3 izindlela ezilula zokucela uNkulunkulu ukuba aguqule inhliziyo yakho

“Lokhu kuyithemba esinalo phambi kwakhe, ukuthi uma sicela into ngokwentando yakhe, uyasilalela. Futhi uma sazi ukuthi uyasilalela kunoma yini esiyicelayo, siyazi ukuthi sinezicelo esizicelile kuye ”(1 Johane 5: 14-15).

Njengamakholwa singacela uNkulunkulu izinto eziningi ngaphandle kokwazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi kuyintando yakhe. Singacela ukunikela ngokwezezimali, kepha kungaba yintando yaKhe ukuthi sizenze ngaphandle kwezinye izinto esicabanga ukuthi sizidinga. Singacela ukuphulukiswa ngokomzimba, kepha kungaba yintando yaKhe ukuthi sidlule ekuvivinyweni kwalesi sifo, noma noma ukuthi lesi sifo siphela ngokufa. Singacela ingane yethu ukuthi isindiswe ekudumazekeni, kepha kungaba yikuzimisela kwayo ukuthi ibone ubukhona bayo namandla ayo njengoba ebakhulula ngayo. Singacela ukugwema ubunzima, ukushushiswa noma ukwehluleka, futhi futhi, kungaba yintando Yakhe ukusebenzisa lezi zinto ukukhulisa umlingiswa wethu ngokufana Naye.

Kukhona ezinye izinto, noma kunjalo, esingazi ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi kuyintando kaNkulunkulu kanye nesifiso sethu ngathi. Enye yalezi zihloko isimo senhliziyo yethu. UNkulunkulu usitshela ngokucacile ukuthi iyini intando Yakhe maqondana nokuguqulwa kwenhliziyo yomuntu futhi, futhi kungaba ukuhlakanipha ukufuna usizo lwaKhe. Ngemuva kwakho konke, kunguguquko olungokomoya futhi alusoze lwenziwa ngokwemvelo yethu, ngentando yabantu noma ngamakhono.

Nazi izinto ezintathu esingazithandazela ngenhliziyo yethu ngezinhliziyo zethu, sazi ukuthi sicela ngokwentando yakhe, nokuthi Uyasizwa futhi uzosinika izicelo zethu.

1. Nkulunkulu, nginike inhliziyo efunayo.
“Lona ngumyalezo esiwuzwile kuye futhi esimemezele wona kuwe, ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungukukhanya, futhi kuye abukho ubumnyama nhlobo. Uma sithi sinobudlelwano naye futhi sihamba ebumnyameni, sinamanga, kepha asenzi iqiniso ”(1 Johane 1: 5-6).

Ngama ngithule ebumnyameni ngibuka umshana wami ezama ukulala. Lapho ngingena egumbini lakhe ukumthulisa ukukhala kwakhe, kwakumnyama bhuqe, ngaphandle kokukhanya okufiphele okuvela ku-pacifier yakhe “ekhanya ebumnyameni”, engiyitholile ngokushesha embhedeni wakhe ngamnika. Ngenkathi ngimi eduze komnyango, amehlo ami ajwayela ubumnyama futhi ngathola ukuthi bekungewona lowo mnyama nhlobo. Lapho ngihlala isikhathi eside egumbini elimnyama, kubonakala kukhanya futhi kujwayelekile. Kubonakale kumnyama nje uma kuqhathaniswa namalambu akhanyayo ehholo ngaphandle nje komnyango.

Ngendlela yangempela, uma sihlala isikhathi eside emhlabeni, maningi amathuba okuthi amehlo enhliziyo yethu ajwayele ubumnyama futhi ngokushesha okukhulu kunalokho esicabanga, sizocabanga ukuthi sihamba ekukhanyeni. Izinhliziyo zethu zikhohliseka kalula (Jeremiya 17: 9). Kumele sicele uNkulunkulu ukuthi asinike ukwahlukanisa phakathi kokuhle nokubi, ukukhanya nobumnyama. Uma ungakukholwa, zama ukukhumbula isikhathi sokuqala owabona ngaso ibhayisikobho egcwele inhlamba, ingcaca yodlame, noma amahlaya ezocansi angcolile ngemuva kokuba ngumlandeli kaKristu. Umuzwa wakho ongokomoya ukhubekile. Ngabe lokhu kuseyiqiniso nanamuhla, noma kumane kunganakwa? Ngabe inhliziyo yakho ikulungele ukwahlukanisa phakathi kokuhle nokubi noma sekujwayele ubumnyama?

