Ukucamngca namhlanje: Amandla okuthanda angaphakathi kwethu
Uthando lukaThixo ayisosenzo esinyanzelwe umntu ngaphandle, kodwa ngokuzenzekelayo sivela entliziyweni njengezinye izinto ezihambelana nendalo yethu. Asifundanga kwabanye ukonwabela ukukhanya, okanye ukunqwenela ubomi, ngakumbi ukuthanda abazali bethu okanye ootitshala bethu. Ke ngoko, ngakumbi, uthando lukaThixo aluveli kuqeqesho lwangaphandle, kodwa lufumaneka kumgaqo-siseko wendalo womntu, njengentsholongwane kunye namandla endalo ngokwawo. Umoya womntu ngaphakathi kubo uyakwazi kunye neemfuno zothando.
Ukufundisa kumenza umntu awazi la mandla, kunceda ukuwahlakulela ngenkuthalo, ukuwondla ngomdlandla kunye nokuzisa, ngoncedo lukaThixo, ukugqibelela okuphezulu. Uzamile ukulandela lendlela. Njengoko siyivuma le nto, sifuna ukufaka isandla, ngobabalo lukaThixo nangemithandazo yenu, ukwenza le ntlantsi yothando lukaThixo luphile ngakumbi, ifihlwe ngaphakathi kini ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele.
Kwindawo yokuqala sithi ngaphambili besifumene amandla kunye nokukwazi ukuyigcina yonke imiyalelo yobuthixo, ke ngoko asiyithandi ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngokungathi into enkulu kunamandla ethu ifunwa kuthi, kwaye asinyanzelekanga ukuba sihlawule ngaphezulu ingakanani esinikwe yona. Ke ngoko, xa sizisebenzisa kakuhle ezi zinto, siphila ubomi obucebile kuwo onke amandla, ngelixa sizisebenzisa kakubi, siwela ebubini.
Ngapha koko, inkcazo yobungendawo yile: ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kunye nomphambukeli kwimigaqo yeNkosi yamandla asinike wona ukuba senze okuhle. Ngokuchasene noko, inkcazo yesidima esifunwa nguThixo yile: ukusetyenziswa ngokuchanekileyo kobuchule obufanayo, obuvela kwisazela esilungileyo ngokomyalelo weNkosi.
Umgaqo wokusetyenziswa kakuhle ukwasebenza nakwisipho sothando. Kuwo umgaqo-siseko wethu wendalo sinawo la mandla okuthanda nokuba asinakho ukuwabonisa ngeengxoxo zangaphandle, kodwa elowo kuthi unokuzibonela yena nesiqu sakhe. Ngokwemvelo, sinqwenela yonke into elungileyo kwaye intle, nangona ingenguye wonke umntu ebonakala elungile kwaye emhle ukuba abe zizinto ezifanayo. Kwangokunjalo, siziva ngathi, nokuba sikwimo yokungazi, ukufumaneka okukhethekileyo kwabo basondele kuthi nokuba sisalamane okanye ngokuhlala kunye, kwaye ngokuzenzekelayo sibamkela ngothando olunyanisekileyo abo basenzela okuhle.
Ngoku yintoni encomekayo ngaphezu kobuhle bukaThixo? Yeyiphi ingcinga ebumnandi nobumnandi ngaphezu kobukhulu bukaThixo? Nguwuphi umnqweno womphefumlo onamandla nokomelela njengalowo ufakwe nguThixo kumphefumlo ohlanjululwe kuso sonke isono nothi ngothando olunyanisekileyo: Ndonzakalisiwe luthando? (Ct 2, 5). Ayichazeki kwaye ayichazeki ke ngoko bubukhazikhazi bobuhle bukaThixo.