Ngabe impilo yakho inqunyelwe kusengaphambili ukuthi unamandla okuthola ukulawula?
Lithini ibhayibheli ngekusasa?
Lapho abantu bethi banesiphetho noma isiphetho, empeleni kusho ukuthi abanakukwazi ukulawula izimpilo zabo nokuthi basuselwa kunqubo ethile engenakushintshwa. Umqondo unikeza uNkulunkulu amandla, noma kunoma yisiphi isimo esiphakeme umuntu asikhonzayo. Ukwenza isibonelo, amaRoma namaGreek ayekholelwa ukuthi ama-destinees (onkulunkulukazi abathathu) alulaza isiphelo sabo bonke abantu. Akekho ongashintsha umklamo. Amanye amaKristu akholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu unqume kusengaphambili indlela yethu nokuthi singamathokheni ezinhlelweni zakhe kuphela.
Noma kunjalo, amanye amavesi eBhayibheli asikhumbuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu angayazi amacebo asenzele wona, kepha sinokulawula ukuqondisa kwethu.
Jeremiya 29: 11 - "Ngoba ngiyazi amacebo enginenzele wona," kusho uJehova. "Amacebo amahle hhayi enhlekeleleni, ukukunikeza ikusasa nethemba." (NLT)
Hlukana nenkululeko yokuzikhethela
Ngenkathi iBhayibheli likhuluma ngekusasa, imvamisa kungumphumela ohlosiwe osuselwa ezinqumweni zethu. Cabanga ngo-Adamu no-Eva: U-Adamu no-Eva babengahlelelwanga kusengaphambili ukuba badle lesi sihlahla kodwa badalelwa uNkulunkulu ukuba bahlale eGadeni kuze kube phakade. Babenenketho yokuhlala eNsimini noNkulunkulu noma bangalaleli izixwayiso Zakhe, noma kunjalo bakhetha indlela yokungalaleli. Sinezinqumo ezifanayo ezichaza indlela yethu.
Kunesizathu esenza sibe neBhayibheli njengesiqondisi. Kusisiza ukwenza izinqumo zaphezulu futhi kusigcina sisendleleni yokulalela esivimbela emiphumeleni engafuneki. UNkulunkulu kuyacaca ukuthi sinokhetho lokuthi simthande futhi simlandele ... noma cha. Kwesinye isikhathi abantu basebenzisa uNkulunkulu njengesijeziso sezinto ezimbi ezenzeka kithi, kodwa eqinisweni kuvame ukukhetha kwethu noma izinqumo zalabo abasizungezile eziholela esimweni sethu. Kubukeka kunzima, futhi kwesinye isikhathi kuba njalo, kepha okwenzekayo empilweni yethu kuyingxenye yenkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela.
Jakobe 4: 2 - “Ufuna, kepha awunayo, bulala. Ufuna, kepha awukwazi ukuthola okufunayo, ngakho-kelwa futhi ulwe. Awunasizathu sokuthi kungani ungabuzi uNkulunkulu. ” (NIV)
Ngakho-ke ubani obhekele?
Ngakho-ke uma sinenkululeko yokuzikhethela, ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu akabusi? Yilapho izinto zingathinta khona futhi zidide abantu. UNkulunkulu usabusa - usenamandla onke futhi ukuyo yonke indawo. Noma senza izinqumo ezimbi noma lapho izinto zingena ezingubeni zethu, uNkulunkulu usaphethe. Konke kuseyingxenye yecebo lakhe.
Cabanga ngokulawulwa uNkulunkulu anakho njengedili lokuzalwa. Hlela iphathi, umeme izivakashi, uthenge ukudla, uthathe izinto zokuhlobisa ikamelo. Thumela umngane wakho ukuthola ikhekhe, kodwa unquma ukwenza umgodi wokumisa umgodi futhi angalihlolisisi ikhekhe, ngaleyo ndlela ubonise sekwephuzile ngekhekhe elingalungile futhi angakushiyi isikhathi sokubuyela ehovini. Lokhu kuphenduka kwemicimbi kungalimaza iqembu noma ungenza okuthile ukulenza lisebenze kahle. Ngenhlanhla, une-frosting encane esele ngemuva owenzele umama wakho ikhekhe. Kuthatha imizuzu embalwa nje ukushintsha igama, ukusebenzela ikhekhe futhi akekho owaziyo okunye. Kuseyiphathi eliphumelelayo obuhlelele ekuqaleni.
Le ndlela uNkulunkulu asebenza ngayo: Unezinhlelo futhi angathanda ukuthi silandele ngqo uhlelo lwakhe, kepha kwesinye isikhathi senza izinqumo ezingalungile. Nakhu imiphumela yakho. Basisiza ukusibuyisela endleleni uNkulunkulu afuna ukuba siyithathe uma siyamukela.
Kunesizathu esenza ukuthi abashumayeli abaningi basikhumbuze ukuthi sithandazele intando kaNkulunkulu ngezimpilo zethu. Kungakho-ke siphendukela eBhayibhelini ukuthola izimpendulo ezinkingeni esibhekene nazo. Lapho sinesinqumo esikhulu okufanele sisenze, kufanele sibheke uNkulunkulu kuqala. Bheka uDavid. Wayefuna ngenkani ukuhlala entandweni kaNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke wayevame ukucela usizo kuNkulunkulu. Kwakuwukuphela kwesikhathi lapho engaphendukelanga kuNkulunkulu ukuthi enze isinqumo esikhulu nesibi kunazo zonke empilweni yakhe. Kodwa-ke, uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi asiphelele. Kungaleso sizathu esinikeza intethelelo nesiyalo kaningi. Uzohlala ezimisele ukusibuyisela endleleni eyiyo, asihole ngezikhathi ezinzima, futhi asisekele kakhulu.
NgokukaMathewu 6:10 - Woza uzosungula umbuso wakho, ukuze wonke umuntu emhlabeni azokulalela, ngoba ulalela ezulwini (CEV)