Ukuzinikela kweBhayibheli: UNkulunkulu akuyena umsunguli wokudideka
Ezikhathini zasendulo, iningi labantu lalingafundile. Lezi zindaba zasakazwa ngomlomo. Namuhla, ngokuxakayo, sigcwele imininingwane engaphazamiseki, kepha impilo iyadida kunangaphambili.
Singawasika kanjani wonke la mahlebezi? Singawufaka kanjani umsindo nokudideka? Siyaphi ngempela? Munye kuphela umthombo ophelele, onokwethenjelwa njalo: uNkulunkulu.
Ivesi eliyisihluthulelo: 1 KwabaseKhorinte 14:33
"Ngoba uNkulunkulu akayena uNkulunkulu wesiphithiphithi kodwa owokuthula". (ESV)
UNkulunkulu akalokothi aziphikise. Akumele abuyele emuva ayoxolisa "ngokwenza iphutha". I-ajenda yakhe iyiqiniso, icacile futhi ilula. Uyabathanda abantu bakhe futhi unikeza izeluleko ezihlakaniphile ngezwi lakhe elilotshiwe, iBhayibheli.
Futhi, ngoba uNkulunkulu uyazi ikusasa, imiyalo yakhe ihlala iholela kumphumela awuthandayo. Ungayethemba ngoba iyazi ukuthi iphetha kanjani yonke izindaba.
Lapho silandela izifiso zethu, sithonywa yizwe. Umhlaba awusebenzisi iMiyalo Eyishumi. Isiko lethu libabheka njengezithiyo, imithetho yasendulo eklanyelwe ukujabulisa ubumnandi bomuntu wonke. Umphakathi usiphoqa ukuba siphile sengathi akukho miphumela yezenzo zethu. Kepha kukhona.
Akukho ukudideka ngemiphumela yesono: ijele, ukulutheka, izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi, izimpilo eziphihliwe. Noma sigwema imiphumela enjalo, isono sisishiya siqhelelene noNkulunkulu, indawo embi okufanele sibe kuyo.
UNkulunkulu ungakithi
Izindaba ezimnandi ukuthi, akufanele. Njalo uNkulunkulu usibizela kuye, ezama ukwakha ubuhlobo obuseduze nathi. UNkulunkulu ungakithi. Izindleko zibonakala ziphakeme, kepha imivuzo inkulu. UZimu ufuna sincike kuye. Lapho sizinikela ngokuphelele, yilapho usizo lwakhe olukhulu.
UJesu Kristu wabiza uNkulunkulu "uBaba", futhi futhi unguBaba wethu, kodwa akekho noyise emhlabeni. UNkulunkulu uphelele, usithanda ngaphandle kwemingcele. Uhlala exolela. Ngaso sonke isikhathi wenza okulungile. Ukuthembela kuye akuwona umthwalo kepha kuyimpumuzo.
Ukukhululwa kutholakala eBhayibhelini, ibalazwe lethu lokuphila okulungile. Kusukela ekuqaleni kuya ekugcineni, ukhomba kuJesu Kristu. UJesu wenza konke okudingekayo ukuze angene ezulwini. Lapho sikukholwa, ukudideka kwethu kokusebenza akusekho. Ingcindezi icishiwe ngoba insindiso yethu iqinisekile.
Kuthuleke ukudideka
Usizo luyatholakala nasemthandazweni. Lapho sididekile, kungokwemvelo ukukhathazeka. Kepha ukukhathazeka nokukhathazeka akutholi lutho. Umthandazo, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ubeka ithemba lethu nokunaka kwethu kuNkulunkulu:
Ungakhathazeki ngalutho, kepha kukho konke ngithandaze kuNkulunkulu, ngomkhuleko nokunxusa kanye nokubonga, ukuthula komusa kaNkulunkulu okudlula ukuqonda konke kuyakuqapha izinhliziyo nezingqondo zakho kuKristu Jesu. (KwabaseFiliphi 4: 6-7, ESV)
Lapho sifuna ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu futhi sicela ukutholakala kwakhe, imithandazo yethu ingena ebumnyameni nasekudidekeni kwaleli zwe, yakhe indawo yokuthola ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu. Ukuthula kwakhe kukhombisa imvelo yakhe, ehlala ngokuphelele ukuthula, kwehlukaniswe ngokuphelele kuzo zonke izinxushunxushu nokudideka.
Cabanga ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu njengomkhosi wamasosha azungezile, elinda ukuze akuvikele ekudidekeni, ekukhathazekeni nasekwesabeni. Ingqondo yomuntu ayikwazi ukuqonda lolu hlobo lokuthula, ukuhleleka, ubuqotho, inhlala-kahle nokuthula okuthula. Noma singase singakuqondi, ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu kuvikela izinhliziyo nezingqondo zethu.
Labo abangathembi uNkulunkulu futhi banikele izimpilo zabo kuJesu Kristu abanathemba lokuthula. Kepha labo ababuyisene noNkulunkulu bamukela uMsindisi ezivunguvungwini zabo. Yibo kuphela abamuzwa ethi "Ukuthula, thula!" Lapho sinobudlelwano noJesu, siyamazi lowo onokuthula kwethu (kwabase-Efesu 2:14).
Isinqumo esihle kunazo zonke esiyoke sizenze ukubeka impilo yethu ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu futhi sincike kuye. Ungubaba ozivikela ngokuphelele. Uhlala asifunela okuhle. Uma silandela izindlela zayo, asisoze saba nephutha.
Indlela yomhlaba iholela ekudidekeni okuqhubekayo, kepha singakwazi ukuthula - ukuthula kwangempela nokuhlala njalo - ngokuthembela kuNkulunkulu onokwethenjelwa.