Kukhethwe uNkulunkulu

Noma ngubani oke wakhethwa eqenjini, wabamba iqhaza emdlalweni noma kunoma yini ethinta abanye abazongenela ukhetho, uyazi umuzwa wokuthi ungokhethiwe. Kukwenza uzizwe sengathi uthandiwe futhi uyathandwa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iningi lethu liyakwazi okuphambene nokungakhethwa, umuntu uzizwa enganakiwe futhi elahliwe.

UNkulunkulu, owasenza saba njengathi futhi oyiqondayo le mizwa, ugcizelela ukuthi ukukhetha kwakhe u-Israyeli ukuba abe abantu bakhe kwacatshangelwa ngokucophelela hhayi ngengozi. Wathi kubo: “Ngokuba niyisizwe esingcwele kuJehova uNkulunkulu wenu, uJehova ukukhethile ukuba nibe yisizwe sakhe phakathi kwezizwe zonke ezisebusweni bomhlaba.” ( 5 Kor.4,2). Amanye amavesi eTestamenteni Elidala nawo akhombisa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakhetha: umuzi, abapristi, abahluleli namakhosi.

AbaseKolose 3,12  simemezela ukuthi nathi, njengo-Israyeli, sikhethiwe: “Siyazi, bazalwane abathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu, ekukhethweni kwenu (kubantu bakhe)”1. Thesalonika 1,4). Lokhu kusho ukuthi akekho kithi owenzeke ngengozi. Sonke silapha ngenxa yecebo likaNkulunkulu. Konke akwenzayo ukwenza ngenhloso, uthando nobuhlakani.

Esihlokweni sami sokugcina mayelana nokuthi singobani kuKristu, ngibeke igama elithi "khetha" phansi kwesiphambano. Kuyinto engikholelwa ukuthi iwumongo wokuthi singobani kuKristu futhi ibalulekile empilweni kamoya. Uma sihamba sikholelwa ukuthi silapha ngokufisa okuthile kukaNkulunkulu noma ngokugingqika kwedayisi, ukholo lwethu (ukwethemba) luyoba buthaka futhi intuthuko yethu njengamaKristu avuthiwe izohlupheka.

Ngamunye wethu kufanele azi futhi akholwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu usikhethile futhi wasibiza ngegama. Wangimbambatha ehlombe mina nawe wathi, “Ngikhetha wena, ngilandele!” Singaqiniseka ngokwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu usikhethile, uyasithanda, futhi unecebo lomuntu ngamunye wethu.

Yini okufanele siyenze ngalolu lwazi ngaphandle kokuzizwa sifudumele futhi sithambile? Kuyisisekelo sempilo yethu yobuKristu. UNkulunkulu ufuna sazi ukuthi singabakhe, siyathandwa, siyafunwa futhi uBaba wethu uyasikhathalela. Kodwa akungoba senze noma yini. njengoba enza kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli encwadini yesihlanu kaMose 7,7 wathi: “Akungenxa yokuthi nanibaningi kunezizwe zonke uJehova alifisayo, wanikhetha; ngokuba wena umncane kunabo bonke abantu.” Ngenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu uyasithanda, singasho njengoDavide: “Udabukiseni, mphefumulo wami, ukhathazeke kangaka phakathi kwami? lindela uNkulunkulu; ngokuba ngiyobuye ngimbonge, ngokuba uyinsindiso yami noNkulunkulu wami” ( IHubo 42,5)!

Ngoba sikhethiwe, singamethemba, simdumise, futhi simethembe. Ngemuva kwalokho singaphendukela kwabanye sikhanyise injabulo esinayo kuNkulunkulu.

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