Ukuhamba kwethu kusondele kakhulu
Nakuba kubonakala kungaqhelekanga, kodwa kuyinyaniso. UThixo uyabavusa abantu bakhe kuba ukumka kwethu ngequbuliso kusondele. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye kukho abo bachongwa ngokweyesi-2 kaPetros 3:1-7, “Besithi, Liphi na idinga lokufika kwakhe? Kuba kuseloko oobawo balalayo ukufa, zonke izinto zahlala zihleli zinjengokwasekuqalekeni kwendalo. Kuba oku kufihlakele kubo ngokuthanda kwabo, ukuba izulu laye likho kwakudala, nomhlaba uvele emanzini, umi emanzini, ngelizwi likaThixo.” Ukumka kwethu kusondele kakhulu, bantu bakaThixo.
Kwiveki ephelileyo omnye udade emthandazweni weva la mazwi, “ISIQEPHU ESIZA KUTHWALA ABANGCWELE. Wayithumela ebantwini kwaye ndandingomnye wabo bayifumeneyo. Indawo esisuka kuyo inokuba naphi na, inqwelo-mafutha okanye isithuthi sinokuba nakuyiphi na imilo kunye nobukhulu. Khumbula eyesi-2 yooKumkani 2:11 , “kwabonakala inqwelo yomlilo, namahashe omlilo, yabahlula bobabini; wenyuka uEliya ngomoya ovuthuzayo, waya emazulwini. U-Eliya wayeyindoda engatshatanga kodwa inguqulelo iya kubandakanya abantu abaninzi kwaye ngubani owaziyo uhlobo lwenqwelo-mafutha okanye ubugcisa obunokusisa ezulwini. Xa sibona uYesu Krestu efini sonke siyakuphuma kubuchwephesha okanye ubugcisa butshintshe siye kwenye into kuba umxhuzulane awuyi kuba namandla phezu kwethu.
Usenokuzibuza ukuba ingaba oku kunokuba njalo; kodwa khumbula ikwayintshukumo yokomoya kaThixo. Amawaka aliqela abantu aphuma eYiputa kunye noMoses, behamba entlango iminyaka engamashumi amane. Iimbadada zabo neempahla zabo azizange ziguge, kuba kaloku uNdikhoyo wayebathwale ngamaphiko ngamaphiko okhozi. funda iEksodus 19:4; funda iDut. 29:5 kananjalo Dut. 8:4. UYehova wabathwala, uhlanga lonke ngamaphiko okhozi. Ngubani na owaziyo ukuba wenze ntoni ukuze inguqulelo isigoduse. Akusayi kubakho nabaphi na abantu abagwenxa kolu bhabhalaza nangona uThixo wabavumela abathile babo ukuba babe ngamaphiko okhozi ukuya kwilizwe ledinga. Olu bhabha luzayo lusiya kwilizwe ledinga lokwenyani, uzuko lwasezulwini.
Ngalentseni yangolwesithathu ekuseni ndiphuphe ebusuku, kweza indoda kum yathi iNkosi imthume ukuba andibuze ukuba ndiyazi na ukuba uloliwe oza kuthwala abanyulwa bafikile? Ndaphendula, ukuba ewe, bendisazi kwaye abo bahambayo bayazilungiselela ku coceka kwaye ubungcwele ngoku. (Inokuthetha okuthile kwabanye kwaye akukho nto kwabanye, yenza isigwebo sakho sobuqu, liphupha nje lobusuku onokuthi uthethe.)
AmaGalati 5, aya kukwazisa ukuba imisebenzi yenyama ayihambi nobungcwele nobunyulu. Ke sona isiqhamo soMoya likhaya lobungcwele nobunyulu. Ukungena kobu bugcisa isiqhamo soMoya ngobungcwele nobunyulu siyimfuneko ngokupheleleyo.
Inguqulelo kukudibana noThixo kunye Mat. 5:8 ifundeka ngolu hlobo: “Banoyolo abahlambulukileyo intliziyo; ngokuba baya kumbona uThixo bona.” Kwakhona funda eyoku-1 kaPetros 1:14-16 , “Njengabantwana abathobelayo, ningamilisi ngokweenkanuko zangaphambili ekungazini kwenu; Ngenxa enokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Yibani ngcwele; ngokuba ndingcwele mna. Qiniseka ukuba ukuhamba kwethu kukufuphi. Hlalani nilungile, lindani, nithandaze. worhola ntoni na, ibe sisananelo somphefumlo wakho? komnceda ntoni na umntu, ukuba uthe walizuza ihlabathi liphela, waza wonakalelwa ke ngumphefumlo wakhe? Ukuhamba kwethu kusondele kakhulu. Zilungiseleleni ngeyure eningayicingiyo, kuya kufika loo mzuzu, sakuba sibanjwe ngesiquphe, ukuguqulelwa.
179 – Ukumka kwethu kusondele kakhulu