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Izwa uNkulunkulu ngayo yonke imizwa yakho
Ngiqinisekile ukuthi sonke sithandazela ukuthi abangakholwa esibathandayo—umndeni, abangani, omakhelwane, nesisebenza nabo—banikeze uNkulunkulu ithuba. Ngamunye wabo unombono ngoNkulunkulu. Ingabe uNkulunkulu abambona embonweni unguNkulunkulu Woziqu-zintathu owembulwe kuJesu? Singabasiza kanjani ukuba bamazi ngokujulile lo Nkulunkulu? INkosi uDavide yabhala: “Nambithani nibone ukuthi uJehova muhle! (IHubo 3)4,9 NGU). Singabasiza kanjani ukuba basabele kulesi simemo? Lokhu akuwona umcabango wokumaketha - uDavid ukhomba iqiniso elijulile lokuthi uNkulunkulu uzenza aziwe kubo bonke abamfunayo. Usimema ebuhlotsheni obuqinile, obushintsha ukuphila noNkulunkulu obuhlanganisa zonke izici zokuphila kwethu kobuntu!
Kunambitheka ukuthi iNkosi muhle
Nambitha? Yebo! Ukuzwa ukulunga okuphelele kukaNkulunkulu kufana nokudla okumnandi noma isiphuzo esithopha ulimi. Cabanga ngoshokholethi omunyu, oncibilika kancane kancane noma iwayini elibomvu elikhule ngokuzwana elizungeze ulimi lwakho. Noma cabanga ngokunambitheka kwengcezu yesikhungo sethenda yenkomo yenkomo enongwe ngomxube ophelele kasawoti nezinongo. Kwenzeka into efanayo lapho sazi uNkulunkulu owembulwe kuJesu. Sifuna ukuthokozela okuhle kwakhe okuhle kuze kube phakade!
Ukuzindla ngokunotha kobuNkulunkulu boMthathu Emnye nobunkimbinkimbi bezindlela Zakhe kuvusa ukulambela izinto zikaNkulunkulu. UJesu wathi: “Babusisiwe abalambele futhi bomele ukulunga; ngoba bayokwaneliswa.” ( Mathewu 5,6 NGU). Lapho sithola ukwazi uNkulunkulu mathupha, silangazelela ubulungisa - ubudlelwano obuhle nobulungile - singuNkulunkulu. Ikakhulukazi lapho izinto zizimbi, lesi sifiso sinamandla kangangokuthi sibuhlungu, njengokungathi sibulawa indlala noma somile. Lokhu kuqina siyakubona enkonzweni kaJesu kubantu akanye naye nobuhlungu bakhe kulabo abalahla uNkulunkulu. Sikubona esifisweni Sakhe sokubuyisana—ikakhulukazi ubudlelwane bethu noBaba Wakhe waseZulwini. UJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, weza ukuzosungula lobo budlelwano obuhle nobugculisayo noNkulunkulu - ukubamba iqhaza emsebenzini kaNkulunkulu wokuqondanisa bonke ubudlelwano kahle. UJesu uqobo uyisinkwa sokuphila esesuthisa ukulamba kwethu okujulile nethemba lobudlelwane obuhle nobulungile. Yizwani ukuthi uJehova muhle!
Bona ukuthi iNkosi muhle
Bheka? Yebo! Ngokubona kwethu sibona ubuhle futhi sibona ukuma, ibanga, ukunyakaza kanye nombala. Khumbula ukuthi kukhungathekisa kanjani lapho esifuna ukukubona kusithekile. Cabanga ngomqapheli wenyoni oshisekayo ozwa umsindo wezinhlobo ezingavamile ezifunwa isikhathi eside kodwa angawuboni. Noma ukukhungatheka kokuzama ukuthola indlela yakho ekamelweni elimnyama elingajwayelekile ebusuku. Khona-ke cabangela lokhu: Singabubona kanjani ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu ongabonakali futhi ongaphezu kokuqonda, okungaphezu kokuqonda komuntu? Lo mbuzo ungikhumbuza lokho uMose, mhlawumbe ekhungathekile kancane, akucela kuNkulunkulu: “Mangibone inkazimulo yakho!” lapho uNkulunkulu aphendula khona: “Ngizokudlulisa konke okuhle kwami phambi kobuso bakho” (2. Msombuluko 33,18-enye).
