Ukuthethelelwa: Ukhiye Obalulekile

Ngihlose ukumnika okungcono kakhulu kuphela, ngathatha uTammy (umkami) ngaya eBurger King ukuze ayodla isidlo sasemini (Okukhethayo), ngase ngimyisa kuDairy Queen ukuze ngithole uphudingi (Okuthile okuhlukile). Ungase ucabange ukuthi kufanele ngibe namahloni ngokusetshenziswa kwe-swanky kweziqubulo zenkampani, kodwa njengoba uMcDonald's ethi, "Ngiyayithanda." Manje kufanele ngikucele intethelelo (ikakhulukazi uTammy!) futhi ngibeke eceleni ihlaya eliwubulima. Ukuthethelela kuyisihluthulelo ekwakheni nasekuqiniseni ubudlelwano obuhlala njalo futhi obuvuselelayo. Lokhu kusebenza ebuhlotsheni phakathi kwabaholi nabasebenzi, abayeni namakhosikazi, nabazali nabantwana—ebudlelwaneni babantu bazo zonke izinhlobo.

Ukuthethelela nakho kuyisici esibalulekile ebuhlotsheni uNkulunkulu anabo nathi. UNkulunkulu, oluthando, wembese isintu ngengubo yokuthethelela, aselulele kithi ngokungenamibandela (okungukuthi, sithole intethelelo yakhe ngokungafanele futhi ngaphandle kokubuyiselwa). Njengoba samukela futhi siphila entethelweni ngoMoya oNgcwele, sifinyelela ekuqondeni ngokwengeziwe ukuthi uthando lukaNkulunkulu olukhazimulayo nolumangalisayo olubonakaliswa ngokuthethelela kwakhe luyiqiniso kangakanani. Lapho uDavide ecabanga ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ngesintu, wabhala: “Lapho ngibona izulu, umsebenzi weminwe yakho, inyanga nezinkanyezi, ozimisileyo, uyini umuntu ukuba umkhumbule, nendodana yomuntu na? ukuthi umnakekele?” ( IHu 8,4-5). Nami ngingamangala uma ngicabanga: amandla amakhulu nokuphana okukhulu kukaNkulunkulu ekudaleni nasekusekeleni indawo yonke yethu enkulukazi, okuhlanganisa izwe, njengoba ayazi, liyoletha ukufa kweNdodana yakhe, endaweni. kwababonakala bengelutho futhi beyizoni ngempela Izidalwa ezinjengami nawe ezingadinga.

KwabaseGalathiya 2,20 UPawulu ubhala ukuthi ujabula kanjani ngokuthi uJesu Kristu, owasithanda, wazinikela ngenxa yethu. Ngeshwa, leli qiniso elikhazimulayo levangeli liminzwa “ngumsindo” wezwe lethu elisheshayo. Uma singaqaphile, singalahlekelwa ukunaka lokho imiBhalo ekushoyo ngothando lukaNkulunkulu olubonakaliswa ngokuthethelela okukhulu. Esinye sezifundo ezibaluleke kakhulu ezilotshwe eBhayibhelini mayelana nothando oluthethelelayo nomusa kaNkulunkulu umfanekiso kaJesu wendodana yolahleko. Isazi sezenkolo uHenry Nouwen uthe ufunde lukhulu ngalokhu ngokubhekisisa umdwebo kaRembrandt othi Ukubuya KweNdodana Yolahleko. Ibonisa ukuzisola kwendodana enhlanhlathayo, ubukhali obungathetheleleki bomona womzalwane onganeliseki, nentethelelo yothando engenakugwenywa kababa omelela uNkulunkulu.

Esinye isibonelo esibalulekile sothando lukaNkulunkulu oluthethelela umfanekiso ohleliwe oshiwo encwadini kaHoseya. Okwenzeka kuHoseya ekuphileni kwakhe kufanekisela uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungenamibandela nokuthethelela okuchichimayo kuIsrayeli ovame ukuhlubuka futhi kuwukubonakaliswa okumangalisayo kwentethelelo yakhe edluliselwa kubo bonke abantu. UNkulunkulu wayala uHoseya ukuba ashade nesifebe uGomeri. Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kwakusho owesifazane wasembusweni wakwa-Israyeli osenyakatho ophingayo ngokomoya. Kunoma ikuphi, kwakungewona umshado umuntu ngokuvamile ayengawufisa, njengoba uGomere wamshiya uHoseya ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuze aphishekele ukuphila kobufebe. Ngesinye isikhathi kuthiwa uHoseya, kucatshangwa ukuthi, wathenga uGomere emuva kubahwebi bezigqila, kodwa waqhubeka egijimela ezithandwa zakhe ezazimthembisa ukumzuza ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo. “Ngiyogijima ngilandele izithandwa zami,” esho, “eziyonginika isinkwa sami namanzi, uboya bezimvu nefilakisi, amafutha nokuphuza” (Hoseya. 2,7). Naphezu kwemizamo kaHoseya yokumvimba, waqhubeka efuna ukuzihlanganisa nesono nabanye.

