INDIDA YOKULALELA
“USamuweli wesaba ukubonisa u-Eli umbono.”
1 USamuweli 3:15
UNkulunkulu akalokothi akhulume nathi ngezindlela ezishaqisayo, kodwa ngezindlela okulula ukuziqonda kabi, futhi sithi, "Kazi leli yizwi likaNkulunkulu yini?" U-Izaya wathi iNkosi yakhuluma kuye "ngesandla esinamandla," okungukuthi, ngokucindezela kwezimo. Akukho okuthinta ukuphila kwethu okungeyena uNkulunkulu uqobo okhulumayo. Ingabe siyasibona isandla saKhe noma sibona isenzakalo nje?
Zijwayeze ukuthi, "Khuluma, Nkosi," futhi ukuphila kuyoba yindaba evusa amadlingozi. Njalo lapho izimo zikucindezela, yithi, "Khuluma, Nkosi"; zinike isikhathi sokulalela. Ukuqondiswa ngesijeziso kungaphezu kwendlela yesiyalo, kuhloswe ukungifikisa lapho ngithi, "Khuluma, Nkosi." Khumbula isikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu akhuluma nawe khona. Usukhohliwe yini lokho akusho? KwakuyiNgokukaLuka 11:13, noma kwakuyi-1 KwabaseThesalonikha 5:23? Njengoba silalela, indlebe yethu iba bukhali, futhi, njengoJesu, siyohlale simuzwa uNkulunkulu.
Ingabe kufanele ngitshele "u-Eli" wami lokho uNkulunkulu angibonise kona? Yilapho indida yokulalela ivela khona. Asimlaleli uNkulunkulu ngokuba ngabantu abazibeka esikhundleni sokunakekela kwaKhe — Kumelwe ngivikele "u-Eli," abantu abahle kunabo bonke esibaziyo. UNkulunkulu akatshelanga uSamuweli ukuba atshele u-Eli; kwakufanele azinqumele yena lokho. Ubizo lukaNkulunkulu kuwe lungamlimaza "u-Eli wakho;" kodwa uma uzama ukuvimbela ukuhlupheka kokunye ukuphila, kuyoba isithiyo phakathi komphefumulo wakho noNkulunkulu. Uzibeka wena engozini lapho uvimbela ukunqunywa kwesandla sokunene noma ukukhishwa kweso.
Ungalokothi ucele iseluleko somunye nganoma yini uNkulunkulu akwenza uyinqume phambi kwaKhe. Uma ucela iseluleko, cishe njalo uyohambisana noSathane. "Ngaso leso sikhathi angibonisananga nenyama negazi."