Igama lesiHeberu lenkazimulo lithi "kabod". Ukuhunyushwa kwasekuqaleni kwalokhu kuyisisindo futhi kwasetshenziselwa ukuveza ukukhanya kokuphelela kukaNkulunkulu (kubonakala kubo bonke nenjabulo kubo bonke) - konke ukulunga kwakhe, ubungcwele nokwethembeka okungayekethisi. Lapho sibona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, konke okufihliwe kuyasuswa futhi siyabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu wethu ongubathathu emunye muhle ngokweqiniso nokuthi izindlela zakhe zihlale zilungile. Ngenkazimulo yokulunga nokwahlulela kwakhe, uNkulunkulu uzimisele ukulungisa konke. UNkulunkulu wethu wokuthula nothando olunikeza impilo uphikisana nabo bonke ububi futhi uqinisekisa ukuthi ububi abunakusasa. UNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu uyakhazimula enkazimulweni yakhe futhi wembula ubunjalo nobukhona bakhe - ukugcwala komusa wakhe onesihe nokulunga. Ukukhanya kwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu kukhanya ebumnyameni bethu futhi kwembula ubukhazikhazi bobuhle baKhe. Bona ukuthi iNkosi muhle.
Uhambo lokutholwa
Ukwazi uNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu akufani nokumunca ukudla okusheshayo noma ukubukela nje isiqeshana sevidiyo semizuzu emithathu. Ukuze wazi uNkulunkulu owambulelwe kuJesu Kristu, kubalulekile ukuthi izimpumputhe zethu zisuswe emehlweni ethu nokuthi umqondo wethu wokunambitha ubuyiselwe. Lokho kusho ukuphulukiswa ngokuyisimangaliso ukuze ubone futhi unambithe uNkulunkulu ukuthi ungubani ngempela. Izinzwa zethu ezingaphelele zibuthakathaka kakhulu futhi zonakele ukuba zingabamba ukugcwala nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu wethu ovelele, ongcwele. Lokhu kuphulukiswa kuyisipho nempilo impilo yonke - uhambo oluhle, oluqhubekayo lokutholwa. Kufana nokudla okunothile lapho ukunambitheka kuqhuma ngezifundo eziningana, isifundo ngasinye sidlula esedlule. Kufana nokulandelana okuphoqayo ngamathani eziqephu - ongazibuka, kodwa ungakhathali noma ube nesithukuthezi.
Nakuba kuwuhambo lokuthola ulwazi ngomkhumbi, ukufunda ngoNkulunkulu onguziqu-zintathu kuyo yonke inkazimulo yakhe kugxile ephuzwini elilodwa eliyinhloko—lokho esikubonayo nesikubonayo kuJesu. Njengo-Imanuweli (uNkulunkulu unathi) uyiNkosi noNkulunkulu owaba ngumuntu obonakalayo nobambekayo. UJesu waba ngomunye wethu futhi wahlala phakathi kwethu. Njengoba simbheka njengoba kuvezwe emiBhalweni, siyamthola “ogcwele umusa neqiniso” futhi sibona “inkazimulo” “yeNdodana ezelwe yodwa evela kuYise” (Joh. 1,14 NGU). Nakuba “akakho owake wabona uNkulunkulu . . . iNdodana ezelwe yodwa imambulele yena, enguNkulunkulu uqobo futhi ehlezi ngaseceleni kukaYise.” ( Joh. 1,18 NGU). Ukuze sibone uNkulunkulu njengoba enjalo ngempela, akudingeki sibheke kude kuneNdodana!
Hamba usho njalo
AmaHubo 34 asidweba isithombe ngoNkulunkulu oyedwa onomusa, olungileyo, onothando futhi onobuntu - kaNkulunkulu ofuna izingane zakhe zizwe ukuba khona kwakhe nobuhle bakhe nokuzikhulula ebubini. Usitshela ngoNkulunkulu ongokoqobo ukuthi izimpilo zethu ziguqulwe unomphela futhi izinhliziyo zethu, njengoMose, zimlangazelela yena nezindlela zakhe. Lo nguNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu esimethulela esibathandayo nabathandekayo bethu. Njengabalandeli bakaJesu, sibizelwe ukuba sihlanganyele enkonzweni yokushumayela kweNkosi yethu ngokwabelana ngevangeli (izindaba ezinhle) lokuthi iNkosi inguNkulunkulu olungileyo ngokweqiniso. Yizwani, niyibone niyidlulise ukuthi iNkosi yinhle.
nguGreg Williams
