Asikhombisane uthando lukaNkulunkulu
Yazi imvelaphi yobukhona bakho, ukuphefumula, ubuhlakani, ukuhlakanipha, nokuthi yini ebaluleke kakhulu, ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu, ithemba loMbuso wezulu, udumo owabelana ngalo nezingelosi, ukucabanga kwenkazimulo, manje sesiqinisekile njengesibuko nangendlela edidekile, kepha ngesikhathi sayo ngendlela egcwele nehlanzekile. Futhi, qaphela ukuthi usengumntwana kaNkulunkulu, indlalifa kaKristu futhi, ukusebenzisa umfanekiso onesibindi, unguNkulunkulu ofanayo!
Kuvela kuphi futhi izindlela eziningi zokuzivikela eza kuwe? Uma sifuna ukukhuluma ngezipho ezithobekile futhi ezijwayelekile, ngubani okuvumela ukuthi ubone ubuhle besibhakabhaka, inkambo yelanga, imijikelezo yokukhanya, izinkanyezi eziningi kanye nalokho kuvumelana nokuhleleka okuhlala kuzivuselela ngokumangalisayo endaweni yonke, kwenza indalo ejabulisayo njengomsindo womsipha?
Ngubani okuphe imvula, ukuzala kwamasimu, ukudla, injabulo yezobuciko, indawo yekhaya lakho, imithetho, umbuso futhi, masingeze, impilo yansuku zonke, ubungane nentokozo kobuhlobo bakho ?
Kungani ezinye izilwane zigcinwa futhi zizithoba kuwe, ezinye zinikezwa kuwe njengokudla?
Ngubani obeke wena oyinkosi nenkosi yakho konke okusemhlabeni?
Futhi, ukuze ngigxile kuphela ezintweni ezibaluleke kakhulu, ngiyabuza futhi: Ubani okunikeze isipho salezi zimpawu zakho eziqinisekisa ubukhosi ngokuphelele kunoma yimuphi umuntu ophilayo? KwakunguNkulunkulu. Yini ayicelayo kini ukuze nishintshele konke? Uthando. Kudinga kusuka kuwe njalo ngaphezu kwakho konke futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuthanda yena nabanye.
Ukuthanda abanye akufunayo njengakuqala. Ingabe siyokwenqaba ukupha uNkulunkulu lesi sipho ngemuva kwezinzuzo eziningi asinikeze zona nalabo asithembise zona? Ngabe singalokotha sibe ngabazingcolile? Uyena, ngubani uNkulunkulu neNkosi, azibiza ngoBaba wethu, futhi singathanda ukwenqaba abafowethu?
Masibe ngokucophelela, bangane abathandekayo, ekuthini singabi ngabaphathi ababi balokho esinikwe kona njengezipho. Siyobe sesifanele ukululeka kukaPhetro: Yibani namahloni, nina enibambelela ezintweni zabanye, kunalokho landelani ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu, ngaleyo ndlela akekho noyedwa ozoba mpofu.
Masingakhathali ukuqongelela nokugcina ingcebo, kanti abanye bahlupheka yindlala, ukuze singakufanele ukuhlanjalazwa okunzima futhi okubukhali okwenziwe kakade ngumprofethi u-Amose, lapho wathi: Uthi: Lapho inyanga entsha nangoMgqibelo sekuzodlula, ukuze sikwazi ukuthengisa ukolweni futhi uthengise ukolweni, wehlise izindlela futhi usebenzise isikali samanga? (cf. Am 8: 5)
Sisebenza ngokuya ngalo mthetho ophakeme futhi wokuqala kaNkulunkulu owenza imvula yehle ngababili naboni, wenza ilanga liphume ngokulinganayo kuwo wonke umuntu, linikeza zonke izilwane zomhlaba umhlaba ovulekile, imithombo, imifula, amahlathi; inika umoya wezinyoni namanzi ezilwaneni zasemanzini; kubo bonke unika ngokukhululekile izimpahla zokuphila, ngaphandle kwemikhawulo, ngaphandle kwemibandela, ngaphandle kwanoma yikuphi ukunqunyelwa; unikeza kakhulu izindlela zokuphila nokukhululeka okugcwele kokuhamba kubo bonke. Ubengabandlululi, engazange abonakale enesithukuthezi namuntu. Wasilinganisa ngobuhlakani isipho sakhe ezidingweni zomuntu ngamunye futhi wakhombisa uthando kuye wonke umuntu.