Sidinga ukuqonda ukuze sazi iqiniso emangeni ezweni eligcwele umoya womphikukristu. Izimfundiso zamanga zigcwele, ngisho nasemapulpiti esonto lethu elilondolozayo. Ngabe unokuqonda okwanele ukwahlukanisa ukolweni otshanini?

Inhliziyo yomuntu idinga ukwahlukanisa phakathi kokuhle, okubi, iqiniso namanga, kepha kunendawo yesithathu ebalulekile, njengoba kukhumbula uJohn ku-1 John 1: 8-10. Sidinga ukuqonda ukubona isono sethu. Sivame ukuba nekhono elihle lokukhomba ichashaza kwabanye, kuyilapho siphuthelwa isiphunzi emehlweni ethu (uMathewu 7: 3-5). Ngenhliziyo efunayo, ngokuthobeka sizihlola amaphutha nokwehluleka, sazi ukuthambekela kwethu ekuqhakambiseni ubulungiswa bethu.

IHubo 119: 66: "Ngifundise ukuqonda okuhle nolwazi, ngoba ngiyakholelwa emiyalweni yakho."

AmaHeberu 5:14: "Kepha ukudla okuqinile kungokwabavuthiwe, abathi ngenxa yokwenza kwabo izinzwa zabo ziqeqeshelwe ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi."

1 John 4: 1: "Bathandekayo, ningakholwa yibo bonke omoya, kepha hlolani omoya ukuthi bavela kuNkulunkulu yini, ngokuba baningi abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele ezweni."

1 Johane 1: 8: "Uma sithi asonanga, siyazikhohlisa, neqiniso alikho kithi."

2. Nkulunkulu, nginike inhliziyo evumayo.
"Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi siyamazi, uma sigcina imiyalo yakhe" (1 Johane 2: 3).

“Khona-ke, bathandekayo, njengoba nje nihlale nilalela, hhayi nje kuphela lapho ngikhona, kodwa manje ikakhulu lapho ngingekho, qinisani insindiso yenu ngokwesaba nangokuthuthumela; ngoba nguNkulunkulu osebenza kini, ethanda futhi esebenza ngokuthanda kwakhe ”(KwabaseFilipi 2: 12-13).

UNkulunkulu akafisi ukuthi simlalele nje kuphela, kodwa nokuthi sifuna ukumlalela, kangangoba yena uqobo usinika intando kanye namandla okwenza lokho asicela ukuba sikwenze. Ukulalela kubalulekile kuNkulunkulu ngoba kuveza ukuthi izinhliziyo zethu ziguqulwe nguMoya wakhe ongaphakathi. Imimoya yethu eyayifile yavuselwa (Kwabase-Efesu 2: 1-7). Izinto eziphilayo zifakazela ukuthi ziyaphila, njengoba nembewu etshalwe emhlabathini iqala ukuvela ngokukhula okusha, ekugcineni iba isitshalo esivuthiwe. Ukulalela kuyisithelo somphefumulo ovuselelwe.

UNkulunkulu akafuni silalele ngokungabaza noma ngokungathandi, noma kwesinye isikhathi azi ukuthi ngeke siyiqonde imiyalo Yakhe. Yingakho sidinga uMoya Wakhe ukuze usinike inhliziyo elungile; inyama yethu engakahlengwa iyohlala ihlubuka imiyalo kaNkulunkulu, noma singamakholwa. Inhliziyo evumayo kungenzeka kuphela uma sinikela ngenhliziyo yethu yonke eNkosini, singashiyi amakhona afihliwe noma izindawo ezivaliwe lapho sinqena ukumvumela afinyelele futhi aphathe ngokugcwele. Asikwazi ukuthi kuNkulunkulu, “Ngizokulalela kukho konke ngaphandle kwalokhu. “Ukulalela okuphelele kuvela enhliziyweni ezinikele ngokuphelele, futhi ukuzinikela okuphelele kuyadingeka ukuze uNkulunkulu aguqule izinhliziyo zethu ezinenkani zibe yinhliziyo evumayo.

Inhliziyo evumayo ibukeka kanjani? UJesu wasibekela isibonelo esihle ngesikhathi ethandaza ensimini yaseGetsemane ngobusuku obandulela ukubethelwa kwakhe. Ngokuthobeka walahla inkazimulo yakhe yasezulwini ukuze azalwe njengomuntu (KwabaseFiliphi 2: 6-8), wazithola zonke izilingo zomhlaba wethu, kodwa wangazona yena (KumaHeberu 4:15), manje wabhekana nokufa okubuhlungu emzimbeni futhi Ukwehlukaniswa noBaba ngenkathi uthatha isono sethu (1 Peter 3:18). Kukho konke lokhu, umthandazo wakhe wawuthi, "Hhayi njengoba ngithanda mina, kodwa njengoba kuthanda wena" (uMathewu 26:39). Kuyinhliziyo evumayo evela kuMoya kaNkulunkulu kuphela.

