYohane

35Ke kaloku uYakobi noYohane, oonyana bakaZebhedi, beza kuYesu, bathi: “Mfundisi, sifuna ukuba usenzele oko sothi sikucele kuwe.”

36Wathi kubo: “Nifuna ukuba ndinenzele ntoni na?”

37Bathi bona kuye: “Sicela ukuba usinike ezona zikhundla ziphezulu xa usewongeni.”

38Wathi kubo uYesu: “Aniyazi into eniyicelayo. Ninako na ukuyisela indebe endiyiselayo mna, nibhaptizwe ngobhaptizo endibhaptizwa ngalo mna?”

39Bathi ke bona kuye: “Sinako.”

Wathi ke uYesu kubo: “Okunene intlungu endiyivayo mna niya kuyiva nani, nobhaptizo endibhaptizwa ngalo mna niya kubhaptizwa kwangalo; 40kodwa kona ukwaba izikhundla akulolungelo lam. Ezo zikhundla zezâbo bazilungiselelweyo nguThixo.”

41Bakuyiva le nto ithethwa nguYakobi noYohane, abanye abafundi abalishumi bakhathazeka. 42UYesu ke, ebabizele kuye, wathi kubo: “Niyazi ukuba ezintlangeni abo bathi bayalawula banobukhosi kuzo; nâbo bazizikhulu zazo benza ngegunya kuzo. 43Kodwa ke akunjalo phakathi kwenu. Ofuna ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu, makabe ngumkhonzi wenu; 44nofuna ukuba ngowokuqala, makabe sisicaka sabo bonke. 45Kuba kaloku *noNyana woLuntu akezanga kukhonzwa, weza kukhonza, nokuncama ubomi bakhe, bube yintlawulelo yokukhulula abaninzi.”

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UYOHANE 13

UYesu uhlamba iinyawo zabafundi bakhe

1Laliselisondele itheko *lePasika. UYesu ke wayesazi okokuba lifikile ixesha lokuba anduluke kweli hlabathi, aye kuYise. Wayesoloko ebathanda abo bangabakhe kweli hlabathi, wabathanda kwada kwaba sekugqibeleni.

2-3Ngokuhlwa uYesu nabafundi bakhe babesetafileni besitya. Umtyholi wayeselekufakile entliziyweni kaJudas, unyana kaSimon Sikariyoti, okokuba angcatshe uYesu. UYesu wayesazi ukuba uYise uzinikele ezandleni zakhe zonke izinto; esazi okokuba yena uvela kuThixo, kwaye uya kuThixo. 4Waza ke uYesu waphakama etafileni, wakhulula isambatho sakhe sangaphezulu, wabhinqa itawuli, 5wagalela amanzi ekomini, wahlamba iinyawo zabafundi bakhe, ezisula ngetawuli awayeyibhinqile. 6Akufika kuSimon Petros, yena wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, uza kuhlamba nezam iinyawo?”

7Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Okwangoku akukayazi into endiyenzayo, kodwa uza kube uyiqonde.”

8Wathi kuye uPetros: “Nokuba sekutheni, ngekhe zihlanjwe nguwe iinyawo zam.”

UYesu wamphendula wathi: “Ukuba andithanga ndikuhlambe, awunabudlelane nam.”

9Waza uSimon Petros wathi kuye: “Nkosi, xa kunjalo, sukundihlamba iinyawo zodwa, selundihlamba izandla nentloko.”

10UYesu wathi kuye: “Oselehlambe umzimba, uswele kuphela okokuba ahlanjwe iinyawo, ukuze ahlambuluke wonke. Nani ke nihlambulukile, kodwa aninjalo nonke.” 11UYesu wayeselemazi lowo uza kumngcatsha, kungoko watshoyo ukuthi abahlambulukanga bonke.

12Akuba uYesu ezihlambile iinyawo zabo, ephinde wasinxiba isambatho sakhe sangaphezulu, waya kuhlala phantsi, wathi kubo: “Ngaba niyayiqonda na into endiyenzileyo? 13Nindibiza ngokuthi: ‘Mfundisi,’ okanye: ‘Nkosi’. Niyakholisa ukutsho, kuba kunjalo. 14Ke ngoko, ukuba mna endiyiNkosi noMfundisi wenu, ndithe ndahlamba iinyawo zenu, nani ke nimelwe kukuhlambana iinyawo. 15Ndinenzele umzekelo, ukuze nani nenze njengoko mna ndinibonisileyo. 16Ndithi kuni, inene, akukho sicaka singaphezu kwenkosi yaso, kungekho nothunyiweyo ongaphezulu kwalowo umthumileyo. 17Nivile ke. Hayi uyolo lwenu xa nithe nawulandela lo mzekelo.

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One of the most moving episodes in the Gospels took place in the Upper Room a few hours before Jesus’ arrest. Jesus removed his outer garments, donned a towel and began to wash his disciples’ feet. No Jew, not even a Jewish slave, was required to wash another Jew’s feet. Yet Jesus did it because he had a servant’s heart and he wanted to show them the full extent of his love (John 13:1). As he had said earlier in his ministry, he did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). He did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but made himself nothing – emptied himself of all but love – taking the very nature of a servant (Philippians 2:6–7).

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