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Ingabe Uyamesaba UNkulunkulu?

Ku-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, u-C. S. Lewis unesiqephu esivusa amadlingozi lapho izingane zixoxa khona noMnu noNkk. Beaver. UMnu. Beaver ukhuluma ngo-Aslan, futhi izingane zimangele. Lapho uSusan ezwa ukuthi u-Aslan uyibhubesi futhi akayona indoda, uyabuza, “Ingabe uphephe ngempela? Ngizozizwa nginovalo ngokuhlangana nengonyama.”

“Uzokwenza njalo, mngani, futhi akukho phutha,” kusho uNkk. Beaver; "Uma kukhona noma ubani ongavela phambi kuka-Aslan ngaphandle kokungqongqoza ngamadolo, unesibindi kunabaningi noma uyisiphukuphuku nje."

“Uma kunjalo akaphephile?” kusho uLucy.

“Uphephile?” kusho uMnu. Beaver; “Awumuzwa yini uNkk Beaver ukuthi ukutshelani? Ubani owasho okuthile mayelana nokuphepha? ‘Impela akaphephile. Kodwa muhle. UyiNkosi, ngiyanitshela.”

Kunezinto ezimbili okungafanele sizenze lapho sicabanga ngokumesaba uJehova: Okokuqala, akumele sikuthelele phansi ngokwehlisa inhlonipho noma ukwesaba imbala. ImiBhalo isebenzisa igama elithi “ukwesaba” ngaphandle kwezimfanelo noma ukuxolisa. Zisifundisa ukuthi wesabe iNkosi. Yebo, lokho kuhlanganisa inhlonipho nokwesaba, kodwa kungaphezu kwalezi zinto. UNkk. Beaver uqinisile uma ethi, “Uma kukhona noma ubani ongavela phambi kuka-Aslan ngaphandle kokungqongqoza kwamadolo, unesibindi kunabaningi noma uyisiphukuphuku nje.”

Okwesibili okungafanele sikwenze uma sicabanga ngokumesaba uJehova ukuthi akufanele simbone njengowesabekayo kuphela, kodwa njengoBaba onomusa, owathumela iNdodana yakhe esiphambanweni ngenxa yethu. Ukwesaba iNkosi kuyingxenye eyodwa kuphela yobudlelwane bethu Naye. Ngokungafani nonkulunkulu abaningi bamaqaba, iNkosi uNkulunkulu izembula njengomuntu onezimo eziningi. UnguBaba kanye neNkosi, uMvikeli noMvikeli, uMhlengi noMngane, uMalusi noMholi, u-Abba no-Emanuweli, nokunye okuningi. 

Mnu. U-Beaver naye uqinisile lapho ephendula umbuzo kaLucy mayelana nokuphepha kuka-Aslan: “Uphephile?” kusho uMnu. Beaver; “Awumuzwa yini uNkk Beaver ukuthi ukutshelani? Ubani owasho okuthile mayelana nokuphepha? ‘Impela akaphephile. Kodwa muhle. UyiNkosi, ngiyanitshela.” Akumele sizame ukuvalela uNkulunkulu ekhoneni. Kufanele sivumele inkululeko efunwa yisimilo sakhe. Akaphephile, kodwa Muhle. 

Kumelwe simesabe uJehova. Ngaleso sisekelo singakha ukuphila okunempilo uma silandela indlela yokuhlakanipha. Ingabe siphila ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu? UPawulu uyasibeka icala, “Njengoba sinalezi zithembiso, bathandekayo, masizihlanze kukho konke ukungcola komzimba nokomoya, siphelelise ubungcwele ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu.” ( 2 KwabaseKorinte. 7:1).

Umkhuleko: Nkosi eNgcwele, ngisize ngiphile ngokwesaba okunempilo kwebhayibheli ngawe. Njengoba ngifudumala ngothando lwakho, mangimangale ngobukhosi bakho obungcwele. Nkosi, mangithuthumele ebusweni bakho, ngikhothame ubuso bami bubheke phansi. Uyesabeka ngobungcwele bakho.