CABANGA NJENGOBA UJESU AFUNDISA
“Thandazani ningaphezi.”
1 KwabaseThesalonikha 5:17
Sicabanga ngokufanele noma ngokungafanele ngomthandazo ngokombono womthandazo esinawo ezingqondweni zethu. Uma sicabanga ngomthandazo njengomoya osemaphashini ethu negazi eliphuma ezinhliziyweni zethu, sicabanga ngokufanele. Igazi ligeleza lingaphezi, nokuphefumula kuqhubeka kungaphezi; asikuqapheli, kodwa kuqhubeka njalo. Asihlali sikuqaphela ukuthi uJesu usigcina sihlangene ngokuphelele noNkulunkulu, kodwa uma simlalela, uhlala enza kanjalo. Umthandazo awuwona umsebenzi wokuziqeqesha, uwukuphila. Qaphela noma yini emisa umthandazo omfushane ophuma ngokuzumayo. "Thandazani ningaphezi," gcina enhliziyweni yakho umkhuba onjengowomntwana womthandazo omfushane ophuma ngokuzumayo oya kuNkulunkulu sonke isikhathi.
UJesu akakaze akhulume ngomthandazo ongaphendulwanga, wayenokuqiniseka okungenamkhawulo kokuthi umthandazo uhlale uphendulwa. Ingabe ngoMoya sinokuqiniseka okungenakuchazwa ngamazwi uJesu ayenakho ngomthandazo, noma sicabanga ngezikhathi lapho kubonakala sengathi uNkulunkulu akawuphendulanga umthandazo? "Wonke umuntu ocelayo uyamukela." Sithi — "Kodwa . . . , kodwa . . ." UNkulunkulu uphendula umthandazo ngendlela engcono kakhulu, hhayi ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi, nakuba ukubonakala kwempendulo ngokushesha emkhakheni esiyifunayo kungase kungalandeli njalo. Ingabe silindele ukuba uNkulunkulu aphendule umthandazo?
Ingozi yethu ukuthi sifuna ukunciphisa amandla ezinto uJesu azishoyo futhi sizenze zisho okuthile okuvumelana nengqondo ephusile; ukube kwakuyingqondo ephusile kuphela, kwakungafanele ukuba azisho. Izinto uJesu azishoyo ngomthandazo ziyizambulo ezingaphezu kwemvelo.