ISIVIVINYO SOKWETHEMBEKA
“Futhi siyazi ukuthi zonke izinto zisebenzisana kube kuhle kwabathanda uNkulunkulu.”
KwabaseRoma 8:28
Nguye kuphela umphefumulo othembekile okholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uhlela izimo. Siphatha izimo zethu ngokukhululeka okukhulu, asikholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyazihlela, nakuba sithi siyakholwa; siphatha izinto ezenzekayo njengokungathi zihlelwe ngabantu. Ukwethembeka kuzo zonke izimo kusho ukuthi sinokwethembeka okukodwa kuphela, futhi lokho kuseNkosini yethu. Ngokuphazima kweso uNkulunkulu uhlakaza isimo esithile, bese siqaphela ukuthi besingathembekile kuYe ngokungaboni ukuthi Yena wayesihlelile; asizange sibone ukuthi Yena wayephokophele ini, futhi leyo nto ethile ayisoze yaphindwa zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwethu. Isivivinyo sokwethembeka sihlala sifika khona lapho. Uma sifunda ukukhonza uNkulunkulu ezimweni ezivivinyayo, uyoziguqula ngemizuzwana emibili lapho ekhetha.
Ukwethembeka kuJesu Kristu yinto "esinqikaza kuyo" namuhla. Sizothembeka emsebenzini, enkonzweni, kunoma yini, kodwa ungasicele ukuba sethembeke kuJesu Kristu. AmaKristu amaningi awanasineke neze ngokukhuluma ngokwethembeka kuJesu. INkosi yethu yehliswa esihlalweni ngokugcizelela kakhulu yizisebenzi ezingamaKristu kunasemhlabeni. UNkulunkulu wenziwa umshini wokubusisa abantu, futhi uJesu Kristu wenziwa iSisebenzi phakathi kwezisebenzi.
Umqondo akusikho ukuthi senzela uNkulunkulu umsebenzi, kodwa ukuthi sithembeke kakhulu kuYe aze enze umsebenzi waKhe ngathi — "Ngithembele kini ngenkonzo enzima kakhulu, kungabi nokukhononda ohlangothini lwenu futhi kungabi nancazelo ohlangothini lwaMi." UNkulunkulu ufuna ukusisebenzisa njengoba asebenzisa iNdodana yaKhe uqobo.