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Upawulu wayengaceli emkhulekweni ukuthi amakholwa ase-Efesu athole insada yefa lawo lengcebo engokomoya, izibusiso, amandla, negunya, kodwa ukuthi abone ukuthi ifa lingelabo. NjengamaKristu, kakade babenazo lezi zinto, njengoba nje sinazo. Kodwa kuze kube yilapho sebekuqonda lokhu, yikuphi okuhle engakungakufeza?
Eqinisweni, izembatho zempi ezingokomoya azichazayo kweyabase-Efesu 6 zimane nje ziyimpinda—indlela ehlukile yokukuchaza—lokho uPawulu ayekuchaza engxenyeni yokuqala yale ncwadi. ‘Babengagqoka’ kanjani noma “baphakamise” izinto ababengazi ukuthi banazo? Isinyathelo sokuqala kubo—isinyathelo sokuqala kithina—ekusebenziseni izinsiza zokomoya esizinikiwe ukuthi sivule amehlo ethu okomoya ukuze sikwazi ukuzibona.
Indaba ka-Elisha nenceku yakhe engaboni kahle ku-2 AmaKhosi 6 ingenye yezindaba engizikhonzile eBhayibhelini. Lesi simo siyimpi esizosukela phakathi kwenkosi ethukuthele yase-Aramu nesizwe sakwa-Israyeli.
Inceku ka-Elisha yaba nokuqaphela. Ekuqaleni, wayebona isitha kuphela, okungenzeka ukuthi akumshiyelanga izinye izimpendulo ngaphandle kokwesaba nokukhathazeka. Kodwa ngokushesha wabe eselalela iqiniso elingokomoya elishintsha umdlalo: kuningi ayenakho futhi okusebenzela yena kunalokho ayekucabanga. Lokhu amehlo akhe enyama ayekubona kwakungelinganiswe nalokho ayengakwazi ukukubona. Umthandazo ka-Elisha wamsiza ukuba azi zonke izinsiza namandla ayenawo ekulweni nesitha.
Ukuze uzethembe futhi ube nokunqoba, kufanele ukwazi "ukukubona".
Kwabase-Efesu 1, uPawulu ugcizelela ezimbalwa nje zezipho uNkulunkulu asinike zona. Zikhona ezinye eziningi, futhi ngayinye ixhuma ngokukhethekile ngezembatho zakho zempi ezingokomoya nezikhali. Isihluthulelo sokuqala sokuqonda ukuthi zonke zingena kanjani emandleni akho ukuwisa phansi ukuthi isitha siwumbono. Awukwazi ukuzisebenzisa uma ungakwazi ukuzibona ngokugcwele, uma ungazi ngokubakhona kwazo nokubaluleka kwazo ekulweni ngempumelelo nesitha.
Ukunqoba kuqala lapha. Kuqala namuhla. Kuqala ngomkhuleko wokucela umbono. Ngakho hlanganyela noPawulu ekuceleni iNkosi ukuba ivule amehlo akho ngokugcwele ukuze ungagcini nje ngokubona umsebenzi wesitha, kodwa futhi ukwazi ngokugcwele lokho uNkulunkulu akunikeze kona ukuze ukhiphe izikhali futhi umehlule ekuphileni kwakho.
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Nsuku zonke, kuqubuka impi engabonakali eduze kwakho—engabonwa, engezwakali, kodwa ezwakala kukho konke ukuphila kwakho. Isitha esizinikele, esinodeveli sifuna ukwenza umonakalo kukho konke okubalulekile kuwe: inhliziyo yakho, ingqondo yakho, umshado wakho, izingane zakho, amaphupho akho, isiphetho sakho. Uhlelo lwakhe lwempi luncike ekukubambeni ungazi futhi ungahlomile. Uma ukhathele ukuphushwa futhi ubanjwe ungaqaphile, lolu cwaningo olwakho.
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