Ukucamngca namhlanje: Imiyalelo emibini yothando

INkosi, utitshala wothando, ezele luthando, weza kulishwankathela ilizwi emhlabeni (cf. Rom. 9:28), njengoko wayexelwe kwangaphambili, kwaye wabonisa ukuba umthetho nabaProfeti zisekwe kwimiqathango emibini 'uthando. Masikhumbule kunye, bazalwana, ukuba yeyiphi le migaqo mibini. Kuya kufuneka zaziwe nguwe kwaye zingangeni nje engqondweni yakho xa sizibiza kwakhona: azisoze zacinywa entliziyweni yakho. Ngalo lonke ixesha emzuzwini ngamnye kufuneka ukhumbule ukuba kufuneka sithande uThixo nommelwane: uThixo ngentliziyo yakho yonke, ngomphefumlo wakho uphela, nangengqondo yakho iphela; nommelwane njengabo (jonga Mt 22, 37. 39). Oku kuya kufuneka usoloko ucinga, ucamngce kwaye ukhumbule, ukuziqhelanisa nokuzalisekisa Ukuthanda uThixo kuqala njengomyalelo, kodwa ukuthanda ummelwane kuqala njengokumiliselwa okusebenzayo. Lowo ukunika umyalelo wothando kule migaqo mibini, akakufundisi uthando ngommelwane kuqala, emva koko olo lukaThixo, kodwa ngolunye uhlobo.
Kodwa kuba ungamboni uThixo okwangoku, ngokuthanda ummelwane wakho uzuza ilungelo lokumbona; Ngokuthanda ummelwane wakho uhlambulula iliso ukuze ukwazi ukubona uThixo, njengoko uYohane watsho ngokucacileyo: Ukuba awumthandi umzalwana ombonayo, ungamthanda njani uThixo ongamboniyo? (cf. 1 Yoh. 4,20:1,18). Ukuba, xa ndisiva isibongozo sokuthanda uThixo, uthe kum: Ndibonise lowo ndimele ukumthanda, bendinokuphendula kuphela ngoYohane: Akukho namnye owakha wambona uThixo (jn 1:4,16). Kodwa ukuze ungakholelwa ukuba ukhutshelwe ecaleni ngokupheleleyo ekuboneni uThixo, uYohane ngokwakhe uthi: «UThixo uluthando; Othanda uThixo uhlala kuye ”(XNUMX Jn XNUMX: XNUMX). Ke ngoko, mthande ummelwane wakho kwaye ujonge ngaphakathi kwakho apho olu thando luzalwe khona, uya kubona, kangangoko kunokwenzeka, uThixo.
Emva koko qalisa ukuthanda ummelwane wakho. Qhekeza isonka sakho kunye nabo balambileyo, ungenise amahlwempu angenakhaya, unxibe abo ubabona beze, ungabadeleli abo bomnombo wakho (cf. Is 58,7). Uza kufumana ntoni ngokwenza oku? Emva koko ukukhanya kwakho kuya kuphuma njengokusa "(Is 58,8). Ukukhanya kwakho nguThixo wakho, kukukhanya kokusa kwakho kuba kuya kuza emva kobusuku beli hlabathi: akavuki okanye abeke, uhlala ekhanya.
Ngokuthanda ummelwane wakho nokumkhathalela, uhamba. Kwaye ukhokelela phi umendo ukuba awukho eNkosini, kulowo simele simthande ngentliziyo yethu yonke, ngomphefumlo wethu wonke, nangengqondo yethu yonke? Asikafiki eNkosini, kodwa sihlala sinabamelwane bethu nathi. Nceda, ke, ummelwane ohamba naye, ukuze ufikelele kulowo ufuna ukuhlala naye.