UKUPHILA OKUFIHLIWE
“Ukuphila kwenu kufihlwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu.”
KwabaseKholose 3:3
UMoya kaNkulunkulu ufakaza ngokulondeka okulula okunamandla onke kokuphila okufihlwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu futhi lokhu kuvezwa njalo ezincwadini zabaPhostoli. Sikhuluma sengathi ukuphila ngokungcwelisiwe kuyinto engazinzile kakhulu; kuyinto elondeke kakhulu, ngoba inoNkulunkulu uSomandla ngaphakathi nangemuva kwayo. Into engazinzile kakhulu ukuzama ukuphila ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu. Uma sizalwa kabusha kulula kakhulu ukuphila ebudlelwaneni obufanele noNkulunkulu futhi kunzima kakhulu ukuphambuka, uma nje silalela izixwayiso zikaNkulunkulu futhi sihlala ekukhanyeni.
Lapho sicabanga ngokukhululwa esonweni, ngokugcwaliswa ngoMoya, nangokuhamba ekukhanyeni, sibona ngeso lengqondo isiqongo sentaba enkulu, ephakeme kakhulu futhi emangalisayo, bese sithi — "O, kodwa angisoze ngaphila lapho phezulu!" Kodwa lapho sifika khona ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, sithola ukuthi akusona isiqongo sentaba, kodwa ithafa elinendawo eyanele yokuphila nokukhula. "Wandise izinyathelo zami ngaphansi kwami."
Lapho ubona uJesu ngempela, ngithi ngeke ukwazi ukumngabaza. Lapho Yena ethi — "Inhliziyo yakho mayingakhathazeki," uma umbona ngithi ngeke ukwazi ukukhathaza ingqondo yakho, akunakwenzeka ngokokuziphatha ukungabaza lapho Yena ekhona. Njalo lapho uxhumana noJesu mathupha, amazwi aKhe angokoqobo. "Ukuthula kwaMi ngininika khona," kungukuthula okusibekela sonke kusukela okhakhayini kuze kufike ematheni ezinyawo, ukuzethemba okungenakuvinjelwa. "Ukuphila kwenu kufihlwe noKristu kuNkulunkulu," futhi ukuthula kukaJesu Kristu okungenakuphazamiseka kunikezwa nina.