uGoliyathi Kumele Awe: Ukunqoba Impi Yakho Umelene NemidondoshiyaIsampula

UKUNQATSHWA KUMELE KUWE

UDavide wayesemusha lapho efika empini phakathi kwama-Israyeli namaFilisti. Wayengelona ilungu lebutho, kodwa wayehambisE izinto kubafowabo. Lapho efika ekamu, wezwa ukukloloda kukaGoliyati—wabuza ukuthi ubani owayezomehlisa phansi. Umfowabo akazange akuthande ukubuza kwakhe. Qaphela umbhalo: “Kwathi u-Eliyabe, umfowabo kaDavide, emuzwa ekhuluma namadoda, wamthukuthelela kakhulu, wathi: ‘Wehleleni weza lapha?’” ( 1 Samuweli 17:28).

Le mpendulo ayimangazi uma sazi yonke indaba. Ku-1 Samuweli 16, sifunda ukuthi lapho umprofethi uSamuweli efika endlini kaJese ezogcoba inkosi entsha yakwa-Israyeli, uJese waqala ngomdala kunabo bonke, u-Eliyabe. U-Eliyabe wayemkhulu kunabo bonke, emdala futhi enamandla kunabo bonke. Impela wayezoba inkosi entsha. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi, “Qha. Hhayi yena.” Ngokungangabazeki, u-Eliyabe wazizwa edeliwe. Uhlelo lwalubonakala lubheke phansi. Akazange akhethwe njengenkosi. Kunalokho, umfowabo omncane kwaba—ingane eyayingekho ngisho ohlwini. U-Eliyabe wazizwa elahliwe, futhi abantu abalahliwe benqaba abantu.

Akekho kithi othanda ukuzizwa engafanelekile. Noma uhlakaniphe ngokwanele. Noma ufuna okwanele. Njengoba sifisa ukuthi akunjalo, imibono yabanye ibalulekile. Izwi lokwenqaba, ngisho nento encane ebingahlosiwe ukusilimaza, inganamathela futhi ilumele. Imbewu encane yokwenqaba ingamila izimpande futhi idale umonakalo ezinkathini ezizayo. Kungakabiphi, siyakhohlwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wasidala ngokuyisimangaliso ngenjongo necebo. Siyakhohlwa ukuthi akasiceli ukuba siziqhathanise nabanye noma sigijime umjaho womunye umuntu. Silahlekelwa umbono wesiqalo sethu esiyisimangaliso nokudalwa kabusha kwethu ebuntwini bukaKristu. Kungakabiphi, sizithola sesihlukunyezwa yilo mdondoshiya wokwaliwa.

Ukubona ukunqoba kukaJesu umdondoshiya wokwaliwa kuvela ekuziboneni wena ngendlela uyihlo osezulwini akubona ngayo—njengomntwana wakhe obalulekile nothandekayo. Njengoba uPawuli abhala: “Uma singabantwana, siyizindlalifa—izindlalifa zikaNkulunkulu nezindlalifa kanye noKristu, uma ngempela sihlanganyela ezinhluphekweni zakhe ukuze futhi sihlanganyele enkazimulweni yakhe.”— KwabaseRoma 8:17. UNkulunkulu akakwamukelanga ngenxa yanoma yini oyenzile, kodwa ngoba nje ekuthanda (bheka 1 KaJohane 4:19). Ngaphezu kwalokho, uNkulunkulu wakuthanda kakhulu kangangokuthi wavuma ukukhokha izindleko ezinkulu ukuze akusondeze kuye: ukufa kweNdodana yakhe, uJesu, esiphambanweni.

Mbone ngeso lengqondo uJesu ekuhlebela endlebeni yakho ethi, “Ngikuthanda ngempela. Sengivele ngijabule ngawe!” Kungase kubonakale kuwukuhlanya ukucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu wezulu—umdali wendawo yonke—ukwazi kanjalo wena mathupha. Abaningi bethu bayamangala uma sithola ukuthandwa okungamashumi amathathu engosini yezokuxhumana. Nokho uNkulunkulu wendawo yonke uyakunakekela (bheka AmaHubo 8)! Uyakulandela (bheka uLuka 15:3–7)

Ungakakhulelwa, uNkulunkulu wafakaza wathi: “Ngikukhethile ukuba ube ngowami.” Lelo qiniso kufanele lihlakulele umuzwa wokwamukeleka ngaphakathi kuwe. Ukubaluleka kwakho akugoqiwe kulokho okuzuzayo kodwa kusekelwe eqinisweni lokuthi uJesu wanikelwa ngenxa yakho. Wenziwa ukuba wamukelwe futhi wamukele uYihlo osezulwini. Wenzelwe ukuthandwa, mahhala. Uphila ngokwamukela kwakhe, hhayi ukwamukelwa abanye. Njengoba uqaphela lokhu, umdondoshiya wokwaliwa uzowa empilweni yakho.

Phendula

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