NgoMvulo kusasa, iindlela zaseWorcester zizaliswa ngabantu abaya kumafama, kwizikolo, kwiivenkile, kwiindawo zokwakha nakwiiofisi. Abanye bahamba benamandla, abanye beneentliziyo ezinzima, kwaye uninzi lubona umsebenzi wabo njengendlela yokufumana umvuzo kuphela. Kodwa kutheni ukuba umsebenzi ube ngaphezulu nje kokusinda? Kuthekani ukuba yonke into esiyenzayo, ukusuka ekufundiseni umntwana ukuya ekukhonzeni umthengi, ukusuka ekulungiseni uthango ukuya ekuqhubeni intlanganiso, ibe ngumsebenzi wonqulo kuThixo?
Le yintsingiselo ye-avodah. Igama lesiHebhere livela eBhayibhileni lichaza zombini umsebenzi kunye nonqulo. KwiEksodus 34:21 sifunda sithi, “Iintsuku ezintandathu uya kusebenza (avodah), kodwa ngosuku lwesixhenxe uya kuphumla” (NLT). Kanti ke kwiEksodus 8:1 uThixo uthi kuMoses, “Yekelani abantu bam bahambe ukuze bandinqule (avodah)” (NLT). Ligama elinye elisetyenziswa kuzo zombini. Kwiqhinga likaThixo, umsebenzi nonqulo azohlulwanga.
Ngaphaya Kokwahlula
Kuphando lwam lwe Reforming Worcester, ndathetha ne-22 tsaddiqim (amadoda nabafazi abalungileyo bakaThixo) esixekweni sethu. Malunga nesiqingatha sabo babenoluvo oluncinci malunga nombono wokuba umsebenzi ungu nqulo. Abanye bacinga ukuba oko kuthetha ukungenisa izifundo zeBhayibhile, ixesha lomthandazo okanye umculo wonqulo emsebenzini. Omnye wabuza ngokuthe ngqo wathi, “Ngaba umsebenzi ulingana nonqulo?” Kodwa xa ndacacisa ngakumbi lo mbono, abaninzi baqalisa ukuwuqonda baza bavuma ukuba kukho imfuneko yokukhula kule ndawo (Guntelach 2023, 41–42).
UThixo akangoThixo owahlula izinto ezingcwele kwezozingcwelekileyo. UnguNkosi kuyo yonke imiba yobomi. UPawulos uyakucacisa oku xa esithi, “Nokuba nithini okanye nisenza ntoni na, yenzani konke njengabameli beNkosi uYesu, nimbulela uThixo uYise ngaye” (Kol. 3:17, NLT). Kwaye kwakhona: “Nokuba nidla okanye nisela, okanye nisenza ntoni na, yenzani konke ukuze kuhlonitshwe uThixo” (1 Kor. 10:31, NLT).
Kodwa rhoqo ubuKristu bale mihla buwahlula uMgqibelo kuMvulo. NgoMgqibelo siyacula sithandaze. NgoMvulo senza ngathi uThixo akananto yakwenza namasimi ethu, iiklasi, iivenkile, iindawo zokwakha okanye ii-ofisi. Olu lwahlulo lobuxoki luthatha intsingiselo emsebenzini wethu kwaye lubalela uThixo uzuko. UKeller (2012, 56) uchaza umsebenzi ngala mazwi: “the rearranging of the raw material of God’s creation in such a way that it helps the world in general, and people in particular, thrive and flourish.” Xa sibuyisela avodah, umsebenzi wethu uba yindawo apho ubuntu bukaThixo bubonakala khona.
Ukubonakala kweAvodah
Ingaba kuya kubonakala njani ukuphila avodah eWorcester, okanye kwenye indawo? Kubonakala njengootitshala abakulungiselela kakuhle izifundo kuba abantwana baphatha umfanekiso kaThixo. Kubonakala njengamashishini akhetha ububele nobulungisa, evimba ubuqhetseba nangona buza kuzisa inzuzo. Kubonakala njengabaqeqeshi abakhathalela iinkcukacha, hayi ngenxa yokuba inkokeli iyababona, kodwa kuba uThixo uyavuya ngobuganga obugqibeleleyo. Kubonakala njengabasebenzi basemafama abacula ngokuvuya, besazi ukuba ngokunqumla imidiliya bayathatha inxaxheba emsebenzini wokudala kaThixo.
Ubugqibelelo, ububele, ubuqotho, ukuzinikela kunye novuyo azizo nje izenzo ezilungileyo. Zingumsebenzi wonqulo. Xa kungabikho bani uqaphela, uThixo uyayibona. Xa kungabikho bani ovuyayo, izulu liyavuyisana.
Umngeni Wobuqu
Masibuyele kwakhona kuMvulo kusasa. Iindlela zizaliswa ngabasebenzi abaphambili. Ingaba siya kungena emsebenzini wethu njengokuba singena kwindawo yonqulo? Ingaba siya kuyibona iklasi, intsimi, iofisi okanye ikhishini njengendawo engcwele?
Isikhumbuzo sikaPawulos sicacile: “Nenza konke ngokuzimisela, njengokuba nisebenzela iNkosi hayi abantu” (Kol. 3:23, NLT).
Umbuzo wokucamngca kule veki ngulo: Ukuba umsebenzi wam ngumnqulo, ndingawenza njani ngokwahlukileyo ngomso?
Iingxelo
Guntelach, Bruno. 2023. Reforming Worcester, South Africa: A Strategy to
Establish a Culture of Communal Productivity. Executive Master’s Thesis,
University of the Nations.
Keller, Timothy. 2012. Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s
Work. New York: Dutton.
The Holy Bible. New Living Translation, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 by Tyndale
House Foundation. https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-Living-Translation-NLT-Bible/. Accessed 19 August 2025.