Ithinta inhliziyo kakhulu indlela uHoseya aqhubeka ethatha ngayo umkakhe owayephambuka - waqhubeka emthanda futhi emthethelela ngokungenamibandela. Mhlawumbe uGomer wazama ukulungisa izinto ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa uma lokhu kuyiqiniso, ukuzisola kwakhe kwaba okwesikhashana. Ngokushesha wabuyela endleleni yakhe yokuphila yokuphinga ukuze aphishekele ezinye izithandwa.

Indlela uHoseya aphatha ngayo uGomeri ngothando nokuthethelela ibonisa ubuhlobo obuthembekile bukaNkulunkulu nathi, ngisho nalapho singathembekile kuye. Lokhu kuthethelelwa okungenamibandela akuncikile endleleni esiziphatha ngayo kuNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani. NjengoGomere, sikholelwa ukuthi singathola ukuthula ngokungena ezinhlotsheni ezintsha zobugqila; silahla uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngokuzama ukuphikisa izindlela zethu. Ngesinye isikhathi, uHoseya kwadingeka athenge inkululeko kaGomere ngezinto ezibonakalayo. UNkulunkulu, oluthando, wakhokha isihlengo esiphakeme kakhulu—wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ethandekayo uJesu “ukuba ibe yisihlengo sabo bonke” ( NW )1. UThimothi 2,6). Uthando lukaNkulunkulu olungaguquki, olungasoze lwaphela, nolungapheli “lukhuthazelela zonke izinto, lukholelwa yizo zonke izinto, luthemba izinto zonke, lukhuthazelela zonke izinto” ( NW )1. AbaseKorinte 13,7). Ubuye athethelele yonke into, ngoba uthando “alubala okubi” (1. AbaseKorinte 13,5).

Abanye abaye bafunda indaba kaHoseya bangase bathi ukuthethelela ngokuphindaphindiwe ngaphandle kokuzisola kuqinisa izono zomoni—kuze kube sezingeni lokuthethelela ukuziphatha kwesoni. Abanye bangase baphikise ngokuthi ukuthethelela ngokuphindaphindiwe kwenza umenzi wobubi akholelwe ukuthi angakwazi ukwenza noma yini afuna ukuyenza. Kodwa-ke, ukuthola intethelelo enkulu kudinga ukwamukelwa ukuthi umuntu uyakudinga lokho kuthethelelwa - futhi lokhu kunjalo kungakhathaliseki ukuthi intethelelo inikezwa kaningi kangakanani. Noma ubani ocabanga ukuthi usebenzisa intethelelo kaNkulunkulu ukuze athethelele isono esiphindaphindiwe akasoze athola intethelelo ngoba lowo muntu akaqondi ukuthi ukuthethelelwa kuyadingeka.

Ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kokuthethelela kubonisa ukwenqaba kunokwamukela umusa kaNkulunkulu. Ukugabadela okunjalo akulokothi kuholele ebuhlotsheni obujabulisayo nobokubuyisana noNkulunkulu. Noma kunjalo, ukwenqaba okunjalo akumenzi uNkulunkulu ahoxise isithembiso Sakhe sokuthethelela. KuKristu, uNkulunkulu unikeza bonke abantu intethelelo engenamibandela, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singobani noma senzani.

Labo abamukele umusa kaNkulunkulu ongenamibandela (njengendodana yolahleko) abakuthathi lokhu kuxolelwa. Ukwazi ukuthi bathethelelwe ngokungenamibandela, ukusabela kwabo akukhona okokucabangela noma ukwenqaba, kodwa kunalokho eyokukhululeka nokubonga, okuvezwa isifiso sokubuyisela intethelelo ngomusa nangothando. Lapho sithola intethelelo, izingqondo zethu ziyakhululeka emigomeni eyakha ngokushesha izindonga phakathi kwethu, bese sithola inkululeko yokukhula ebudlelwaneni bethu nabanye. Kungokufanayo nalapho sibathethelela ngokungenamibandela labo abasonile.

Kungani kufanele sifise ukuthethelela ngokungenamibandela abanye abasonile? Ngoba kuhambelana nendlela uNkulunkulu asithethelele ngayo ngoKristu. Ake siphawule amazwi kaPawulu:

Kodwa yibani nomusa komunye nomunye ninothando, nithethelelane, njengoba nje noNkulunkulu wanithethelela ngoKristu (Kwabase-Efesu 4,32).

Ngakho-ke njengabakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu, njengabangcwele nabathandekayo, yembathani ububele, umusa, ukuthobeka, ubumnene, ukubekezela; nibekezelelane, nithethelelane, uma umuntu enensolo ngomunye; Njengoba uJehova ekuthethelele, nani thethelelani! Kodwa phezu kwakho konke namathelani othandweni, oluyisibopho sokuphelela (Kolose 3,12-enye).

Njengoba samukela futhi sijabulela ukuthethelelwa okungenamibandela uNkulunkulu asinika kona kuKristu, singabonga ngempela isibusiso sokwelula okunikeza ukuphila, ukwakha ubuhlobo, ukuthethelela okungenamibandela kwabanye egameni likaKristu.

Enjabulweni yokuthi ukuxolelana kubusise kangakanani ubudlelwano bami.

UJoseph Tkach

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