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Yeka ukunika amandla ingcindezi.

“Ngicindezelekile” kubonakala kuwukubingelela okujwayelekile kulezi zinsuku, njengokuthi, “Ngimatasatasa.” Futhi uma sithembekile, ngokuvamile singasebenzisa ukucindezeleka kwethu njengomthombo wokuziqhenya. Ukusho ukuthi sicindezelekile kungasenza sizizwe sibalulekile ngoba nakuba singase singawuthandi umuzwa wokucindezeleka osinika khona, sithanda ukuthuthukiswa kwesimo esikulethayo. 

Esikweni lethu elisheshayo, ingcindezi ibonakala njengento evamile. Ilahlekelwa incazelo yayo engemihle futhi esikhundleni salokho ihlotshaniswa nokusebenza kanzima, isifiso sokuvelela, kanye nempumelelo. Sicabanga ukuthi abantu abaphumelelayo bangabantu abacindezelekile, ngakho silwa kanzima. Futhi ukuntuleka kokucindezeleka kungasenza sizizwe sivilapha noma singenamdlandla. 

Umphumela? Sihlala sizama ukwenza okwengeziwe futhi sibe ngaphezulu, okuletha—uqagele—ingcindezi eyengeziwe. Sizibophezele ngokweqile ngoba asikwazi ukuthi cha; silungiselela ukuxhumana okukha phezulu ku-inthanethi esikhundleni sokuqopha isikhathi sengxoxo ezuzisayo; futhi sakha ingcindezi kubunikazi bethu. 

Kodwa ukuphila okucindezelekile, nokuzidela akukhona lokho uNkulunkulu ayehlose ukukwenza ngathi. uJesu wathi isitha sethu size ukuzokweba, ukubulala nokubhubhisa. Lokho kubonakala kudlulele, kodwa ukucindezeleka kungasintshontshela. Kutshontsha ubuthongo. Kuntshontsha injabulo. Kweba amandla ethu engqondo. Futhi konke ukuba matasa okwandisa ukucindezeleka kwethu kungasishiya siphazanyiswe yizinto ezincane ekuphileni size siphuthelwe ezinhlelweni ezinkulu uNkulunkulu anazo ngathi. 

Ngokuphambene, uJesu wathi uze ukuzosilethela ukuphila nokuphila ngokugcwele. uJesu weza eletha ukuthula nokuchichima, okuphambene nempilo ecindezelekile (noma eboshiwe). 

Ngakho-ke yisikhathi sokubuyekeza kabusha ingcindezi yethu. Ake siyeke ukunikeza amandla ukucindezeleka. Masiyeke ukukusebenzisa njengelungelo lokuqhosha. Kunalokho, masisebenzise ukuntula kokucindezeleka njengethuba lokugqama, lokuhluka, nokuhlanganyela ukholo lwethu. 

Lapho izwe elisizungezile licwila ekucindezelekeni, sizokhetha ukuhlala sizolile, sithule, futhi sikhumbule ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu. Lapho abanye beqhudelana njalo futhi beqhathanisa, sizogubha futhi sijabule sodwa. Lapho abanye abantu bekhungathekile futhi bengenathemba, siyoba abantu abanethemba elinjalo kangangokuthi abangakholwa bayasibuka futhi basibuze ukuthi kungani sinethemba esinalo. 

Singathola inkululeko ekucindezelekeni kwethu lapho siyeka ukukunika amandla futhi siqala ukuphendukela emthonjeni wawo wonke amandla-uNkulunkulu wethu. Ngakho-ke masiyeke ukuphila ngokucindezeleka futhi esikhundleni salokho sithathe uJesu eZwini Lakhe futhi siphile izimpilo ezigcwele.

Asikhulume

• Ungathi yiziphi ezinye zezimbangela ezidala ukucindezeleka kwakho? 
• Ucabanga ukuthi impilo yakho ingabukeka kanjani uma ususa ukucindezeleka kwakho? 
• Ungayeka kanjani ukunika amandla ukucindezeleka empilweni yakho?