INGABE ITHEMBA LAKHO KUNKULUNKULU LIBUTHAKATHAKA FUTHI LIYAFA?
“Uyomgcina ekuthuleni okuphelele lowo amandla akhe okucabanga agxile kuWe.”
U-Izaya 26:3 (R. V. umbhalo osemphethweni.)
Ingabe amandla akho okucabanga agxile kuNkulunkulu noma alambile? Ukulamba kwamandla okucabanga kungenye yemithombo ethela kakhulu izithelo yokukhathala nokuphelelwa amandla ekuphileni kwesisebenzi. Uma ungakaze usebenzise amandla akho okucabanga ukuze uzibeke phambi kukaNkulunkulu, qala ukukwenza manje. Akusizi ukulinda uNkulunkulu ukuba eze; kumelwe ususe amandla akho okucabanga ebusweni bezithombe ubheke kuYe futhi usindiswe. Amandla okucabanga ayisipho esikhulu kunazo zonke uNkulunkulu asinike sona futhi kufanele anikelwe ngokuphelele kuYe. Uma ubulokhu uletha yonke imicabango ekuthunjweni kokulalela uKristu, kuyoba ngenye yezinsiza ezinkulu kunazo zonke zokholo lapho kufika isikhathi sokulingwa, ngoba ukholo lwakho noMoya kaNkulunkulu kuyosebenza ndawonye. Funda ukuhlobanisa imiqondo efanele uNkulunkulu nakho konke okwenzeka eMvelweni — ukuphuma nokushona kwelanga, ilanga nezinkanyezi, ukushintsha kwezinkathi zonyaka, futhi amandla akho okucabanga awasoze abuswa yimizwa yakho, kodwa ayohlale esenkonzweni kaNkulunkulu.
"Sonile kanye nawobaba bethu; . . . futhi sikhohliwe" — khona-ke faka ummese omncane obukhali endaweni osuzumekile kuyo. "UNkulunkulu akakhulumi nami njengamanje," kodwa kufanele akhulume. Khumbula ukuthi ungowaBani nokuthi ukhonza uBani. Zivuse ngokukhumbula, futhi uthando lwakho olufudumele ngoNkulunkulu luyokwanda ngokuphindwe kayishumi; amandla akho okucabanga ngeke esalamba, kodwa ayophila futhi agcwale intshiseko, futhi ithemba lakho liyokhanya ngendlela engenakuchazwa.