Uthando LunguMuntuIsampula

Wonke umlayezo wezwi likaNkulunkulu elilotshiwe usekelwe kuphela emcabangweni owodwa, umqondo owodwa, uMuntu oyedwa: Uthando. 

Uthando luyisizathu—amandla anamandla okuba khona kwethu, impendulo yokuthi kungani sazalwa. UNkulunkulu olu thando, wasidala kusuka othandweni, ngenxayothando, kuya uthandweni. Kungumyalo Wakhe omkhulu kithina—ukuthanda Yena kanye nabanye kanye nokuthola ubudlelwano obujabulisayo kulolo thando.

Lapho uNkulunkulu wethu onothando enikela ngeNdodana Yakhe yodwa njengomhlatshelo nokusibekela izono zethu, kwakuwukubonakaliswa okukhulu kothando Lwakhe ngami nawe. Iningi lethu like lalubona lolu thando oluguqukayo oluvela kuNkulunkulu, nokho singaba nesikhathi esinzima kakhulu futhi sivame ukwehluleka ngokudabukisayo ngobudlelwano bethu obuvundlile—abashade nabo kanye nezingane, abazali bethu, abangani bethu kanye nesisebenza nabo. Ekuhlulekeni kwethu ukunikeza uthando kwabanye silahlekelwe imishado, abangani, imisebenzi, noma mhlawumbe ukucasuka kwethu. 

Inkinga ukuthi uthando lwethu luyavutha. Luyancipha futhi lome ngenxa yemizwa ephelile futhi eshintshile noma ngenxa yesipiliyoni esibuhlungu esisivalle.

Ukuze uthando luhlale futhi lungapheli, kumele sibe nomthombo wothando oluphelele esingalukhipha, olukhulu kunokujula kwamakhono ethu, imizwa nemizwelo yethu. Uma uNkulunkulu elu thando, ingabe uyoke aphelelwe uthando? Ingabe kukhona umkhawulo othandweni Lwakhe olukhulu? 

Impendulo ithi cha. Futhi uma nje sixhumene nalowo Mthombo ongapheli nangenxa yobukhulu bothando Lwakhe ngathi, akufanele neze kube khona isikhathi esingakwazi ukusinikeza futhi sibonise uthando kwabanye.

Noma kunjalo, sonke siyehluleka. Ngokujabulisayo, lapho siphendukela kuYe, uqeda konke ukwehluleka kwethu ngomusa wakhe omkhulu nesihe, esinika isiqalo esisha. Singaqhubekela phambili ekuhlulekeni kwethu ngokubambelela eqinisweni lokuthi uNkulunkulu usibiza ngokuthi singabakhe. Ubuthakathaka bethu ngamandla akhe amakhulu.

Njengoba sizijwayeza ukuthanda abanye, singase sithathe isinyathelo esisodwa siye phambili nezinyathelo ezimbili emuva. Kodwa njengoba siqhubeka nokumenzela indawo futhi sihlale ezimpophomeni Zakhe ezingapheli, zaphakade, zaseNiagara zothando, ukusabela kwethu kwabanye kuzoba ukuthanda njalo, ukukhonza njalo, ukupha njalo. Ikhono lethu lokuthanda alisoze laphela ngoba uthando aluwona nje umuzwa noma imizwa. Uthando luwuMuntu. Ungowethu, Unathi, futhi Usinika amandla othandweni Lwakhe olukhulu lokuthanda abanye, okungaphezu kwalokho esicabanga ukuthi kungenzeka.

Qhubeka nami ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo njengoba sifunda kabanzi mayelana nokwenza ubizo oluphezulu lokuthanda abanye othandweni Lwakhe olukhulu. 

“Uthando lwethu ngabanye luwukusabela kwethu kokubonga othandweni uNkulunkulu alubonisa kithi kuqala.”  1 Johane 4:19 TPT

Cabanga ngokufunda imibhalo yanamuhla evela ku-Passion Translation (TPT)