AMANDLA OMTHANDAZO ANGENAMBANGI
“Asazi ukuthi kufanele sithandazeleni ngendlela efanele: kodwa uMoya uqobo usinxusela ngokububula okungenakuphinyiselwa.”
KwabaseRoma 8:26
Siyaqaphela ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele usinika amandla okuthandaza; siyazi ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthandaza ngoMoya; kodwa asivamisile ukuqaphela ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele uqobo uthandaza ngaphakathi kithi imithandazo esingenakuyisho. Lapho sizalwa kabusha nguNkulunkulu futhi uMoya kaNkulunkulu ehlala ngaphakathi kwethu, usikhulumela okungenakuphinyiselwa.
"Yena," uMoya ongaphakathi kuwe, "unxusela abangcwele ngokwentando kaNkulunkulu," futhi uNkulunkulu uhlola inhliziyo yakho hhayi ukuze azi ukuthi iyini imithandazo yakho oyithandaza ngokuqaphela, kodwa ukuze athole ukuthi uyini umthandazo woMoya oNgcwele.
UMoya kaNkulunkulu udinga imvelo yekholwa njengendawo engcwele anganikela kuyo ukunxusela kwaKhe. "Umzimba wakho uyithempeli loMoya oNgcwele." Lapho uJesu Kristu ehlanza ithempeli, "akazange avumele muntu athwale noma yisiphi isitsha adlule ethempelini." UMoya kaNkulunkulu ngeke akuvumele ukuba usebenzise umzimba wakho ngendlela ekulungele wena. UJesu wabaxosha ngokungenasihawu bonke ababethengisa nababethenga ethempelini, futhi wathi — "Indlu yaMi iyobizwa ngokuthi indlu yomthandazo; kodwa nina niyenze umhume wabaphangi."
Ingabe sesiqaphele ukuthi umzimba wethu uyithempeli loMoya oNgcwele? Uma kunjalo, kumelwe siqaphele ukuwugcina ungangcolile ngenxa yaKhe. Kumelwe sikhumbule ukuthi ukuphila kwethu okuqaphelayo, nakuba kuyingxenye encane kakhulu yobuntu bethu, kumelwe sikubheke njengendawo engcwele yoMoya oNgcwele. Yena uyonakekela ingxenye engaphansi kokuqaphela esingazi lutho ngayo; kodwa kumelwe siqinisekise ukuthi siqapha ingxenye eqaphelayo esinomthwalo wemfanelo ngayo.