UKUHLEHLA EKUGXILENI
“Kodwa izindawo eziphakemeyo azisuswanga kwa-Israyeli; nokho inhliziyo ka-Asa yayiphelele zonke izinsuku zakhe.”
2 IZikhronike 15:17
U-Asa wayengaphelele ekulaleleni kwakhe kwangaphandle, ezintweni eziyinhloko wayelungile kodwa wayengalungile ngokuphelele. Qaphela into othi ngayo — "O, lokho akubalulekile kangako." Ukuthi ayibalulekile kangako kuwe kungase kusho ukuthi ibaluleke kakhulu kuNkulunkulu. Akukho lutho oluyindaba elula enganeni kaNkulunkulu. Kuyoze kube nini abanye bethu begcina uNkulunkulu ezama ukusifundisa into eyodwa? Akalokothi aphelelwe isineke. Uthi — "Ngiyazi ukuthi ngilungile ebuhlotsheni bami noNkulunkulu"; kodwa "izindawo eziphakemeyo" zisekhona, kukhona into ongazange ulalele kuyo. Ingabe ugcizelela ukuthi inhliziyo yakho ilungile noNkulunkulu, kodwa kukhona yini ekuphileni kwakho akwenze wangabaza ngayo? Noma nini lapho kunokungabaza, kuyeke masinyane, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuyini. Akukho lutho oluyimininingwane nje.
Zikhona yini izinto eziphathelene nokuphila komzimba wakho, nokuphila kwengqondo yakho, ongagxili nhlobo kuzo? Ezintweni eziyinhloko ulungile kodwa awunakekeli; uyahlehla ekugxileni. Awudingi ikhefu ekugxileni komoya njengoba nje inhliziyo yakho ingadingi ikhefu ekushayeni. Awunakuthatha ikhefu ekuziphatheni uhlale uziphethe kahle, futhi awunakuthatha ikhefu ezintweni zomoya uhlale ungowomoya. UNkulunkulu ufuna ukuba ube ngowaKhe ngokuphelele, futhi lokho kusho ukuthi kumelwe uqaphe ukuze uzigcine ulungele. Kuthatha isikhathi esikhulu. Abanye bethu balindele "ukudlula kukho konke ukwenyuka okungenakubalwa" ngemizuzu engaba mibili.