ANISIBO ABENU
“Anazi yini ukuthi . . . anisibo abenu?”
1 KwabaseKhorinte 6:19
Ayikho into ebizwa ngokuthi ukuphila kwangasese — "izwe phakathi kwezwe" — kumuntu olethwe ekuhlanganyeleni nezinhlupheko zikaJesu Kristu. UNkulunkulu uyakubhidliza ukuphila kwangasese kwabangcwele baKhe, futhi akwenze kube umgwaqo odlulayo womhlaba ngakolunye uhlangothi nowaKhe uqobo ngakolunye. Akekho umuntu ongakumela lokho ngaphandle kokuba ezihlanganise noJesu Kristu. Asingcweliselwanga thina ngokwethu, sibizelwe ekuhlanganyeleni kweVangeli, futhi kwenzeka izinto ezingahlobene nathi, uNkulunkulu usifaka ekuhlanganyeleni naYe uqobo. Mvumele enze ngendlela yaKhe, uma ungakwenzi, esikhundleni sokuba ube wusizo oluncane kuNkulunkulu emsebenzini waKhe wokuhlenga emhlabeni, uyoba yisithiyo nomgoqo.
Into yokuqala uNkulunkulu ayenzayo ngathi ukusisekela ebuqinisweni obuqinile size singabi nandaba nalokho okwenzeka kithi ngabanye uma nje enza ngendlela yaKhe ngenjongo yokuhlenga kwaKhe. Kungani kungafanele sidlule ekuphukeni kwezinhliziyo? Ngaleyo minyango uNkulunkulu uvula izindlela zokuhlanganyela neNdodana yaKhe. Iningi lethu liyawa futhi liwohloke lapho ubuhlungu busibamba okokuqala; sihlala phansi embundwini wenjongo kaNkulunkulu bese sibuna ngenxa yokuzidabukela, futhi lonke lolu zwela olubizwa ngokuthi olobuKristu luyosisiza sifinyelele embhedeni wokufa. Kodwa uNkulunkulu ngeke akwenze lokho. Uza nokubamba kwesandla seNdodana yaKhe esagwazwayo, futhi uthi — "Ngena ekuhlanganyeleni naMi; sukuma ukhanye." Uma ngenhliziyo ephukile uNkulunkulu engafeza izinjongo zaKhe emhlabeni, khona-ke mbonge ngokuphula inhliziyo yakho.