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“Uthando alucasuki kalula noma alusheshi ukucasuka.” 1 KwabaseKorinte 13:5 TPT

Ukucasuka kuwuphawu lokungabi naluthando? Hewu! Uthando lukaNkulunkulu luyindinganiso enamandla. 

Ukucasuka kungabonakala olimini lwethu lomzimba futhi kudlule ezimweni zethu zengqondo, kodwa ukucasuka kugqama kakhulu emazwini ethu. Ukucasuka kuyisicupho, i-alamu yesibani esibomvu esitshela ukuthi sisebenzise amandla kaMoya okuzibamba ukuze sibambe amazwi ethu ahlabayo. Uthando lukhetha ukungakunaki ukucasuka.

Ukucasuka umuzwa onamandla—ukucasuka okujulile futhi kwagxila. Ngokudabukisayo, amacala amaningi enzeka ebudlelwaneni bethu obuseduze. Kushiwo amazwi abuhlungu, kuthathwe izinyathelo eziqinile, ukoniwa kuba yitshe okhetha ukulicosha ulithwale, lilimaze inhliziyo yakho futhi lilimaza ubuhlobo benu. 

Ukulimala kwethu kuvame ukuba nobuso futhi yilapho siqondisa khona intukuthelo yethu. Sidinga okuthile okubambekayo, umuntu esingambona ukuze aqondise ukucasuka kwethu nokudumazeka kwethu kuye. Siphindaphinda amacala ethu futhi siphindaphinde izinhlungu, sizibuze ukuthi ngabe besingakwazi yini ukusho noma ukwenza okuthile okuhlukile. Sivaleleka endleleni yokucabanga eyindilinga ehlala isibuyisela emuva enkathini yokona, lapho ingqondo nemicabango yethu kugcwele izinto esezenzekile futhi ezingenakuguqulwa. Asikwazi ukwenza umqondo ngakho, ngakho-ke sizama ukucabanga ngosizi futhi sicabange indlela yethu eya ekulungisweni. Kodwa ukucabanga ngeke kubuqede ubuhlungu. Ukoniwa kwethu kuyajula, kuvame ukuphumela ekubeni muncu.

Umunyu nokucasuka kugcwele emhlabeni wethu. Imibono isiphenduke imigqa ehlukanisayo kunezindawo ezivulekile zokuxoxisana. Sesilahlekelwe ikhono lokuhlonipha noma yimuphi umbono ngaphandle kowethu.

Singaziyeka kanjani iziphambeko zethu futhi sithande labo abasizwise ubuhlungu? 

Ukuphela kwendlela yokukhululwa ekoneni iwukuletha ekukhanyeni, ngokuvuma isigameko bese usiqamba. Bese ukhulula umthwalo wakho ngokuwisa lawomatshe asindayo, aqeda amandla ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu njengesenzo sokholo lwakho Kuye. Khumbulani, Akaphuphutheki kukho okwenzekile. Ubulungiswa busesandleni Sakhe nasohlelweni Lwakhe lwezikhathi. Cela uNkulunkulu ukuthi asuse ubuhlungu bezilonda zakho ezedlule ngobukhona bakhe okupholisayo. Thola uthando Lwakhe esikhundleni sobuhlungu bakho.

Amacala adala ukwehlukana kodwa uthando luyibhuloho. Uthando lwalugcina uJesu etafuleni nomkhapheli wakhe. Uthando lwamgeza izinyawo. ( NgokukaJohane 13 )

Ukuthethelela ukucasuka kanye nokona kuwumkhuba okuzodingeka siwenze ngokuphindaphindiwe ngoba ukuthethelela kweqiniso akuvamile kwenzeka ngokushesha. Kodwa uthando luhlala lukhona—uNkulunkulu unathi. 

Njengoba ubuso bobubi bakho bufika engqondweni yakho, zibuze ukuthi uNkulunkulu umbona kanjani okonile. Umbuzo olula kodwa osebenzayo ongisizile lapho ngalinyazwa ukuthi: ngingathanda yini ukuthi lowo muntu aphile ingunaphakade elihlukaniswe Nothando? Ukuzicabanga nginabo ePharadesi kungisiza ngithole ububele futhi kushintshe inhliziyo yami. Izinkumbulo ezibuhlungu zisekhona, kodwa azisenawo amandla phezu kwami. 

Mema uMoya oNgcwele enhliziyweni nasemqondweni wakho lapho ukhuleka, “Baba, njengoba nawe wabathethelela abakukhaphelayo, bakufela ngamathe, bakuthuma ekufeni kwakho, ngiyakucela ukuba umthethelele lo muntu ongilimazile. Kungenzeka abazi nokujula kobuhlungu abangizwise bona. Ngicela uqale umsebenzi wokuthethelela kimi ukuze upholise ubuhlungu nokukhubeka okusenhliziyweni yami. Vuselela ingqondo yami njengoba ngigxile Kuwe kunokuba ngigxile ebuhlungwini bami. Ngiyabonga ngothando Lwakho olukhulu kimina”.

“Okhuthaza uthando umboza isiphambeko…” IzAga 17:9 NIV