Ukuzizwela Ukuthula kukaNkulunkuluIsampula

Kuyini Ukuthula?

Uma ubuza abantu ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthula, bazokunikeza izimpendulo ezihlukahlukene:

• Ukuthula nokuzola
• Ukuzola
• Ukukhululeka ekuphazamisekeni
• Ukungabi nemicabango noma imizwa ecindezelayo
• Ubudlelwano obuvumelanayo
• Isikhathi esingenayo impi 
• Ukungabikho kobutha noma ukulimala

Nakuba lezo zimpendulo zingezimbi noma zingezinhle, ngokuvamile zisuka kumbono ongamfaki uNkulunkulu esibalweni. Ukuthula kwezwe kuhlukile ekuthuleni kukaNkulunkulu. 

Ukuthula okufiswayo futhi okunikezwa umhlaba wonke kusinika ukuthula ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene—amaphoyisa, izicishamlilo, ama-akhawunti omhlalaphansi, kanye nomshwalense wezempilo ukubala ezimbalwa. Ngaphezu kwalezo zinto, ukungabi nampi, ukuzwa ukuzwana ebudlelwaneni bethu, nokungabi nemicabango ecindezelayo konke kuyizinto ezinkulu. Konke lokhu kuyasiza kakhulu futhi sibusiswe yikho. Ubani ongeke azifune? Kodwa lolu hlobo lokuthula lungolwesikhashana futhi luncike ezimweni, futhi alunikezi uhlobo lokuthula uJesu alunikezayo. Lapho izinto zizolile, sinokuthula. Lapho izimo zethu zifiphala, asinakho ukuthula. 

KuJohane 14:27, uJesu akafuni izinhliziyo zethu zikhathazeke. Ngoba nakuba sizikhathaza ngemizabalazo yesikhashana, usinika isisombululo esihlala njalo, esiwukuthula Kwakhe. Akukhathaleki ukuthi sihlakaniphe kangakanani, ukuthi izincwadi zethu eziqala kabusha zihlotshiswe kangakanani, zingaki izinto eziqanjiwe ezibizwa ngamagama ethu, noma ukuthi sihlakaniphe kangakanani, sinobuciko, futhi sihlakaniphe kangakanani—asazi ukuthi singakudala kanjani ukuthula. 

Umdali wokuthula uyena owasidala. UyiNkosi yethu, uMdali wethu, uNkulunkulu wethu onamandla, noBaba wethu Ongunaphakade. Ngokuqhubeka kwalolu Hlelo, sizongena kulokho okushiwo ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu ngempela nokuthi singakuthola kanjani ezimpilweni zethu.