NGEMVA KOKUTHULA KUKANKULUNKULU — YINI?
“Kwathi esezwile ukuthi uyagula, wahlala izinsuku ezimbili kuleyo ndawo ayekuyo.”
NgokukaJohane 11:6
Ingabe uNkulunkulu ukuphathise ukuthula — ukuthula okugcwele incazelo? Izikhathi zokuthula kukaNkulunkulu ziyizimpendulo zaKhe. Cabanga ngalezo zinsuku zokuthula okuphelele ekhaya laseBethaniya! Ingabe kukhona okufana nalezo zinsuku empilweni yakho? Ingabe uNkulunkulu angakwethemba kanjalo, noma usacela impendulo ebonakalayo? UNkulunkulu uyokunika izibusiso ozicelayo uma ungeke uqhubeke ngaphandle kwazo; kodwa ukuthula kwaKhe kuwuphawu lokuthi ukungenisa ekuqondeni okumangalisayo ngaYe uqobo. Ingabe ulila phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngoba awutholanga impendulo ezwakalayo? Uyothola ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukuphathise ngendlela esondelene kakhulu engenzeka, ngokuthula okuphelele, okungekhona okokuphelelwa ithemba, kodwa okokujabula, ngoba wabona ukuthi ungamelana nesambulo esikhulu ngokwengeziwe. Uma uNkulunkulu ekunike ukuthula, mdumise, ukungenisa emzileni omkhulu wezinjongo zaKhe. Ukubonakala kwempendulo ngesikhathi kuyindaba yobukhosi bukaNkulunkulu. Isikhathi asilutho kuNkulunkulu. Okwesikhashana wawuthi — "Ngacela uNkulunkulu ukuba angiphe isinkwa, kodwa wangipha itshe." Akakwenzanga lokho, futhi namuhla uthola ukuthi wakunika isinkwa sokuphila.
Into emangalisayo ngokuthula kukaNkulunkulu ukuthi ukuthelelana ngokuzola kwaKhe kufinyelela kuwe futhi uqiniseka ngokuphelele — "Ngiyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungizwile." Ukuthula kwaKhe kuwubufakazi bokuthi usezwile. Uma nje unomqondo wokuthi uNkulunkulu uyokubusisa ekuphenduleni umthandazo, uyokwenza, kodwa akasoze akunika umusa wokuthula. Uma uJesu Kristu ekungenisa ekuqondeni ukuthi umthandazo ungowokukhazimulisa uYise, uyokunika isibonakaliso sokuqala sokusondelana kwaKhe — ukuthula.