UKUPHOQA OKUKHULU KUKANKULUNKULU
“Bheka, sikhuphukela eJerusalema.”
NgokukaLuka 18:31
IJerusalema limele ekuphileni kweNkosi yethu indawo lapho Yena afinyelela khona esicongweni sentando kaYise. "Angifuni intando yaMi, kodwa intando kaBaba ongithumile." Lokho kwakuyisithakazelo esisodwa esasibusa kukho konke ukuphila kweNkosi yethu, futhi izinto Yena ahlangana nazo endleleni, injabulo noma usizi, impumelelo noma ukwehluleka, azizange neze zimvimbe enjongweni yaKhe. "Wabubhekisa ngokuqinile ubuso baKhe ukuya eJerusalema."
Into enkulu okufanele siyikhumbule iwukuthi sikhuphukela eJerusalema ukuze sifeze injongo kaNkulunkulu, hhayi eyethu. Ngokwemvelo, izifiso zethu ngezethu; ekuphileni kobuKristu asinawo umgomo ongowethu. Kukhulunywa kakhulu namuhla ngezinqumo zethu zokulandela uKristu, nokuzimisela kwethu ukuba ngamaKristu, nezinqumo zethu zalokhu nalokhuya, kodwa eTestamenteni Elisha kuvezwa isici sokuphoqa kukaNkulunkulu. "Aningikhethanga Mina, kodwa Mina nginikhethile nina." Asingeniswa ekuvumelaneni esikuqaphelayo nenjongo kaNkulunkulu, singeniswa enjongweni kaNkulunkulu singaqapheli nhlobo. Asinawo umqondo walokho uNkulunkulu akuhlosile, futhi njengoba siqhubeka kuya ngokuya kungacaci. Injongo kaNkulunkulu ibonakala igeja okuhlosiwe ngoba ukubona kwethu kufushane kakhulu ukuba sibone lokho akuhlosile. Ekuqaleni kokuphila kobuKristu sinemibono yethu ngokuthi iyini injongo kaNkulunkulu — 'Ngihloselwe ukuya lapha noma laphaya,' 'UNkulunkulu ungibize ukuba ngenze lo msebenzi okhethekile'; bese siyahamba siyokwenza lokho, kodwa ukuphoqa okukhulu kukaNkulunkulu kuqhubeka kukhona. Umsebenzi esiwenzayo awubalulekile, ufana nje nezikafula uma uqhathaniswa nokuphoqa okukhulu kukaNkulunkulu. "Wathatha abayishumi nambili wabayisa kuYe," Yena usithatha ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kusenokuningi esingakakufinyeleli.