UKUKHAZIMULA OKUNGESABI
“Cha, kuzo zonke lezi zinto, singaphezu kwabanqobi ngaYe owasithandayo.”
KwabaseRoma 8:37
UPawulu ukhuluma ngezinto ezingase zibonakale zizohlukanisa noma zingene njengomgoqo phakathi kongcwele nothando lukaNkulunkulu; kodwa okumangalisayo ukuthi akukho okungangena phakathi kothando lukaNkulunkulu nongcwele. Lezi zinto zingangena futhi ziyangena phakathi kwemikhuba yokuzinikela komphefumulo noNkulunkulu futhi zihlukanise ukuphila komuntu noNkulunkulu; kodwa akukho neyodwa yazo ekwazi ukungena phakathi kothando lukaNkulunkulu nomphefumulo wongcwele. Isisekelo esiyidwala sokholo lwethu lobuKristu siyisimangaliso esingasifanele, esingenakulinganiswa sothando lukaNkulunkulu olwaboniswa eSiphambanweni saseKhalvari, uthando esingenakukwazi ukulufanelekela futhi esingasoze salufanelekela. UPawulu uthi yilesi isizathu sokuba sibe ngaphezu kwabanqobi kuzo zonke lezi zinto, abanqobi abedlulele, ngenjabulo ebesingeke sibe nayo ngaphandle kwazo kanye lezi zinto ezibukeka sengathi zizosehlula.
Igagasi eliphukayo elikhathaza umbhukudi ojwayelekile linikeza ogibele amagagasi injabulo enkulu yokudabula kulo. Sebenzisa lokho ezimweni zethu, zona kanye lezi zinto — usizi, ukucindezeleka, ukushushiswa, ziveza kithi injabulo enkulu; akuzona izinto zokulwa nazo. Singaphezu kwabanqobi ngaYe kuzo zonke lezi zinto, hhayi naphezu kwazo, kodwa phakathi kwazo. Ongcwele akalokothi ayazi injabulo yeNkosi naphezu kosizi, kodwa ngenxa yalo — "Ngichichima ngenjabulo kulo lonke usizi lwethu," kusho uPawulu.
Ukukhazimula okungesabi akwakhelwe kunoma yini edlulayo, kodwa othandweni lukaNkulunkulu okungekho lutho olungalushintsha. Okuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila, okwesabekayo noma okuyisicefe, akunamandla okuthinta uthando lukaNkulunkulu, olukuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu.