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Evesini lokugcina 1 kwabaseKorinte 12 (TPT) uPawulu uyasitshela, “Manje ngizonibonisa indlela yokuphila ephakeme kakhulu engenakuqhathaniswa!”

Lokhu kusiholela ku-1 Korinte 13, “Isahluko Sothando,” esisinika incazelo yothando, isifundo sokuthanda abanye.

Amavesi okuqala esahluko asitshela ukuthi singaba nesiphiwo kakhulu futhi sibe nekhono, sibe nolwazi olukhulu nokholo olukhulu, kodwa uma singenalo uthando ngabanye, asilutho. Vumela lowo mcabango ungene ngaphakathi. 

Inguqulo i-Passion Translation iqhubeka evesini lesi-4 ithi,

“Uthando lukhulu...futhi luyabekezela ngendlela emangalisayo.”

Ekuhlulekeni kwami kobudlelwane ngathola ukuthi amandla ami okuthanda abanye ahlobene ngqo nokuthi ngikholelwa kangakanani ukuthi ngithandwa uNkulunkulu. Njengoba siqhubeka sikhula ekuqondeni ukuthi ungubani kanye nobukhulu bothando Lwakhe ngathi, sizuza ububele nekhono lokunikeza uthando kwabanye kusuka othandweni Lwakhe olungapheli. 

Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwaleli vesi, ukubekezela kwethu “okumangalisayo”, noma ukukuntula, kwembula futhi kuveza lokho esikukholelwayo ngathi. Ukuzibona sibalulekile, ukuzigqaja kwethu, kubulala ubudlelwano. Umbono ophakeme womuntu siqu kanye nendlela izinto “okufanele” zisebenze ngayo kuba amandla ashukumisayo, ngokuvamile ngenxa yokungazethembi nokwesaba. Ngenxa yalokho, ukuntula isineke kwethu kusibangela ukuba sicindezele futhi sikhuthaze abanye, silindele okungaphezu kwalokho esikunikeziwe. Ngiyazi ukuthi lokhu bekuyiqiniso ngami; buza nje umndeni wami. Bengifuna ukuthi izinto zenziwe ngendlela yami futhi ngesikhathi sami. Yeka ubugovu nokuziqhenya ngami. Uyakubona? 

Ukubekezela, isithelo sikaMoya kaNkulunkulu, kuwumkhuba wokulinda ngaphandle kokukhononda. Kuphikisana nokuziqhenya kwethu. Ukubekezela kuwumnikelo womusa nesihe osuka esimweni sokuthobeka, sigxile kwabanye ngaphezu kwethu. Ukwenza kusebenze ukuzithiba, amandla angaphansi kokulawula, ukuzimisela ukulinda, nokwehlisa intukuthelo.

Ukubekezela “Okumangalisayo” kuthuthukiswa ekulindeni ngokuzithoba nangokulindela uMoya kaNkulunkulu ukuthi uhambe ezimeni zakho ngaphandle kokuchitha uchungechunge lwamagama angenamusa, ngaphandle kokukhohlisa isimo, ngaphandle kokugxila kuwena. Uthando, oluboniswa ukubekezela, luthatha isikhathi esidingekayo. Lulinda kahle. Luyalalela. 

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uphendula ngokucasulwa, noma ukubekezelela ithemba osekunesikhathi lilindelwe, izinga lakho lokubekezela liveza ukujula, amandla, kanye nomthombo wothando lwakho. Ukubekezela kuyakuqonda futhi kukholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyakuthanda kakhulu kangangokuthi uyakubona, ulawula yonke into, futhi usebenza konke ukuze kuzuze wena nenkazimulo Yakhe, ngisho nalapho kubonakala kungenakwenzeka. Empilweni yami, ukuzibekezelela kwaba yisiqalo sokubekezela kwabanye.

Uma ukuthanda ngokubekezela kunzima kuwe, xhuma kuMthombo wothando lweqiniso. Cela amandla Akhe nekhono lokuthanda abanye ngokulindela isineke kunokuba ubonise izinto ozilindele ngokungenasineke. Mbonge ngokukubekezelela. Ngothando Lwakhe olunamandla, uzoba umuntu onesineke futhi uthando lwakho luzokhula!

"Ngokuthobeka nokubekezela okunokuthula, hlala ubonisa ubumnene nothando oluphanayo omunye komunye, ikakhulukazi kulabo abazama ukubekezela kwenu." Kwabase-Efesu 4:2 TPT