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UKULALELA

UNkulunkulu wayala ama-Israyeli lapho ewanika umthetho: “Lalelani izwi lami...ngiyoba nguNkulunkulu wenu” (UJeremiya 11:4) Kodwa u-Israyeli wayengenawo amandla ukugcina umthetho. Ngakho uNkulunkulu wabanika isivumelwano esisha, ukuze abantu bakhe baphile ukuphila kokulalela. Siyafunda: “Ngiyakufaka umthetho wami ezibilinini zabo, ngiwulobe ezinhliziyweni zabo” ( UJeremiya 31:33); Ngizofaka ukungesaba kwami ​​ezinhliziyweni zabo, ukuze bangasuki Kimi” (UJeremiya 32:40); “Ngiyakunenza nihambe ngezimiso zami” (UHezekeli 36:27). Lezi zithembiso ezimangalisayo zanikeza u-Israyeli isiqinisekiso sokuthi ukulalela kwakuyoba intokozo yakhe.

Bona ukuthi iNkosi uJesu yathini ngokulalela: “Lowo onemiyalo Yami, futhi ayigcine, nguyena ongithandayo” (NgokukaJohane 14:21); “Uma umuntu engithanda, uyakugcina amazwi aMi: noBaba uyakumthanda, futhi siyakuza kuye, sihlale naye” (ivesi 23); “Uma nigcina imiyalo Yami, niyohlala othandweni lwami” (NgokukaJohane 15:10). La mazwi ayingcebo engapheli. Ngokukholwa singamethemba ngokuqinile uKristu ukuthi asenze sikwazi ukuphila impilo enjalo yothando nokulalela.

Akekho ubaba ongaqeqesha izingane zakhe ngaphandle kokuba zilalele. Akekho uthisha ongafundisa ingane eqhubeka nokungamlaleli. Akekho ujenene ongaholela amasosha akhe ekunqobeni ngaphandle kokulalela ngokushesha. Thandaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu agxilise lesi sifundo enhliziyweni yakho: impilo yokukholwa iyimpilo yokulalela. Njengoba uKristu waphila ngokulalela uBaba, nathi, sidinga ukulalela ukuze siphile othandweni lukaNkulunkulu.

Kodwa abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi: “Angikwazi ukulalela; akunakwenzeka.” Yebo, akunakwenzeka kini, kodwa hhayi kuNkulunkulu. Uthembisile ukuthi “uzokwenza ukuba nihambe ezimisweni zakhe ” (U Hezekeli 36:27). Thandaza futhi uzindle ngala mazwi, futhi uMoya oNgcwele uzokhanyisa amehlo akho, ukuze ube namandla okwenza intando kaNkulunkulu. Ukuhlanganyela kwakho noBaba kanye neNkosi uJesu Kristu makube nalokhu njengenhloso yakho eyodwa: ukuphila okunokuthula, okuzimisele, nokulalela okungenambuzo.