UMNIKELO WOKUNGOKWEMVELO
“U-Abrahama wayenamadodana amabili, enye ngesigqilakazi, enye ngowesifazane okhululekile.”
KwabaseGalathiya 4:22
UPawulu akakhulumi ngesono kulesi sahluko sabaseGalathiya, kodwa ngobudlelwane bokungokwemvelo nokomoya. Okungokwemvelo kumelwe kuguqulwe kube okomoya ngomhlatshelo, kungenjalo kuyovezwa ukwehlukana okukhulu ekuphileni kwangempela. Kungani uNkulunkulu kufanele amise ukuba okungokwemvelo kwenziwe umhlatshelo? Akakumisanga. Akusilo uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu, kodwa kuyintando yaKhe evumelayo. Uhlelo lukaNkulunkulu kwakuwukuba okungokwemvelo kuguqulwe kube okomoya ngokulalela; yisono esenza kwadingeka ukuba okungokwemvelo kwenziwe umhlatshelo.
U-Abrahama kwadingeka anikele ngo-Ishmayeli ngaphambi kokuba anikele ngo-Isaka. Abanye bethu bazama ukunikela ngemihlatshelo yokomoya kuNkulunkulu ngaphambi kokuba sinikele okungokwemvelo. Okuwukuphela kwendlela esinganikela ngayo ngomhlatshelo ongokomoya kuNkulunkulu ukuba sethule imizimba yethu njengomhlatshelo ophilayo. Ukungcweliswa kusho okungaphezu kokukhululwa esonweni, kusho ukuzinikela kwami ngamabomu kuNkulunkulu ongisindisile, futhi anginandaba nokuthi kubiza malini.
Uma singanikeli okungokwemvelo kokomoya, ukuphila okungokwemvelo kuyohlekisa ngokuphila kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kithi futhi kuveze ukuntengantenga okungapheli. Lokhu kuhlale kungumphumela wesimo esingokomoya esingazithobanga ekuqeqesheni. Siyaphambuka ngoba senqaba ngenkani ukuzithiba, ngokomzimba, ngokuziphatha noma ngokwengqondo. "Angizange ngiqeqeshwe lapho ngisengumntwana." Kumelwe uziqeqeshe manje. Uma ungakwenzi, uyokonakalisa konke ukuphila kwakho kobuntu ngenxa kaNkulunkulu.
UNkulunkulu akahlanganyeli nokuphila kwethu okungokwemvelo sisakutotosa; kodwa lapho sikukhiphela ehlane futhi sikugcina phansi ngokuzimisela, khona uNkulunkulu uyoba nakho; futhi uyovula imithombo nezindawo ezinamanzi, agcwalise zonke izithembiso zaKhe ngokuqondene nokungokwemvelo.