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IT yenye into ukuzazi; Ukubona ngokucacileyo ubunyani bobuhlwempu bokomoya, ukungabikho kwesidima, okanye ukusilela kwesisa-ngegama, ukubona inzonzobila yosizi lomntu. Kodwa ukuzazi ngokwakho kukodwa akwanele. Kufuneka utshatile thobeka ukuze ubabalo lusebenze. Thelekisa kwakhona uPeter noJudas: bobabini bajongana nenyaniso yokonakala kwabo ngaphakathi, kodwa kwimeko yokuqala ukuzazi kwabo kwakutshatiswa ngokuthobeka, ngelixa kwelokugqibela, kwakutshatele kwikratshi. Kwaye njengoko iMizekeliso isitsho, “Ikratshi likhokela intshabalalo; ukuzidla kukhokela ukukhubeka.” [1]Prov 16: 18
UThixo akabutyhili ubunzulu bentlupheko yakho ukuze akutshabalalise, kodwa ukuba akukhulule kuwe, ngobabalo lwakhe. Ukukhanya kwakhe ukunikelwe ukunceda wena kunye nam sibone ukuba, ngaphandle kwakhe, akukho nto sinokuyenza. Yaye kubantu abaninzi, kuthatha iminyaka yokubandezeleka, izilingo, neentsizi ukuze ekugqibeleni bayivume inyaniso yokuba “uThixo unguThixo, andinguye.” Kodwa kumphefumlo othobekileyo, inkqubela phambili kubomi bangaphakathi inokukhawuleza kuba kukho imiqobo embalwa endleleni. Ndifuna wena, mzalwana wam othandekayo kunye nawe dade wethu othandekayo, nikhawuleze ebungcweleni. Kwaye nantsi indlela:
Yigeceni entlango indlela yeNkosi; tyenenezelani uThixo wethu umendo enkqantosini. Yonke imifula mayinyuswe, zonke iintaba neenduli zigungxulwe; iindawo ezimagqagala zibe zithabazi, nemixawuka ibe lithafa. Kwaye ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova buya kutyhilwa… (Isaya 40:3-5)
Oko kukuthi, kwintlango yomphefumlo wakho, uludlolo lwesidima, tyenenezelani uThixo umendo: yeka ukuthethelela ubugwenxa bakho ngeenyaniso ezingaphelelanga ezigoso kunye neengqiqo ezijijekileyo, kwaye ngokulula ukubeke ngqo phambi koThixo. Phakamisani yonke imifula, oko kukuthi, vuma zonke izono ozigcina kubumnyama bokukhanyela. zithobe zonke iintaba neenduli;, oko kukuthi, vuma ukuba nakuphi na okulungileyo okwenzileyo, naluphi na ubabalo onalo, naziphi na izipho onazo zivela kuye. Kwaye ekugqibeleni, linganisa umhlaba ongalinganiyo, oko kukuthi, bhenca uburhabaxa besimilo sakho, amaqhuma okuzingca, imingxunya yeziphene oqhelene nazo.
Ngoku, sihendelwa ukuba sicinge ukuba ukutyhilwa kobunzulu besono sethu kuya kubangela ukuba uThixo Oyingcwele-ngcwele abaleke ngenye indlela. Ke kumphefumlo othe wazithoba ngale ndlela, uthi uIsaya, “Ubuqaqawuli beNkosi buya kutyhilwa.” Njani? Ngokwesixhenxe iindlela apho uYehova uhamba ezintliziyweni zethu. Eyokuqala yile ebesiyixoxa izolo nanamhlanje: ukuqondwa kobuhlwempu bokomoya bomntu, obufakwe kwisimo somoya:
Banoyolo abangamahlwempu ngomoya; ngokuba ubukumkani bamazulu bobabo. (Mat 5: 3)
Ukuba uyayibona imfuneko yakho kuThixo, ngoko ke ubukumkani bamazulu sele bunikelwe kuwe kwizigaba zabo zokuqala.
Ngenye imini, emva kokubalisa kumalathisi wam wokomoya ngendlela endandilusizi ngayo, waphendula ngokuzolileyo wathi, “Ilunge gqitha le nto. Ukuba ubabalo lukaThixo belungasebenzanga ebomini bakho, ngewungayiboni intlupheko yakho. Ngoko oku kulungile. " Ukusukela ngaloo mini ukuya phambili, ndiye ndafunda ukubulela uThixo ngokujongana nam ngenyaniso ebuhlungu ngam—nokuba iza ngomlawuli wam wokomoya, inkosikazi yam, abantwana bam, uMvumo wam… okanye kumthandazo wam wemihla ngemihla, xa iLizwi likaThixo ligqobhoza. “Kwanaphakathi komphefumlo nomoya, amalungu nomongo, yaye [liyakwazi] ukuphicotha iingcamango neengcinga zentliziyo.” [2]I-Heb 4: 12
Okokugqibela, ayisiyiyo inyaniso yokuba nesono kwenu enifuna ukoyika, kodwa, ibhongo eliya kulifihla okanye liyigxothe. Kuba iSt James ithi “UThixo uyabachasa abanekratshi, abababale abazithobileyo.” [3]UJames 4: 6 Kanjalo,
Abathobekileyo ubakhokelela kokusesikweni, abalulamileyo ubafundisa indlela yakhe. ( INdumiso 25:9 )
Okukhona sithobekile, kokukhona sifumana ubabalo.
… Ngokuba ubabalo lunikwa umphefumlo othobekileyo kunokuba umphefumlo ucela… —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamIidayari, n. 1361
Akukho sono, nokuba sibi kangakanani na, siyakwenza ukuba uYesu akufulathele ukuba uyasivuma ngokuzithoba.
...intliziyo etyumkileyo, ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyicekisa. ( INdumiso 51:19 )
La mazwi ke makanikhuthaze, zintanda, anikhuthaze, njengoZakeyu; [4]cf. ULuka 19:5 ukuba uhle emthini wokuzingca uze uhambe ngokuzithoba neNkosi yakho enqwenela, namhlanje, ukuba idle nawe.
Umoni oziva ngaphakathi kwakhe ehluthwe konke okungcwele, okumsulwa, nokunyaniseka ngenxa yesono, umoni ozibona esekumnyameni ngokupheleleyo, ekhutshwe kwithemba losindiso, ekukhanyeni kobomi, naku umthendeleko wabangcwele, inguye umhlobo owamenywa nguYesu esidlweni sangokuhlwa, lowo wayeceliwe ukuba aphume ngasemva kweeheji, lowo wacelwa ukuba abe liqabane emtshatweni wakhe kwaye abe yindlalifa kaThixo… Nabani na ohluphekileyo, olambileyo, isono, ukuwa okanye ukungazi lundwendwe lukaKristu. —UMateyu olihlwempu, UMthendeleko wothando, p.93
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