UNkulunkulu uyasithanda

Uyazi ukuthi abantu abaningi abakholelwa kuNkulunkulu bakuthola kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyabathanda? Abantu bakuthola kulula ukubona uNkulunkulu njengoMdali noMahluleli, kodwa kunzima kakhulu ukuba nombono kaNkulunkulu njengaLowo obathandayo nobakhathalela ngokujulile. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi uNkulunkulu wethu onothando olungapheli, odala futhi ophelele akadali lutho oluphambene naye, oluphikisana naye. Konke uNkulunkulu akudalayo kuhle, ukubonakaliswa okuphelele endaweni yonke kokupheleliswa Kwakhe, ubuhlakani Bakhe nothando. Nomaphi lapho sithola khona okuphambene nalokhu - inzondo, ubugovu, ukuhaha, ukwesaba nokukhathazeka - akungenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu wenza izinto zanjalo.

Kuyini okubi ngaphandle kokuhlanekezelwa kwalokho okwakukuhle ekuqaleni? Konke uNkulunkulu akudalile, kuhlanganise nathi bantu, kwakukuhle kakhulu, kodwa ukusetshenziswa kabi kwendalo okuzala ububi. Kungenxa yokuthi sisebenzisa kabi inkululeko enhle uNkulunkulu asinike yona ukuze sisuke kuNkulunkulu, umthombo wobuntu bethu, esikhundleni sokusondela kuye.

Kusho ukuthini lokho kithi ngabanye? Kalula nje lokhu: UNkulunkulu wasidala ngenxa yokujula kothando lwakhe olungenabugovu, ephuma enqolobaneni yakhe yokuphelela enamandla namandla akhe okudala. Lokhu kusho ukuthi siphelele futhi silungile, njengoba nje asidala. Kodwa kuthiwani ngezinkinga zethu, izono namaphutha ethu? Konke lokhu kuwumphumela wokuqhela kuNkulunkulu owasidala futhi osekela ukuphila kwethu njengomthombo wokuphila kwethu.
Uma sesifulathele uNkulunkulu ngendlela yethu, sifulathele uthando nobuhle Bakhe, asikwazi ukubona ukuthi unjani ngempela. Simbona njengomahluleli owesabekayo, umuntu okufanele simesabe, olindele ukusilimaza noma ukuziphindiselela nganoma ibuphi ububi esibenzile. Kodwa uNkulunkulu akanjalo. Muhle njalo usithanda njalo.

Ufuna simazi, sibe nokuthula, injabulo nothando lwakhe oluchichimayo. UMsindisi wethu uJesu ungumfanekiso wesimo sikaNkulunkulu, futhi usekela zonke izinto ngeZwi lakhe elinamandla (Hebheru 1,3). UJesu wasibonisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungakithi, ukuthi uyasithanda naphezu kwemizamo yethu yobuhlanya yokumbalekela. UBaba wethu waseZulwini ulangazelela ukuthi siphenduke futhi size ekhaya lakhe.

UJesu walandisa indaba yamadodana amabili. Omunye wabo wayefana nami nawe. Wayefuna ukuba yisizinda sendawo yonke yakhe futhi azenzele owakhe umhlaba. Ngakho-ke, wathatha ingxenye yefa lakhe futhi wabaleka waya kude ngangokunokwenzeka, ephilela ukuzithokozisa yena kuphela. Kodwa ukuzinikela kwakhe ekuzijabuliseni nasekuphileleni yena akuzange kusebenze. Lapho eyisebenzisa kakhulu imali yefa ezenzela yena, kwaba kubi nakakhulu futhi waba nosizi.

Kusukela ekujuleni kwempilo yakhe enganakekile, imicabango yakhe yabuyela emuva kuyise nasekhaya. Ngomzuzwana okhanyayo, waqonda ukuthi yonke into ayeyifuna ngempela, yonke into ayeyidinga ngempela, yonke into eyayimenza azizwe ejabule futhi ejabule yayitholakala khona kanye emzini kayise. Ngamandla alowo mzuzu weqiniso, kulokho kuthinta inhliziyo kayise ngaphandle kwesikhashana, waziklebhula emkhombeni wezingulube waqala indlela eya ekhaya. Wayelokhu ezibuza ukuthi uyise uyoze athathe isiphukuphuku nesahluleki esinjena.

Uyayazi yonke indaba - itholakala kuLuka 15. Uyise akagcinanga ngokumngenisa futhi, wambona eseza lapho esekude; wayeyilindele ngobuqotho indodana yakhe yolahleko. Wagijima wamhlangabeza, wamgona, wamthela ngalo uthando ayenalo ngaye. Injabulo yakhe yayinkulu kangangokuba kwadingeka ukuthi igujwe.

Kwakukhona omunye umfowethu, omdala. Owahlala noyise akazange abaleke futhi engathi ayimoshi impilo yakhe. Lapho lo mzalwane ezwa ngalo mgubho, wathukuthela wagana unwabu kumfowabo noyise wangabe esangena endlini. Kodwa noyise waphuma waya kuye, futhi ngalo lolo thando wakhuluma naye, futhi wamthela ngalo lolo thando olungapheli ayethele ngalo indodana yakhe enonya.

Ingabe umzalwane omdala ekugcineni waphenduka futhi wahlanganyela emgubhweni? UJesu akasitshelanga lokho. Kodwa umlando usitshela lokho sonke okudingeka sikwazi - uNkulunkulu akayeki ukusithanda. Ulangazelela ukuthi siphenduke futhi sibuyele Kuye. Akubuzwa ukuthi uzosithethelela yini, asamukele futhi asithande ngoba unguNkulunkulu uBaba wethu oluthando lwakhe olungapheli luhlala lufana.
Ingabe yisikhathi sokuyeka ukubalekela uNkulunkulu futhi ubuyele ekhaya Kuye? UNkulunkulu wasenza saphelela futhi saphelela, ukubonakaliswa okumangalisayo endaweni yonke enhle, ebonakala ngothando lwakhe nobuchule bakhe bokusungula. Futhi sisenjalo. Okufanele sikwenze nje ukuphenduka futhi siphinde sihlangane noMdali wethu, osithanda namuhla njengoba nje asithanda lapho esibiza.

nguJoseph Tkach