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Ukuqondisa Ukugxila Kwethu KuNkulunkulu

Ingabe uyazi ngubani omlindile? Omunye angase athi, “Ngiyethemba ukuthi umqashi uzokubona ukuqhubeka kwami ​​kokuqala.” Omunye umuntu angase anezele athi, “Ngilinde umngani womshado,” noma, “Ngilindele ukuba nomntwana.” Sivame ukugxila entweni yesifiso sethu, kunokugxila kuMhlinzeki. Kodwa empeleni—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubani noma isihloko sezicelo zakho—Lowo omlindile nguNkulunkulu. 

Uyethemba ukuthi uzoyiphendula imithandazo yakho. Ulindele ukuthi Yena akunike isixazululo sezinkinga zakho. Ulindele ukungenelela Kwakhe. Phela, iqiniso liwukuthi, “Zonke izipho ezinhle nazo zonke izipho eziphelele zivela phezulu, zehla kuYise wokukhanya,” (EkaJakobe 1:17). YiNkosi uqobo Lwakhe okuhlinzekela zonke izinto. 

Ukulinda kusho ukubekezela okulindelekile okubonakala ngesimo sengqondo esiqondisiwe, esinenjongo, esisebenzayo, nesinesibindi somthandazo. Lokho kukhuthazela okulindelekile kusho ukuthi ngeke senze umnyakazo ngaphandle kwesiqondiso seNkosi. Futhi leso sici sokuqala somthandazo wokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu ekulindeni—ukuqondiswa kuNkulunkulu—yilokho esizobheka kukho ekuzinikeleni kwanamuhla. Kunokuba sigxile kulokho esikulindele, sizogxila kuBaba, onesu elihle kakhulu ngezimpilo zethu. 

Ekugcineni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini oyilindele, uzilungiselele kangcono futhi ukufanele uma ugxile kuNkulunkulu. Kungani? Ngoba uma ugxila kulokho okushodayo, kugqugquzela ukuphelelwa ithemba enhliziyweni yakho. Uzicabangela wena siqu ukulinganiselwa kwakho, okuqinisa ubugqila obungaphakathi kuwe. Khumbula, uyona uma uzama ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zakho ngendlela yakho kuneyeNkosi. Ngakho njengoba ugxila kulokho ongenakho, uzigqilaza kakhulu ngemvelo yesono, ekugcineni eholela ekubhujisweni (KwabaseRoma 6:23). Umjikelezo odumazayo futhi ononya.

Kepha uma nibheka uNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo yonke, nibona amandla amangalisayo, nokuhlakanipha, namandla asetshenziswayo ngenxa yenu. Unokuzethemba ngoba iNkosi iyakwazi futhi ikunikeza okukulungele ngokuphelele. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi akathintwa yizithiyo ezikukhawulelayo futhi ezikwesabisayo, izizathu zakho zokwesaba ziyanyamalala (Isaya 41:10).

Mngani, iNkosi uJehova ithembekile. Uma Enza isithembiso, Uyosigcina impela. Ungaphuthelwa lesi simiso ngoba singesinye sezifundo ezibaluleke kakhulu ongazifunda mayelana nekhono lwakho lokulinda Kuye—kusekelwe ngokuphelele ekuqondeni kwakho ukuthi ungubani kanye nobuhlobo enibakha ndawonye.