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TO Ukuphumla noYesu kwiNkqwithelo asikokuphumla nje, ngokungathi siza kuhlala singaqapheli kwihlabathi elisingqongileyo. Yiyo ayiyo…

… Konke ukungasebenzi, kodwa ukusebenza ngokuvisisanayo kwabo bonke ubuchule kunye nothando-lwentando, intliziyo, ingcinga, isazela-kuba umntu ngamnye ufumene inqanaba elifanelekileyo likaThixo lolwaneliseko nophuhliso. —J. UPatrick, Inkcazo yeVine, iphe. 529; cf. Isichazi-magama seBhayibhile sikaHastings

Cinga ngoMhlaba nokuhamba kwawo. Iplanethi ishukuma ngokungapheliyo, ihlala ijikeleza iLanga, ngaloo ndlela ivelisa amaxesha onyaka; uhlala ujikeleza, uvelisa ubusuku nemini; uhlala ethembekile kwikhosi emiselwe nguMdali. Apho unawo umfanekiso wento ekuthethwa ngayo "ukuphumla": ukuhlala ngokugqibeleleyo kwintando kaThixo.

Kwaye, ukuhlala kwintando yobuthixo kungaphezulu kokuthobela, umzekelo, njengeNyanga. Ikwalandela ngokuthobela ikhondo layo elimiselweyo… kodwa ayifumani okanye ivelise ubomi. Kodwa uMhlaba-ngokungathi ulambile kwaye uguqulwe kwiLanga-ubamba imitha yawo eguqukayo, aguquke ukukhanya ukuba ubomi. Ngokunjalo, intliziyo "ekuphumleni" kumjikelo ka Yise noNyana yile ihlala ifunxa ukuKhanya kukaKrestu-kuzo zonke iintlobo zobabalo-kwaye eziguqula zibe yimisebenzi elungileyo evelisa iziqhamo zosindiso kwaye ubangqongile.

Nantsi into endiyithethayo xa usithi “absorb”: ukuya umnqweno, ukuba unxano kuThixo; ukunxanelwa uBukho baKhe; ukunxanelwa Ubulumko baKhe; ukunxanelwa inyaniso, ubuhle, nokulunga. Lo mnqweno ungcwele, lo unxano, yile nto yenza omnye uhola wendlela emphefumlweni wobukho obuguqukayo bukaThixo. Njengokuba uYesu watshoyo:

Banoyolo abalambela banxanelwe ubulungisa; ngokuba baya kuhluthiswa bona. (Mat 5: 6)

Igama "ubulungisa" apha lithetha umnqweno "wokuthobela icebo likaThixo losindiso loluntu." ^[1]umbhalo osemazantsi weNABre, Mat 3: 14-15; 5: 6 Kuthetha ukuba kubalulekile ukuba yindoda okanye umfazi onjalo emva kwentliziyo kaThixo.

INkosi ifuna umntu ngokwentliziyo yakhe. (1 Sam 13:14)

Kwaye intliziyo ka Yesu yile ivuthayo, ekhwaza usindiso lwemiphefumlo, kuba eyakhe yayiyintliziyo elandela uYise. Emnqamlezweni, wakhwaza: “Ndinxaniwe.” ^[2]John 19: 28 Isebe lehisope elifakwe ewayinini laphakanyiswa emilebeni yaKhe, livusa ishisope elalisetyenziswa ngePasika ukusasaza "igazi lemvana" emigubasini yamaSirayeli. Ukunxanwa kukaYesu kumkhokelela ekubeni aphalaze igazi lakhe elixabisekileyo ngenxa yaboni… kwaye ubiza wena nam ukuba senze okufanayo-ukungena kumjikelo we uthando. Ubeka ngale ndlela:

Ndithi kuwe, ungakhathazeki ngobomi bakho, ukuba uzakutya ntoni [okanye uya kusela ntoni na], okanye uza kunxiba ntoni… Funa kuqala uBukumkani bukaThixo nobulungisa baKhe, kwaye zonke ezi zinto ziya kunikwa ngaphandle koko. (Mat 6:25, 33)

Singaphumla njani kuBawo ukuba iintliziyo zethu azibethi isingqi esifanayo sothando? Singaphumla njani kuYesu ukuba iminqweno yethu ichasene naKhe? Singahamba njani ngoMoya ukuba singamakhoboka enyama?

Ke ngoku, ngomso, sizakuhamba elinye inyathelo singene nzulu kwindlela esinokuthi silambe ngayo kwaye sinxanelwe ubulungisa, size ke senze indlela yobuthixo entliziyweni, indlela yesihlanu, yokuza koMsindisi. Ewe, ukuba "nentliziyo yomhambi" kuthetha ukuba nentliziyo kaThixo, ukuba nentliziyo yoBukumkani bukaThixo, kunye nentliziyo imiphefumlo. Umhambi onjalo uvula indlela yokwenza intliziyo kaThixo yeyakhe ...

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