Singakanani inkululeko esinayo ekuzalweni kabusha kwethu ngokomoya?
Ngamafuphi: Kuningi. Ekugcineni, sinquma.
Amandla okusebenza afana namandla akusekhethi kagesi. Livela eNkosini, futhi lingamandla adala zonke izinto, kuhlanganise namandla okwenza izinto zonke eziphilayo ezinawo. Sixhumeke kuyo, ukuze SENZE izinto.
Yini enquma ukuthi SENZANI ngamandla esingene kuwo? "Sinamakhono" amabili: intando yethu, nokuqonda kwethu. Basebenza ndawonye. Zombili ziyingxube ezithakazelisayo.
Ungabona la makhono amabili ezilwaneni. Enye yentando yabo -- abakufunayo, abakuthandayo, nabahlosile - kungokwemvelo. Ibhakwa. Futhi ngokwezinga elithile ingalolongwa, noma iqeqeshwe. Izinto abazithandayo zingashintsha, okungenani ngandlela-thile, ezilwaneni eziphakeme. Ukuqonda kwabo kukhula, futhi, kusuka ekusekelwe olwazini olungokwemvelo, kuya enqolobaneni yolwazi olufundiwe. Izinja zihlakulela uthando ngabantu bazo, futhi zifunda amagama athi "ikhukhi", "hamba", "imoto", "hlala", njll.
Kubantu, kukhona ukweqa okuhlukile kulawa makhono. Sinempilo kamoya ehlangene nempilo yethu yenyama. Sixhunywe kwisekethe "yamandla omoya". Sinemiphefumulo engafi. Siyaphela, kodwa senziwe ngomfanekiso nangomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.
Inselele ukuthi, ngamandla kamoya, kuza umthwalo ongokomoya. Lapho sizalwa, ngamunye wethu uba “nobuntu” bethu, inhlanganisela eyingqayizivele yentando nokuqonda -- izinto esizithandayo, nezinto esiziqondayo. Njengezingane ezisanda kuzalwa, iningi lalezo zinto zisathulekile, zisengenzeka, azikathuthukisiwe. Kodwa siyabathanda omama bethu nobaba, nobisi, futhi sifudumele futhi siphephile, futhi siyaqonda ukuthi sibancelisa kanjani, nokuthi singanakwa kanjani.
Khona-ke, njengoba sikhula, sifunda izinto eziningi, futhi uthando lwethu luyakhula. Akuthathi isikhathi eside kangaka ukufinyelela "ababili ababi", lapho ukwenza izinto "ngendlela yami" kuyinto evamile.
Sine-ejensi engakanani?
Ezimfundisweni ezintsha zobuKristu, i-ejensi yethu ekuzalweni kabusha—inqubo yokuzalwa kabusha nokuguqulwa ngokomoya—ibalulekile... kodwa ihlale isebenzisana namandla eNkosi. INkosi isibizela ekuphendukeni nasendleleni entsha yokuphila, njengoba kubonakala obizweni lweNkosi lokuphenduka futhi sikholwe evangelini (Marku 1:15). Izimfundiso eziNtsha zobuKristu ziqhubeka zicacisa ukuthi nakuba amandla okuvuselela ngempela evela eNkosini kuphela, umuntu ngamunye kumelwe abambisane ngenkuthalo ngokuphenduka, agweme ububi njengezono, futhi alwele ukuphila ngokuvumelana neqiniso.Inkolo YeQiniso yobuKhrestu 330, Inhlakanipho Yobungelosi 148-151).
INkosi inikeza zonke izindlela - amaqiniso, izifiso zokuhle, namandla omoya - kodwa sinenkululeko yokuzikhethela ukuthi siyakwamukela, siphendule, futhi senze. Kufanele silungise indlela, siqondise izindlela, futhi sisuse izithiyo, kodwa ukuhlanzwa kwangempela, ukuphulukiswa, kanye nokunika amandla empilo kamoya kuwumsebenzi weNkosi kithi (Luka 4:18-19, Izimfihlakalo Zezulu 8388, 8393). Lokhu kukhombisa izibonelo lapho abantu besondela eNkosini ukuze bathole ukwelashwa; isinyathelo sabo sasibalulekile, kodwa ukuphulukiswa uqobo kwakuvela Kuye.
Ukuzala kabusha kubambiswano. Ukuzikhethela kwethu kusetshenziswa ekukhetheni ngokukhululekile ukuphendukela eNkosini, ukumelana nobubi, futhi siphile ngeqiniso, kodwa ukuguqulwa kwempilo yethu yangaphakathi kuvela eNkosini esebenza kithi kanye nathi, kuphela ngokubambisana kwethu ngokuzithandela (Nothando Lobunkulunkulu Nenhlakanipho Yobunkulunkulu 114, Inhlakanipho Yobungelosi 99). Ngisho namandla okujikijela inkinobho - ukuvula umnyango - avela eNkosini.
Senza isinqumo, sithinte amandla, sijikijele iswishi, futhi iNkosi igeleze ingene. Kodwa siyaguquguquka. Emizuzwini embalwa kamuva, ubugovu bethu buqala ukulawula, futhi sivala umnyango. Bese kuthi-ke okuthile kusiqhubekisela engxenyeni engcono yemvelo yethu, futhi siyivule futhi. Emuva naphambili, ngokuphindaphindiwe. Kancane kancane, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, siba nokuthambekela okuhlala isikhathi eside kokuhle noma okubi, futhi uthando lwethu olubusayo luya lugxila kakhulu. Kodwa noma sithambekele ebubini, amandla okuguqula izimpilo zethu asekhona, ayatholakala kithi uma sifinyelela kukho.
"Bheka, ngimi ngasemnyango ngingqongqotha; uma umuntu ezwa izwi lami, avule umnyango, ngiyakungena kuye, ngidle naye, naye adle nami." IsAmbulo 3:20.
