INGABE INTANDO KANKULUNKULU YINTANDO YAMI?
“Lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu, ngisho ukungcweliswa kwenu.”
1 KwabaseThesalonikha 4:3
Umbuzo awukona ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzimisele yini ukungingcwelisa; ingabe kuyintando yami? Ngizimisele yini ukuvumela uNkulunkulu enze kimi konke okwenziwe kwaba nokwenzeka ngumsebenzi wokubuyisana? Ngizimisele yini ukuvumela uJesu ukuba enziwe ukungcweliswa kimi, nokuvumela ukuphila kukaJesu kubonakaliswe enyameni yami efayo? Qaphela ukusho ukuthi — O, ngilangazelela ukungcweliswa. Awulangazeleli, yeka ukulangazelela futhi ukwenze kube yisenzo sesivumelwano — "Angilethi lutho ezandleni zami." Yamukela uJesu Kristu enziwe ukungcweliswa kuwe ngokholo olungenamibandela, futhi isimangaliso esikhulu somsebenzi wokubuyisana kaJesu siyokwenziwa sibe ngokoqobo kuwe. Konke uJesu akwenza kwaba nokwenzeka kuba okwami ngesipho samahhala sothando sikaNkulunkulu esisekelwe kulokho akufeza, kanti isimo sami njengomphefumulo osindisiwe nongcwelisiwe singesobungcwele obujulile nobuthobekile (abukho ubungcwele obuziqhenyayo), ubungcwele obusekelwe ekuphendukeni okubuhlungu nomuzwa wehlazo nokululazeka okungenakushiwo; futhi obusekelwe nasekuqondeni okumangalisayo ukuthi uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwazibonakalisa kimi ngoba ngesikhathi ngingenandaba nhlobo naYe, waqedela konke ukuze ngisindiswe futhi ngingcweliswe (bheka KwabaseRoma 5:8. R.V.). Akumangalisi ukuthi uPawulu uthi akukho lutho "olungasehlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu, olukuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu."
Ukungcweliswa kungenza ngibe munye noJesu Kristu, futhi kuYe ngibe munye noNkulunkulu, futhi kwenziwa kuphela ngomsebenzi wokubuyisana kaKristu omangalisayo. Ungalokothi ubeke umphumela njengembangela. Umphumela kimi ukulalela nenkonzo nomthandazo, futhi uvela ekubongeni okungenamazwi nasekukhonzeni ngenxa yokungcweliswa okumangalisayo okwenziwe kimi ngomsebenzi wokubuyisana.