Kungani uNkulunkulu ekhetha ababuthakathaka bezwe?

Lowo ocabanga ukuthi unokuncane, kuNkulunkulu unakho konke. Yebo, ngoba naphezu kwalokho umphakathi ofuna ukukukholelwa, ingcebo akuyona yonke into, ingcebo emoyeni. Ungaba nemali eningi, impahla eningi, impahla eningi kodwa uma ungenakho ukuthula enhliziyweni nasemqondweni wakho, uma ungenalo uthando empilweni yakho, uma uphila ngaphansi kokudangala, ukungajabuli, ukunganeliseki, ukukhungatheka, yonke impahla ayinanzuzo. Futhi uNkulunkulu wathumela uJesu Kristu emhlabeni kubo bonke abantu kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke kwababuthakathaka, ngani?

UNkulunkulu uthanda ababuthakathaka

UNkulunkulu akasigcineli ngalokho esinakho kodwa ngalokho esiyikho. Akanandaba ne-akhawunti yethu yasebhange, i-dialectic yethu, akanandaba nesifundo sethu, i-intelligence quotient yethu. Kuthinta inhliziyo yethu. Ukuthobeka kwethu, umusa wethu womphefumulo, ubuhle bethu. Futhi nalapho lapho inhliziyo iye yaqiniswa yizenzakalo zokuphila, ngamanxeba, ngokuntula uthando ebuntwaneni mhlawumbe, ngokuhlukumezeka, ngakho konke ukuhlupheka, Ulungele ukunakekela nokuphulukisa izinhliziyo eziphukile, ukubuyisela umphefumulo. Ekhombisa ukukhanya ebumnyameni.

UNkulunkulu ubiza ababuthakathaka, amagwala, abalahlwayo, abadelelekile, abakhukhumele, abampofu, abangenamandla, abaphuciwe.

Umphostoli uPawulu lisitshela ukuthi “obuthakathaka emhlabeni uNkulunkulu ukhethile ukuba ajabhise abanamandla.” ( 1 Korinte 1,27:1b ) Ngakho-ke kumelwe ‘siqaphele ubizo lwenu, bazalwane: kababaningi kini ababehlakaniphile ngokwesimiso sezwe, kababaningi benamandla, ababaningi ababeyizikhulu” (1,26 Korinte XNUMX:XNUMX).

Masikhumbule ukuthi “uNkulunkulu ukhethe okuphansi nokudelelekile ezweni, ngisho nalokho okungekho, ukuba achithe lokho okukhona” ( 1 Kor 1,28:1 ), ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi “akukho muntu ongazibonga phambi kukaNkulunkulu” ( 1,29 Kor 3,27:XNUMX . :XNUMX) noma abanye. UPawulu uyabuza: “Khona-ke kuyoba yini ngokuziqhayisa kwethu? Ayifakiwe. Ngaluphi uhlobo lomthetho? Ngomthetho wezabasebenzi? Cha, kodwa ngomthetho wokholo” (Roma XNUMX:XNUMX).