NGEKE UYIFINYELELE NGOKUMA NGEZINZWANE
“Yenezela othandweni lobuzalwane . . . uthando.”
2 KaPhethro 1:7
Uthando alucaci kwabaningi bethu, asazi ukuthi sisho ukuthini lapho sikhuluma ngothando. Uthando luwukukhetha komuntu omunye ngaphezu kwabanye, futhi ngokomoya uJesu ufuna ukuba lokho kukhetha kuqondiswe kuYe uqobo (qh. NgokukaLuka 14:26). Lapho uthando lukaNkulunkulu luthululelwa ezinhliziyweni zethu nguMoya oNgcwele, uJesu Kristu uba ngowokuqala kalula; khona-ke kumelwe sijwayeze ukubonakalisa lezi zinto ezishiwo nguPhethro.
Into yokuqala uNkulunkulu ayenzayo ukukhipha ngokuphelele kimi ukuzenzisa nokubukisa ngokukhonza. UMoya oNgcwele wembula ukuthi uNkulunkulu wangithanda hhayi ngoba ngangithandeka, kodwa ngoba kwakuyimvelo yaKhe ukwenza kanjalo. Manje, uthi kimi, bonisa uthando olufanayo kwabanye — "Thandani njengoba nginithandile." "Ngiyoletha eduze kwakho noma yiliphi inani labantu ongeke ukwazi ukubahlonipha, futhi kumelwe ubonise uthando lwami kubo njengoba ngilubonise kuwe." Ngeke uyifinyelele ngokuma ngezinzwane. Abanye bethu bazamile, kodwa sasheshe sakhathala.
"INkosi iyabekezela. . . ." Mangibheke ngaphakathi ngibone indlela engiphethe ngayo. Ukwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungithandile kwaze kwaba sekugcineni, kwaze kwaba semkhawulweni waso sonke isono sami nobubi bami nobugovu bami nokungalungi kwami, kuyongithumela emhlabeni ukuba ngithande ngendlela efanayo. Uthando lukaNkulunkulu kimi alupheli, futhi kumelwe ngithande abanye ngisekelwe esisekelweni sothando lukaNkulunkulu kimi. Ukukhula emuseni kuyama mzuzu ngicasuka. Ngicasuka ngoba kunomuntu ongajwayelekile okumelwe ngiphile naye. Cabanga nje ukuthi ngibe umuntu ongathandeki kangakanani kuNkulunkulu! Ingabe ngizilungiselele ukuzihlanganisa neNkosi uJesu kangangokuba ukuphila kwaKhe nobumnene baKhe kuthululwa njalo? Uthando lwemvelo noma uthando lobuNkulunkulu ngeke luqhubeke ngaphandle kokuba luhlakulelwe. Uthando luyazenzakalela, kodwa kumelwe lugcinwe ngesiyalo.