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Indlela Engalungile Yokulwa Nesono

Uma ufuna ukuyeka ukwenza isono, yini oyenzayo? 

Ingabe uzama ukuzincisha okuthile, ugweme izimo ezilingayo, noma uzame ukuzithikameza ngemisebenzi engaba yingozi? 

Mhlawumbe usuvele ukufundile lokhu ngokwenza, kodwa awekho kulawa masu ayoke asebenze. Awukwazi ukuzincisha wena, ungazinaki izifiso zakho, noma ucindezele intando yakho ekuhlonipheni. Kungani? Ngoba ingqondo yakho nentando yakho akuzona isizinda senqubo yakho yokuthatha izinqumo. Inhliziyo yakho. Uma ungakuthandi okuthile ngeke ukwenze. Uma into ungayizondi ngeke uyishiye yodwa. 

Kodwa ezincwadini eziningi zokuzisiza nasezintshumayelweni namuhla, abantu bashumayela lelisu. Kuhlale kukhona “ukuhlakanipha” okusha kokuthi ungayiyeka kanjani imikhuba emibi uqale emihle. Abaningi babo baphatha isono njengokudla. Lambisa okubi. Yondla okuhle. Kodwa isono asisebenzi kanje. 

Endimeni yethu yanamuhla, uPawulu uphikisana namaqhinga enkolo afanayo esikhathi sakhe. Uzama ukusiza izilaleli zakhe ukuba zilwe nokuzitika kwenyama enesono ( KwabaseKolose 2:23) nalokho okusemhlabeni ( 3:5). Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba abatshele ukuthi bakwenze kanjani, ubatshela Indlela yokungakwenzi. 

Abantu bosuku lukaPawulu babethi indlela efanele yokususa isono kwakuwukuswela. “Ungaphathi, unganambitha, ungathinti” (2:21). Bakha inkolo eyenziwe ngumuntu ngokuzincisha izinto eziyisisekelo - “ukuzincisha injabulo” ( 2:23) - nokuzilimaza ngamanxeba - “ubunzima emzimbeni” ( 2:23). Indlela yokulwa nesono kwakuwukusishaya ngaphandle kwakho futhi uzijezise uma ungakwenzi. 

Le inguqulo eyeqisayo yalokho esikwenzayo. Isibonelo, uma othile elwa nezithombe zocansi, angazincisha i-inthanethi nobuchwepheshe. Futhi lapho bewela kuwo, bazifaka ngokwabo ngecala namahloni. Inkinga ukuswela akukwazi ukushintsha inhliziyo njengoba nje ukuzilambela kungayiqeda indlala.

Mhlawumbe lokhu kuzwakala kungalungile kuwe. Mhlawumbe yile ndlela obucabanga ngayo ukuthi kufanele ulwe nesono. Akumangalisi ukuthi uPawulu wathi, “Lezi zibonakala zihlakaniphile” (2:23). Nokho, akusoze kwasebenza. Izindlela zesono ezinjalo “azisizi ngalutho ekuvimbeni ukuzithokozisa kwenyama” ( 2:23). 

Ngakho-ke uma kuyindlela yokungalw inesono, kufanele silwe kanjani nesono na? 

uPawulu unempendulo yethu. “Funani okwaphezulu, lapho ekhona uKristu, ehlezi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu. Bekani izingqondo zenu ezintweni zaphezulu” ( 3:1-2). 

Silwa kanjani nesono? Sibeka izingqondo zethu kuKristu. Awukwazi ukushintsha inhliziyo yakho ngokuthi cha ezifisweni zakho. Kodwa ungayishintsha inhliziyo yakho ngokubeka ingqondo yakho kuKristu. 

Lapho uzikhumbuza ukuthi “uvuswe kanye noKristu” ( 3:1), inhliziyo yakho igcwala uthando olukhulu. Lezi zithandwa zizovuselela inhliziyo yakho ukuthi yenze lokho ukuswela obekungeke kwenzeke. Ukubeka ingqondo yakho kuKristu neVangeli lakhe kuzobulala isono empilweni yakho.