Of Isifiso

TO ukuphumula noJesu eSphepho akusikho ukuphumula okungahleliwe, njengokungathi kufanele sihlale singanaki umhlaba osizungezile. Akuyona…

… Konke ukungasebenzi, kepha ukusebenza ngokuvumelana kwawo wonke amandla nokuthanda — intando, inhliziyo, umcabango, unembeza - ngoba ngakunye kuthole kuNkulunkulu indawo ekahle yokweneliseka nentuthuko. —J. UPatrick, Isichasiselo sikaVine, k. 529; isib. Isichazamazwi seBhayibheli sikaHastings

Cabanga ngomhlaba nokuhamba kwawo. Iplanethi ihamba ngokungapheli, ihlala izungeza iLanga, ngaleyo ndlela idale izinkathi zonyaka; ejikelezayo njalo, edala ubusuku nemini; uhlala ethembekile enkambweni ayibekelwe nguMdali. Lapho-ke unesithombe sokuthi kusho ukuthini “ukuphumula”: ukuhlala ngokuphelele kwiNtando Yaphezulu.

Futhi-ke, ukuhlala eNtandweni Yaphezulu kungaphezu kokulalela okuhlukanisiwe, isibonelo, njengeNyanga. Nayo ngokulalela ilandela inkambo yayo ebekiwe… kepha ayemukeli noma ikhiqize impilo. Kepha uMhlaba — njengokungathi ulambele futhi ushintshele phezu kweLanga — umunca imisebe yawo eguqukayo, uguqule ukukhanya kuya Ukuphila. Kanjalo futhi, inhliziyo “ephumule” ngempela emjikelezweni kaYise neNdodana ileyo ehlala imunca ukuKhanya kukaKristu — ngazo zonke izinhlobo zalo zomusa — futhi ibaguqulela emisebenzini emihle eveza izithelo zensindiso babazungeze.

Nakhu engikushoyo ngokuthi “ukuncela”: ku isifiso, kuya ukoma ngoNkulunkulu; ukomela uBukhona baKhe; ukomela Ukuhlakanipha Kwakhe; ukomela iqiniso, ubuhle, nobuhle. Lesi sifiso esingcwele, lesi ukoma, yikho okwenza omunye umgwaqo omkhulu emphefumulweni ngenxa yobukhona bukaNkulunkulu obuguqulayo. Njengoba uJesu asho:

Babusisiwe abalambele bomele ukulunga, ngokuba bayakusuthiswa. (Math 5: 6)

Igama elithi "ukulunga" lapha lichaza isifiso "sokuthobela uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu lokusindiswa kwesintu." ^[1]umbhalo waphansi, NABre, Mat 3: 14-15; 5: 6 Kusho ngokuyisisekelo ukuba yindoda noma owesifazane onguye ngenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu uqobo.

INkosi ifune indoda esenhliziyweni yayo. (1 Sam 13:14)

Futhi inhliziyo kaJesu iyona evuthayo, ekhamulukela ukusindiswa kwemiphefumulo, ngoba eyakhe yayiyinhliziyo elandela uYise. Esesiphambanweni, wakhala wathi: “Ngomile.” ^[2]John 19: 28 Igatsha lehisopi elifakwe ewayinini laphakanyiselwa ezindebeni Zakhe, kwavusa igatsha lehisopi elalisetshenziswa ngePhasika ukusabalalisa "igazi lemvana" ezinsikeni zeminyango yama-Israyeli. Ukoma kukaJesu kumholela ekutheni athulule igazi lakhe eliyigugu ngenxa yezoni… futhi ubiza wena nami ukuba senze okufanayo -ukungena emzileni uthando. Ukubeka kanjena:

Ngiyakutshela, ungakhathazeki ngempilo yakho, ukuthi uzodlani [noma uzophuzani], noma ngomzimba wakho, ukuthi uzogqokani… Funa kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu nokulunga kwakhe, futhi zonke lezi zinto uzonikezwa zona ngaphandle. (Math 6:25, 33)

Singaphumula kanjani kuBaba uma izinhliziyo zethu zingasishayi isigqi esifanayo sothando? Singaphumula kanjani kuJesu uma izifiso zethu ziphikisana nezakhe? Singahamba kanjani ngoMoya uma siyizigqila zenyama?

Ngakho-ke, kusasa, sizongena kwesinye isinyathelo ngokujulile ekutheni singakulambela kanjani futhi somele ukulunga, bese sakha indlela yobungcwele enhliziyweni, indlela yesihlanu, yoMsindisi ozayo. Ngempela, ukuba "nenhliziyo yesihambi" kusho ukuba nenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu, ukuba nenhliziyo yoMbuso kaNkulunkulu, kanye nenhliziyo imiphefumulo. Umhambi onjalo uvula indlela yokwenza inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu ibe ngeyakhe…

ISIFINYEZO NOMBHALO

Uma sinenhliziyo kaNkulunkulu, uzobe eseqala ukusinika eyakhe inhliziyo.

Sondelani kuNkulunkulu, naye uzosondela kini. (Jakobe 4: 8)

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