Audio
Ungawusebenzisi kabi umusa kaNkulunkulu
Wake wakubona okufana nalokhu phambilini? Le yinto ebizwa ngokuthi yi-wood-nickel [ucezu lwama-5-centime]. Ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango YaseMelika, amachips anjalo okhuni akhishwa nguhulumeni esikhundleni sezinhlamvu zemali ezijwayelekile. Ngokungafani nezinhlamvu zemali ezijwayelekile, lezi bezingenanzuzo yangempela. Lapho umnotho waseMelika uphuma enkingeni yawo, walahlekelwa yinhloso yawo. Noma babenophawu nosayizi ofanayo nohlamvu lwemali olusebenzayo, noma ngubani owayenazo wayazi ukuthi azilutho.
Ngiyaqaphela ukuthi ngeshwa singabuka umusa kaNkulunkulu ngale ndlela. Siyazi ukuthi izinto zangempela zizizwa kanjani futhi uma zibalulekile, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi sivumelana nalokho okungachazwa kuphela njengomusa oshibhile, ongelutho, onembewu. Umusa esiwunikezwa ngoKristu usho ukukhululeka okuphelele ekwahlulelweni okufanele. Kodwa uPetru uyasixwayisa: Philani njengabakhululekile hhayi sengathi ninenkululeko njengesigubuzelo sobubi (1 Petru. 2,16).
Ukhuluma ngomusa we-wood-nickel ”. Lolu uhlobo lomusa olusetshenziswe njengezaba zokuthethelela isono esiphikelelayo; akusiwo umbuzo wokuyivuma kuNkulunkulu ukuze uthole isipho sokuthethelelwa, noma sokufika ekuphendukeni phambi kukaNkulunkulu, ucela usizo lwakhe futhi ngaleyo ndlela umelane nesilingo kanye noshintsho nenkululeko entsha ngamandla akhe Okuhlangenwe nakho. Umusa kaNkulunkulu ubuhlobo obwamukelayo bobabili futhi obusivuselelayo ngomfanekiso kaKristu ngomsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele. UNkulunkulu usipha umusa wakhe ngomusa. Akudingeki simkhokhele noma yini ukuze axolelwe. Kepha ukwamukela kwethu umusa wakhe kuzoba yinto ethandekayo kithi; ikakhulukazi, kuzosilahlekisela ngokuziqhenya kwethu.
Isono sethu sizohlala sinomphumela othile ezimpilweni zethu nasezimpilweni zalabo abasizungezile, futhi okusilimazayo asikunaki. Isono sisiholela ezizathwini ezinengqondo futhi siholele ekuzithetheleleni. Ukusebenzisa umusa ngokweqile akuhambisani nokuqhubeka nokuphila ebudlelwaneni obuhle bukaNkulunkulu Asenzela bona kuKristu. Kunalokho, kugcina ngokuthi umusa kaNkulunkulu wenqatshwe.
Okubi kunakho konke, umusa oshibhile wehlisa inani langempela lomusa, nokuyinto eyigugu kunayo yonke endaweni yonke. Ngempela, umusa esaphiwa wona ngokuphila okusha kuJesu Kristu wawuyigugu kangangokuba uNkulunkulu uqobo wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe kwaba yisihlengo sakho. Kwamlahlekisela ngakho konke, futhi lapho sikusebenzisa njengezaba zokona, kufana nokuhambahamba uphethe isikhwama esigcwele i-nickel yokhuni esizibiza ngokuthi singosozigidi.
Noma yini oyenzayo, ungasebenzisi umusa oshibhile! Umusa weqiniso ubaluleke kakhulu ngokungenamkhawulo.
nguJoseph Tkach
