Ukuzindla kwanamuhla: Izindlela ezimbili zothando
INkosi yeza, inkosi yomusa, igcwele ukupha uqobo, ukuzoliphinda izwi emhlabeni (cf. Roma 9: 28), njengoba kwakubikezelwe ngaye, futhi ikhombisa ukuthi umthetho nabaprofethi kususelwa emiyalweni emibili yomthetho 'uthando. Masikhumbule ndawonye, bazalwane, ukuthi ngabe ziyini lezi zimiso ezimbili. Kufanele baziwa nguwe futhi bangagcini ngokukhumbula lapho sibabiza babuye: akumele neze zisuswe ezinhliziyweni zakho. Njalo ngaso sonke isikhathi, khumbula ukuthi kumele sithande uNkulunkulu nomakhelwane: uNkulunkulu ngezinhliziyo zethu zonke, ngayo yonke imiphefumulo yethu, ngengqondo yethu yonke; kanye nomakhelwane njengoba bezithanda (cf. Mt 22, 37. 39). Lokhu kumele njalo ucabange, uzindle futhi ukhumbule, ukwenze futhi ukwenze. Uthando ngoNkulunkulu okokuqala njengomyalo, kepha ukuthanda umakhelwane kuqala njengokusebenzisa okuhle. Lowo okunikeza umyalo wothando ngalezi zindlela ezimbili, akakufundisi kuqala uthando lomakhelwane, bese-ke lukaNkulunkulu, kodwa okuphambene nalokho.
Njengoba, noma kunjalo, awumboni uNkulunkulu okwamanje, ngokuthanda umakhelwane wakho uthola ubuhle bokumbona; ngokuthanda umakhelwane wakho uhlanze iso lakho ukuze ukwazi ukubona uNkulunkulu, njengoba uJohane asho ngokusobala: Uma ungamthandi umfowethu ombonayo, ungamthanda kanjani uNkulunkulu angakuboni? (bheka 1 Joh 4,20: 1,18). Uma, ukukuzwa ukhuthaza ukuthanda uNkulunkulu, ubuye wathi kimi: Ngikhombise lowo engifanele ukumthanda, ngingakuphendula kuphela noJohane: Akekho owake wabona uNkulunkulu (cf.Jn 1:4,16). Kepha ukuze ungakholelwa ukuthi uhlukaniswe ngokuphelele emathubeni okubona uNkulunkulu, uJohane ngokwakhe uthi: «UNkulunkulu uluthando; noma ngubani osemathandweni uhlala kuNkulunkulu ”(XNUMX Jn XNUMX:XNUMX). Ngakho-ke thanda umakhelwane wakho futhi ubheke ngaphakathi kwakho ukuthi lolu thando lwazalelwa kuphi, uzobona, ngokusemandleni akho, uNkulunkulu.
Ngemuva kwalokho qala ukuthanda umakhelwane wakho. Phula isinkwa sakho kanye nabalambile, ulethe abampofu abangenakhaya, ugqoke lowo umbona enqunu, futhi ungabadeleli labo bohlanga lwakho (cf.Is 58,7). Ngokwenza lokhu uzothola ini? "Lapho-ke ukukhanya kwakho kuzakhuphuka njengokusa" (Is 58,8). Ukukhanya kwakho nguNkulunkulu wakho, ungukukhanya kokusa kuwe ngoba uzakuza emva kobusuku baleli lizwe: akavuki noma ehleli, uhlala ekhanya.
Ngokuthanda umakhelwane wakho nokumnakekela, uyahamba. Futhi indlela ikuholela kuphi uma kungenjalo eNkosini, kuye lowo okumelwe simthande ngenhliziyo yethu yonke, nangawo wonke umphefumulo wethu, ngengqondo yethu yonke? Asikafiki eNkosini, kodwa sihlala sinomakhelwane nathi. Ngakho-ke, siza umakhelwane ohamba naye, ukuze akwazi ukufinyelela kulowo ofuna ukuhlala naye.