AmaHeberu 5: 7-9: “Ezinsukwini zenyama yakhe wakhuleka, wanxusa, ekhala kakhulu, nezinyembezi, kulowo owayekwazi ukumsindisa ekufeni, wezwelwa ngomusa wakhe. Yize wayeyiNdodana, wafunda ukulalela ezintweni ahlupheka ngazo. Futhi lapho enziwe waphelela, waba ngumthombo wensindiso yaphakade kubo bonke abamlalelayo. "

1 IziKronike 28: 9: “Kepha wena ndodana yami Solomoni, yazi uNkulunkulu kayihlo, umkhonze ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho nangengqondo yakho, ngoba iNkosi ifuna zonke izinhliziyo futhi iqonde zonke izinhloso zemicabango ”.

3. Nkulunkulu, ngiphe inhliziyo enothando.
"Ngoba lokhu kungumyalezo enawuzwa kwasekuqaleni, ukuthi sithandane" (1 Johane 3:11).

Uthando luyisici esehlukanisayo nesiphoqelelayo esihlukanisa abalandeli bakaKristu ezweni. UJesu wathi umhlaba uzokwazi ukuthi singabafundi Bakhe ngendlela esithandana ngayo njengamakholwa (Johane 13:35). Uthando lweqiniso lungavela kuphela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando (1 Johane 4: 7-8). Ukuthanda abanye ngokweqiniso kungenzeka kuphela uma thina ngokwethu silwazi futhi siluzwa uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi. Njengoba sihlala othandweni lwakhe, kugobhozela ebudlelwaneni bethu nesikholwa nabo kanye nabangasindisiwe (1 Johane 4:16).

Kusho ukuthini ukuba nenhliziyo enothando? Ngabe umuzwa nje, ukushesha kwesimo esivelayo kithi lapho sibona noma sikhuluma nothile? Ingabe kuyikhono lokubonisa uthando? Sazi kanjani ukuthi uNkulunkulu usinike inhliziyo enothando?

UJesu wasifundisa ukuthi yonke imiyalo kaNkulunkulu ifingqwe ngeziqiniseko ezimbili ezilula: “Thanda uNkulunkulu kuqala ngayo yonke inhliziyo yethu, umphefumulo, ingqondo namandla, futhi uthande umakhelwane wakho njengoba sizithanda thina” (Luka 10: 26-28). Uqhubeke wachaza ukuthi ubonakala ethanda kanjani umakhelwane wethu: uthando olukhulu kakhulu alunalutho lwalokhu, olunikela ngokuphila kubangane bakhe (Johane 15:13). Akagcinanga ngokusitshela ukuthi uthando lubukeka kanjani, kodwa walubonisa lapho ekhetha ukulahla impilo yakhe ngenxa yethu esiphambanweni, ngenxa yothando analo ngoBaba (Johane 17:23).

Uthando alugcini nje ngokuba umuzwa; kuyisibambiso sokumela abanye nokuzuzisa abanye, ngisho nalapho kuzidela wena. UJohane usitshela ukuthi akufanele sithande kuphela ngamazwi ethu, kodwa ngemisebenzi nangeqiniso (1 Johane 3: 16-18). Sibona isidingo futhi uthando lukaNkulunkulu kithi lusishukumisela esenzweni.

Ingabe unayo inhliziyo enothando? Nakhu ukuvivinywa. Lapho ukuthanda abanye kudinga ukuthi ubeke eceleni okufunayo, okuthandayo noma okudingayo, ingabe uzimisele ukwenza njalo? Ngabe ubona abanye ngamehlo kaKristu, bebona ubuphofu bokomoya obusekela indlela yokuziphatha nokukhetha okubenza babe nzima ukuthanda? Ngabe uzimisele ukushiya impilo yakho ukuze nabo baphile?

Inhliziyo efunayo.

Inhliziyo evumayo.

Inhliziyo enothando.

Cela uNkulunkulu ukuba ashintshe izimo zenhliziyo yakho njengoba kudingeka kulezi zindawo. Thandaza ngokuzethemba, wazi ukuthi kuyintando yakhe ukuthi ulalele futhi azokuphendula.

AbaseFilipi 1: 9-10: "Futhi ngiyathandaza, ukuthi uthando lwenu lwande kakhulu ngokwengeziwe olwazini lwangempela nakuwo wonke ukuqonda, ukuze nivume izinto ezinhle, ukuba abaqotho nabangasolekiyo kuze kube lusuku lukaKristu."