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Memezelani Ubuhle BukaNkulunkulu

Inhloso yomsebenzi wethu ayihlukile kunenhloso yempilo yethu, okungukuthi ukudumisa uNkulunkulu kukho konke esikwenzayo (1 KwabaseKorinte 10:31). Igama elithi “Dumisani” igama esilijikijela kakhulu kangangokuthi kungaba nzima ukulichaza. Njengoba uJohn Piper esho, ukudumisa uNkulunkulu kumane kusho “ukubonakalisa ubukhulu bakhe” noma ukuveza ubuntu bakhe kwabanye.

Ngakho-ke, uma inhloso yomsebenzi wethu kuwukuveza isimo seNkosi emhlabeni, ziyini ngempela izici zayo? IBhayibheli limchaza ngezindlela eziningi uNkulunkulu, kodwa ubunjalo bakhe bobuhle bendalo mhlawumbe obubonakala kakhulu kithi. Awukwazi ukugqolozela eGrand Canyon futhi ungamangali ngomsebenzi wobuciko kaNkulunkulu. Awukwazi ukuya ezu ngaphandle kokwazisa ubukhulu bokudala boMdali. Futhi awukwazi ukumbamba umntwana ngesandla futhi ungagqolozi ngokumangala ngobuhle obudingekayo ukwenza izigidi zamaseli akhe ndawonye ukuze adale ukuphila. Njengoba sibonile endimeni yayizolo, isimo sikaNkulunkulu sobuhle sabonakala nasempilweni kaJesu yasemhlabeni, abantu besikhathi sakhe bemangala ngokuthi “wayenze kahle konke.” Sikhonza uNkulunkulu ophakeme. UNkulunkulu ophelele. Igama elithi “Okuhle kakhulu” liyigama eliphansi kakhulu ukuba lingachaza uNkulunkulu wendawo yonke. Kodwa yilona eliseduze kakhulu thina njengabantu abafayo esingathemba ukuliqonda futhi sifinyelele kulo.

Njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, sibizwe ukuba sibe ngabathwali bemifanekiso kaBaba wethu oyingqayizivele. Kwabase-Efesu 5:1, uPawulu uyala iBandla “njengabantwana abathandekayo” ukuba “libe abalingisi bakaNkulunkulu.” Sikhuluma ngale ndima, isazi semfundiso yenkolo u-Andreas Köstenberger sithi, “Kufanele sisabele kanjani ebuhleni bukaNkulunkulu? Ngamafuphi, kufanele sifune ukulingisa futhi silingise...Njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlengiwe, kufanele silwele ukufana noNkulunkulu. Lokhu kubonakala kuhlanganisa nokulwela ukwenza kahle.” UJohn Piper ukubeka ngale ndlela: “UNkulunkulu wadala mina—nawe—ukuba siphile ngothando olulodwa, oluhlanganisa konke, oluguqula konke—okungukuthi, intshiseko yokukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu ngokujabulela nokubonisa ubuhle bakhe obuphakeme kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila.”  

Ngamanye amazwi, sikhazimulisa uNkulunkulu lapho silingisa isimo sakhe sobuhle futhi ngokwenza kanjalo “simemezela ubukhosi balowo owanibiza niphume ebumnyameni ningene ekukhanyeni kwakhe okumangalisayo” ( 1 KaPetru 2:9). Siphila phakathi kobumnyama ezweni elilangazelela okuthile okuhle nokuyiqiniso. Mhlawumbe awusekho “umkhakha wokuphila” onethonya ukuze sikhanyise ukukhanya kukaKristu kunomsebenzi wethu esiwukhethile. Lapho sisebenza ngobuchule, siba nelungelo elikhulu lokukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu nokumemezela ubuhle bakhe emhlabeni osizungezile. Hamba uyokwenza umsebenzi wakho ngobunyoninco namuhla!