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Impilo ngobuningi
“UKristu weza ukuze abanike ukuphila - ukuphila ngokugcwele” (Johane 10:10). Ingabe uJesu wakuthembisa ukuphila kokuchichima kwengcebo nokuchuma? Ingabe kulungile ukuletha izinkathazo zomhlaba kuNkulunkulu futhi uzifune Kuye? Lapho usunezinto ezibonakalayo ezengeziwe, ingabe uba nokholo olwengeziwe ngenxa yokuthi ubusisiwe?
UJesu wathi: “Xwayani, nixwaye ukuhaha; Ngokuba akakho ophila ngokuba nempahla eningi.” ( Luka 1 Kor2,15). Ukubaluleka kokuphila kwethu akulinganiswa nengcebo yethu yezinto ezibonakalayo. Kunalokho, esikhundleni sokuqhathanisa izinto esinazo, kufanele sifune uMbuso kaNkulunkulu kuqala futhi singakhathazeki ngokunikezwa kwethu kwezwe (Mathewu. 6,31-enye).
UPawulu wazi kahle kakhulu ukuthi ungaphila kanjani impilo egcwele. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wayethotshisiwe noma edunyiswa, isisu sakhe sasigcwele noma sigquma singenalutho, wayephakathi kwabantu abahle noma ethwala ukuhlupheka kwakhe yedwa, wayehlale enelisekile futhi ebonga uNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izimo (KwabaseFilipi 4,11-13; Kwabase-Efesu 5,20). Impilo yakhe isikhombisa ukuthi sithola ukuphila ngokuchichimayo kungakhathalekile ukuthi sinjani isimo sempilo yethu ngokwezezimali nangokomzwelo.
UJesu usitshela isizathu sokuza kwakhe emhlabeni. Ukhuluma ngokuphila ngokugcwele, okusho ukuphila phakade. Igama elithi “ngokugcwele” livela kwelesiGreki (perissos ngesiGreki) futhi lisho “ukuqhubeka; Okuningi; ngaphezu kwaso sonke isilinganiso” futhi ibhekisela egameni elincane elingacacile elithi “impilo”.
UJesu akagcini ngokusithembisa impilo yangakusasa ngokweqile ngokugcwele, kodwa usinika kona manje. Ukuba khona kwakhe ngaphakathi kwethu kunezela okuthile okungenakulinganiswa ebukhoneni bethu. Ukuba khona kwakhe empilweni yethu kwenza impilo yethu ikufanele ukuphila futhi izinombolo ezikwi-akhawunti yethu yasebhange ziyaphela ngemuva.
KuJohane isahluko seshumi, kumayelana nomalusi okuwukuphela kwendlela eya kuBaba. Kubalulekile kuJesu ukuthi sibe nobudlelwano obuhle nobuhle noBaba wethu waseZulwini ngoba lobu budlelwano buyisisekelo sempilo yokwaneliseka okugcwele. NgoJesu asitholi kuphela impilo yaphakade, kepha sesivele sivunyelwe ukwakha ubuhlobo obuseduze noNkulunkulu ngaye.
Abantu bahlobanisa ingcebo nokuchichima nezinto ezibonakalayo, kepha uNkulunkulu usikhombisa komunye umbono. Impilo yakhe emiselwe ngobuningi igcwele ngothando, injabulo, ukuthula, ukubekezela, umusa, umusa, ukholo, ubumnene, ukuzithiba, ububele, ukuthobeka, ukuthobeka, amandla esimilo, ukuhlakanipha, umdlandla, isithunzi, ithemba, ukuzethemba , ukwethembeka futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ngobudlelwano obunempilo naye. Ingcebo yezinto ezibonakalayo ayibaniki impilo ephelele, kepha bayinikwa nguNkulunkulu uma simvumela ukuba abanikeze izipho. Lapho uvula kakhulu inhliziyo yakho kuNkulunkulu, impilo yakho iba nokunotha.
nguBarbara Dahlgren
