Okuhlangenwe nakho noNkulunkulu
"Woza njengoba unjalo!" Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi uNkulunkulu ubona konke: okuhle kakhulu nokubi kakhulu, futhi usasithanda. Ubizo lokuza njengoba unjalo luyinkomba yamazwi omphostoli uPawulu kwabaseRoma: “Ngokuba sisebuthakathaka uKristu wasifela esingamesabi uNkulunkulu. Manje akukho-muntu ofayo ngenxa yomuntu olungileyo; angase afake ukuphila kwakhe engozini ngenxa yokuhle. Kodwa uNkulunkulu ubonakalisa uthando lwakhe ngathi ngoba ngesikhathi siseyizoni, uKristu wasifela.” (Roma ) 5,6-enye).
Abantu abaningi namuhla abacabangi ngisho nangokwesono. Isizukulwane sethu sesimanje kanye nesakamuva sicabanga kakhulu ngomuzwa 'wokungabi nathemba', 'ukuphelelwa ithemba' noma 'ubuze' futhi sibona umsuka womzabalazo waso wangaphakathi ngomqondo wokungabi nalutho. Bangase bazame ukuzithanda njengendlela yokuthandeka, kodwa cishe, bazizwa sengathi baphukile ngokuphelele, baphukile, nokuthi ngeke baphinde baphelele.
Kodwa uNkulunkulu akasichazi ngokushiyeka kwethu nokwehluleka kwethu; ubona impilo yethu yonke: abalungile, ababi, ababi futhi uyasithanda noma kunjalo. Ngisho noma uNkulunkulu engakutholi kunzima ukusithanda, ngokuvamile sikuthola kunzima ukwamukela lolo thando. Siyazi ekujuleni kwenhliziyo ukuthi asilufanelekele lolo thando. Kweyoku-15. Ekhulwini le, uMartin Luther walwa umzabalazo onzima wokuphila ukuphila okuphelele kokuziphatha, kodwa wakuthola kuhluleka njalo, futhi ekukhungathekeni kwakhe ekugcineni wathola inkululeko emseni kaNkulunkulu. Ngaleso sikhathi, uLuther wayesezihlanganise nezono zakhe - futhi wathola ukuphelelwa ithemba kuphela - esikhundleni sokumatanisa noJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ephelele nethandekayo, eyasusa izono zomhlaba, kuhlanganise nezikaLuther.
Namuhla abantu abaningi, noma bengacabangi ngokwezigaba zesono, basenemizwa yokuphelelwa yithemba nokungabaza okuvusa umuzwa ojulile wokuthi umuntu akathandeki. Okumele ukwazi ukuthi yize ungenalutho, yize ungenalusizo, uNkulunkulu uyakwazisa futhi uyakuthanda. NoNkulunkulu uyakuthanda. Noma uNkulunkulu esizonda isono, akazondi wena. UNkulunkulu uthanda bonke abantu, ngisho nezoni, futhi uzonda isono ngqo ngoba siyabalimaza futhi sibabhubhise abantu.
“Woza njengoba unjalo” kusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu akalindi ukuthi ube ngcono ngaphambi kokuba uze kuye. Usevele uyakuthanda naphezu kwakho konke okwenzile. Uqinisekise indlela yokuphuma kunoma yini engase ikuhlukanise Naye. Uqinisekise ukuphunyuka kwakho kuwo wonke amajele omqondo nenhliziyo yomuntu.
Yini ekuvimbayo ekuboneni uthando lukaNkulunkulu? Noma ngabe kuyini: Kungani unganikeli lo mthwalo kuJesu, okwazi ngaphezu kwakho konke ukukuthwala?
nguJoseph Tkach