UKUBAMBA NGAPHANDLE KOKUFINYELELA
“Lapho kungekho mbono, abantu bayazikhulula emikhawulweni.”
IZaga 29:18 (R.V.)
Kunomehluko phakathi komqondo ophelele nombono. Umqondo ophelele awunalo ugqozi lokuziphatha; umbono unalo. Abantu abazinikela emiqondweni ephelele abavamile ukwenza noma yini. Umbono womuntu ngoNkulunkulu ungasetshenziswa ukuthethelela ukunganaki umsebenzi wakhe ngamabomu. UJona waphikisa ngokuthi njengoba uNkulunkulu enguNkulunkulu wobulungisa nowomusa, ngakho konke kwakuyolunga. Ngingaba nombono olungile ngoNkulunkulu, futhi lokho kungaba yisona sizathu sokuba ngingawenzi umsebenzi wami. Kodwa noma kuphi lapho kunombono, kukhona nokuphila kokulunga ngoba umbono uletha ugqozi lokuziphatha.
Imiqondo ephelele ingakuthulisa ikuyise ekubhujisweni. Zihlole ngokomoya ubone ukuthi unemibono ephelele kuphela yini noma unombono.
"Hawu, kodwa ukufinyelela komuntu kufanele kudlule lokho akubambile,
Pho izulu lenzelweni?" "Lapho kungekho mbono. . . ." Lapho nje silahlekelwa ukubona uNkulunkulu, siqala ukungacabangi ingozi, silahla imikhawulo ethile, silahla ukukhuleka, silahla umbono kaNkulunkulu ezintweni ezincane, bese siqala ukwenza ngokwethu. Uma sidla esinakho esandleni sethu, senza izinto ngokwethu singalindele ukuba uNkulunkulu angenelele, sisendleleni eyehlayo, silahlekelwe umbono. Ingabe isimo sethu sengqondo namuhla sisuka embonweni wethu ngoNkulunkulu? Ingabe silindele ukuba uNkulunkulu enze izinto ezinkulu kunanoma yini ake wayenza? Ingabe kukhona ubusha namandla endleleni yethu yokubheka ngokomoya?