Ukugxiliswa Othandweni: Ukuphila Impilo YobuKristu NgokugcweleIsampula

Umqondo kaKristu

Ungasho ukuthi uhlakaniphile? Kufanele sibonise ukuthi, njengomKristu, kuwukuhlakanipha esikudingayo - ukuhlakanipha ukwazi ukuthi singaphila kanjani impilo yethu esibonelweni sikaKristu.

Incwadi yezAga isitshela ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kuyigugu ngaphezu kwamarubi, igolide elihle noma isiliva. Liyosinikeza umqhele wezimbali ohlobisa amakhanda ethu futhi isethule umqhele okhazimulayo kanye nomhlobiso entanyeni. Inkosi uSolomoni yayiqinisile lapho inikwa noma yini emhlabeni wonke, ukuba icele ukuhlakanipha. uNkulunkulu wayijabulela impendulo yakhe kangangokuthi wamnika ukuhlakanipha nakho konke okunye. Kodwa ukuhlakanipha akukhona nje ukuqongelela ulwazi lobuhlakani noma ukujabulela ubuhle bemibono engabonakali. NguKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni okungukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu. Ukuhlakanipha kungukwazi ukuthi, ngokuziphika futhi sithathe isiphambano sethu futhi silandele uJesu Kristu, sizothola ukuphila ngokugcwele. 

Ukuhlakanipha ukwazi ukuthi ukuze sisindise izimpilo zethu sidinga ukulahlekelwa yizo. Ukuhlakanipha kwesiphambano kubonakala kuwubuwula ekuhlakanipheni kwezwe. Amandla ebuthakathakeni, ukuzuza ngokulahlekelwa namandla esiphambano kusabonakala kuwubuwula kulabo abakala amandla ngesamba somkhiqizo wezwe kanye namabhomu e-megaton. Labo abazinikele ekuqedeni kuqala, abachuma ngamandla njengokuvelela futhi abafuna ulwazi njengomthombo wamandla abasoze bakuqonde lokhu. Ukuhlakanipha akunakuzuzwa ngomzamo womuntu yedwa. Ukuhlakanipha kwesiphambano kusitshela ukuthi lapho sizimisele ukudela ubunjalo bethu, sidele inkululeko yethu siqu, siyeke ukubandlulula, siyeke ukubambelela engcebweni yethu yezinto ezibonakalayo nokwethembeka kwethu kwabanye, futhi sizifele thina, siyakudla ifa lomqhele wentokozo, igama laphakade, umbuso kaNkulunkulu nokuphila kukho konke ukugcwala kwawo. Ukuhlakanipha okuvela ezulwini okokuqala kumsulwa, bese kuba nokuthula, kuyacabangela, kuyathobela, kugcwele isihe nezithelo ezinhle, akukhethi futhi kuqotho.

Uma sibeka ukholo lwethu kuKristu, uba kithi ‘ukuhlakanipha okuvela kuNkulunkulu, nokulunga nokungcweliswa nokuhlengwa’. Ngokumangalisayo, lokhu kusho ukuthi singasho ukuthi sinomqondo kaKristu. Uma lokho kuyiqiniso akukho ukujula kokuhlakanipha okumise okwesiphambano okujule kakhulu, akukho ukuphakama kolwazi lukamoya oluphakeme kakhulu, ukuba sikuhlole. U-Isaac Watts ubonakalisa lokhu evesini lehubo lakhe elithi ‘Dumisani uJehova’: Wabumba izinkanyezi, lawomalangabi asezulwini, Ubala inani lawo, azibize ngamagama; Ukuhlakanipha kwakhe kukhulu, futhi akunamkhawulo, Ukujula lapho yonke imicabango yethu icwile khona. Ngakho-ke sidinga ukuchitha isikhathi naye - ukuhlala naye. Kukangaki sijaha futhi singahlali? Kuyamangaza-ke ukuthi sishikashikana nokuqonda uNkulunkulu nokuhlakanipha kwakhe? Kuye kwaphakanyiswa ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kwenzeka kuphela lapho sithola isikhathi hhayi nje sokuthola ulwazi kodwa nokungenzi lutho - ukungenzi lutho esikweni leqiniso lokucabangela, okusho ukuthola isikhathi sokuzindla, inkululeko yokucabanga. Isimangaliso sokudala somzuzu kaNewton ngaphansi kwesihlahla sama-apula. Sidinga ukuthola isikhathi sokuzindla, senkululeko yokucabanga kanye nezimangaliso zokudala, ukuze sithole leyo ndawo lapho yonke imicabango yethu icwile khona.

Imibuzo Yokuzindla

1. Thola isikhathi ngentshiseko osukwini lwakho futhi uzindle ngokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuhlakanipha kuwena nokholo lwakho?

2. Ingabe zikhona izikhathi empilweni yakho lapho isikhathi sakho singasetshenziswa kangcono? Thola isikhathi sokungenzi lutho futhi phakathi nalokhu kungenzi lutho bonisa ukholo lwakho.

3. Yikuphi ukuzidela osukwenzile futhi yikuphi ukucwasa oye wakubekela eceleni ngenxa yothando nokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu?