UKUNGCWELISWA
“Ngenxa yaKhe nikuKristu Jesu, lowo uNkulunkulu asenzele ukuba . . . ukungcweliswa.”
1 KwabaseKhorinte 1:30
Uhlangothi Lokuphila.
Imfihlakalo yokungcweliswa iwukuthi ukuphelela kukaJesu Kristu kwabelwa kimi, hhayi kancane kancane, kodwa khona manjalo lapho ngokholo ngingena ekuqapheleni ukuthi uJesu Kristu wenziwe waba ukungcweliswa kwami. Ukungcweliswa akusho lutho olungaphansi kokuba ubungcwele bukaJesu benziwe obami ngokusobala.
Imfihlo eyodwa emangalisayo yokuphila okungcwele ayikho ekulingiseni uJesu, kodwa isekuvumeleni ukuphelela kukaJesu ukuba kuzibonakalise enyameni yami efayo. Ukungcweliswa "nguKristu kini." Yikuphila kwaKhe okumangalisayo okwabelwa kimi ekungcwelisweni, futhi kwabelwa ngokholo njengesipho sobukhosi somusa kaNkulunkulu. Ingabe ngizimisele ukuba uNkulunkulu enze ukungcweliswa kube ngokoqobo kimi njengoba kunjalo ezwini laKhe?
Ukungcweliswa kusho ukwabelwa kwezimfanelo ezingcwele zikaJesu Kristu. Ukubekezela kwaKhe, uthando lwaKhe, ubungcwele baKhe, ukholo lwaKhe, ukuhlanzeka kwaKhe, ukumesaba kwaKhe uNkulunkulu, yizo ezibonakaliswa ngaphakathi nangokusebenzisa wonke umphefumulo ongcwelisiwe. Ukungcweliswa akukhona ukudonsa kuJesu amandla okuba ngcwele; kuwukudonsa kuJesu ubungcwele obabonakaliswa kuYe, bese Yena ebubonakalisa kimi. Ukungcweliswa kuwukwabelwa, hhayi ukulingisa. Ukulingisa kusendleleni ehlukile. KuJesu Kristu kukhona ukuphelela kwazo zonke izinto, futhi imfihlakalo yokungcweliswa iwukuthi konke ukuphelela kukaJesu kungokokusebenzisa kwami, bese kancane kancane nangokuqinisekile ngiqala ukuphila ukuphila okunokuhleleka okungenakuchazwa nokuhluzeka kwengqondo nobungcwele: "Sigcinwe ngamandla kaNkulunkulu."