6 Izizathu zokuthi kungani ukungoneliseki kungukungalaleli uNkulunkulu
Kungaba nzima kakhulu kubo bonke ubuhle bobuKristu, ngaphandle kokuthi mhlawumbe kuzithoba, ukwaneliseka. Vele angijabule. Esimweni sami esingesihle angijabule ngemvelo. Angijabule ngoba ngihlala ngidlala emqondweni wami lokho uPaul Tripp akubiza ngokuphila "ukube nje": ukube benginemali eningi kwi-akhawunti yami yasebhange, ngingajabula, ukube nje benginebandla elilandela ubuholi bami, ukube nje izingane zami zaziziphathe kangcono, ukube nje benginomsebenzi engiwuthandayo…. Kwinzalo ka-Adamu, "ukube" bebengenamkhawulo. Ekukhonzeni kwethu izithombe, sivame ukucabanga ukuthi ukushintshwa kwezimo kuzosilethela injabulo nokwaneliseka. Kithina, utshani buhlala buhlaza ngaphandle kokuthi sifunde ukuthola ukwaneliseka kwethu entweni ethile futhi engapheli.
Ngokusobala, umphostoli uPawulu naye walwa le mpi yangaphakathi ekhungathekisayo. KwabaseFiliphi 4, utshela ibandla lapho ukuthi "wayifundile imfihlo" yokuba ajabule kuzo zonke izimo. Imfihlo? Itholakala ePhil. 4: 13, i vesi esilisebenzisa ngokujwayelekile ukwenza amaKhristu abukeke njengoPapaye kanye noKhisimusi njengesipinashi, abantu abangakwazi ukufeza ngokoqobo noma yini ingqondo yabo engayibona (umqondo we-New Age) ngenxa kaKristu: "Ngingakwenza konke ngaye (Kristu) ongiqinisayo ”.
Eqinisweni, amazwi kaPawulu, uma aqondwa kahle, abanzi kakhulu kunokuchazwa kokuchuma kwalelo vesi: sibonga kuKristu, singakuthola ukufezeka noma ngabe yiziphi izimo usuku oluthile oluletha ezimpilweni zethu. Kungani ukwaneliseka kubaluleke kakhulu futhi kungani kulula kangaka? Kubalulekile ukuqonda kuqala ukuthi ukungoneliseki kwethu kukhulu kangakanani.
Njengochwepheshe bezokwelapha ngomphefumulo, amaPuritan abhale kakhulu futhi acabangisisa ngalesi sihloko esibalulekile. Phakathi kwemisebenzi emihle kakhulu yamaPuritan ekwaneliseka (imisebenzi eminingi yamaPuritan ngalesi sihloko iphinde yashicilelwa yiBanner yeQiniso) kukhona uJeremiah Burroughs 'The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, uThomas Watson's The Art of Divine okuqukethwe, uThomas's Crook eLot. IBoston iyintshumayelo enhle kakhulu yaseBoston enesihloko esithi "Isono Sokungaguquki". I-e-book enhle kakhulu futhi engabizi kakhulu enesihloko esithi The Art and Grace of Contentment iyatholakala ku-Amazon eqoqa izincwadi eziningi zamaPuritan (kufaka phakathi ezintathu ezisanda kufakwa), ezishumayezayo (kufaka phakathi intshumayelo yaseBoston) nezindatshana zokwaneliseka.
Ukuchazwa kukaBoston ngesono sokunganeliseki ekukhanyeni komyalo weshumi kukhombisa ukungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu okugcizelela ukuntula kokugculiseka. UBoston (1676-1732), umfundisi nendodana yeScotland Coocracyers, ugcizelela ukuthi umyalo weshumi wenqabela ukunganeliseki: avarice. Ngoba? Ngoba:
Ukwaneliseka ukungamethembi uNkulunkulu. Ukwaneliseka kungukuthembela ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, ukunganeliseki kuphikisana nokukholwa.
Ukwaneliseka kufana nokukhononda ngohlelo lukaNkulunkulu. Esifiso sami sokuba ngobukhosi, ngicabanga ukuthi icebo lami lingcono kimi. Njengoba uPaul Tripp ekubeka kahle, "Ngiyazithanda futhi nginecebo elihle ngempilo yami."
Ukwaneliseka kukhombisa isifiso sokuzibusa. Bheka cha. 2. Njengo-Adamu no-Eva, sifisa ukunambitha isihlahla esizosiguqula sibe amakhosi amakhulu.
Ukwanemba kunxanela okuthile uNkulunkulu angajabuli ukusinika kona. Wasinika indodana yakhe; ngakho-ke, asinakuthemba kuye ngezinto ezingenamsebenzi? (Roma 8: 32)
Ukuzithoba ngobuqili (noma mhlawumbe kungenjalo ngobuqili) kukhulumisa uNkulunkulu enze iphutha. Izimo zami zamanje azilungile futhi kufanele zihluke. Ngizojabula kuphela lapho beguquka ukuze banelise izifiso zami.
Ukuzensa kuphika ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu futhi kuphakamisa ukuhlakanipha kwami. Akusikho yini lokho u-Eva akwenza esivandeni ngokungabaza ubuhle beZwi likaNkulunkulu? Ngakho-ke, ukunganeliseki kwakuyisizinda sesono sokuqala. "Ngempela uNkulunkulu ushilo?" Lo ngumbuzo osenkabeni yakho konke ukungagculiseki kwethu.
Engxenyeni yesibili, ngizohlola uhlangothi oluhle lwale mfundiso nokuthi uPawulu wakufunda kanjani ukwaneliseka nokuthi nathi singakwenza kanjani lokho. Futhi, ngizocela ubufakazi bokhokho bethu abangamaPuritan ngokuqonda okuthile kwebhayibheli okuqondayo.