Indima kaYehova kunye neziphumo zayo

Indima kaThixo kunye neziphumo

Ngudkt. Niel Neilson

Kuyo yonke iminyaka engama-34 yomtshato wethu – kwaye nkqu neminyaka embalwa ngaphambi kokuba – ndibhala ingoma yothando kaValentine’s Day eyenzelwe umfazi wam.

Ungavuyi kakhulu.

Inye yenyaka ibibhalwe ngendaba yothando lwam kuye, ikhumbula iminyaka yomtshato wethu ngeendidi, iifomu, neemvakalelo. Ezinye zibe yinyani, ezinye zibe nomfuneko. Kodwa into enye ibe yinto yonke: yingoma empo.

Kwaye nantsi inguqulelo yonyaka wethu, awayeza kuyibona okokuqala ngolwesine ebusuku. Awukwazi ukuyibona. Kwaye xa ezibona, uyakwazi ukuyibeka kwisakhelo esihle sencwadi yakhe yezobugcisa. Uyimbongi elungileyo – yimbongi yokwenene – kwaye uyakuyonwabela kwaye ayixabise. Kwaye ngomoya wokuhleka, uyakuyihlalutya ngokungathi yinto efanelekileyo ukunikwa ingqalelo kaShakespeare.

Kwaye oko kusisa kuThixo 19, apho uC. S. Lewis wabhala,

“Ndiyathatha le yeyona ingoma inkulu kwiThixo, kunye neyona ingoma inkulu kwilizwe.”

Ngamanye amazwi, ingcono kuneyam.

Kukho into eninzi apha yenyaniso yezobugcisa, ngakumbi izinto ezahlukileyo zeengoma zesiHebhere: isingqisho, izakhiwo ezifanayo zokuthetha, kunye neemfanekiso ezivusa ingqondo kunye nokuthelekisa. Njengo Lewis naye ubonisa, ezi zinto zihluke zikwazi ukuphila xa ziguqulwa zibe ezinye iilwimi – ngokungafanani nenkondla, kunzima kakhulu ukuguqulela. Kwaye ke kwanangeelwimi zesiNgesi, singazixabisa ubunewunewu nobuhle bengoma le.

Ukuba unomdla wokuphonononga iimpawu zezobugcisa neengoma zeThixo ngokweenkcukacha, ndingacebisa uC. S. Lewis’s Reflections on the Psalms, kunye noLeland Ryken’s Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible. Ndifanele ndongeze ukuba uDkt. Ryken wasebenza njengomcebisi ngolwazi kulo lonke inkqubo yokuqopha um English Standard Version weThixo, endikholelwa ukuba unayo kule ntsasa.

Kodwa iNdumiso 19 ayisiyo kuphela umsebenzi omkhulu wezobugcisa obuhle. Yiyo iNdumiso ekwazisa abantu bakaThixo ngendlela yokubamba ubuhle nobukhulu beSityhilelo sakhe ngaye—zombini kwindalo naseZibhalweni—kwaye ke ibonisa ukuba yintoni impendulo yethu efanelekileyo kuloo nyaniso mkhulu.

Olu teswa, njengoko uya kulibona ngokuhle kwafakwa—andiBonga ngendlela elafakwa ngayo kwileta yethu yale nimnyama—lifika kwizigaba.

Iivesi 1–6 zibekele phambili isityhilelo esiqhelekileyo esibizwa ngokuba nguThixo.

Iivesi 7–11 zibekele phambili isityhilelo esikhethekileyo esibizwa ngokuba nguThixo.

Iivesi 12–14 zibekele phambili impembelelo enkulu, eyasindisa, nengcwele uThixo ayifunayo kuthi njengeziphumo zesityhilelo sakhe.

Nantsi into yokuqala yesigqi seNdumiso, khona uyakwazi ukuyilandela njengoko uLISTEN:

Ufundiso lwe nentlakekiso yobuhle kuThixo isityhilelo esiqhelekileyo sinciphisa ngokufanelekileyo ukufundiswa kwe nentlakekiso yobuhle kuThixo isityhilelo esikhethekileyo—kwaye zombini zinciphisa, ekugqibeleni, ekuthokozeni iinjilini nokuziphatha injilini ebomini bethu.

Ngapha sifunda indlela uThixo ayifunayo kwilizwe lakhe naseZibhalweni zakhe ukusikhokelela ekugqibeleni ekubuyisweni.

Kuqala, ke, kwiivesi 1–6, umbhali weNdumiso uthetha ngobutshazi bukaThixo obungenazwi kwindalo yakhe. Oku kubizwa ngokuba isityhilelo esiqhelekileyo—ngamanye amaxesha ibizwa ngokuba “yincwadi yelizwe.” Kwaye eyona nto iphambili yombhali weNdumiso kukuba iZulu, ngokufanana nazo zonke izinto ezidalweyo, zibonakalisa uMdali wazo.

Kunjengoko uJames Boice, umfundisi wexesha elide eTenth Presbyterian ePhiladelphia, wathi: incwadi yelizwe ibonelela ngesityhilelo sobukho bukaThixo nobamandla akhe obuhle kangangokuba isikhokelela sonke isidalwa esisekupheleni komhlaba ukuba sifune uThixo, kamsalamboleke ngokwasiziseko ekubuyisweni kwakhe, nokumthandaze.

Esi sicwele kaThixo asisiyiyo into esinokuyibiza isicwele sokuziphatha. Uya kuqaphela ukuba igama likaThixo apha ngesiHebhere ngu El, igama eliqhelekileyo kakhulu elithetha uThixo, uMdali. Kwaye isicwele apha asisiyiyo isicwele sokuziphatha – iimpawu Zakhe ezifana nobulungisa, inceba, uthando, ubuhle, umusa. Ireferisha kunoko ekubeni khona Kwake, ukuzukiswa, namandla ekudaleni yonke into existayo. Siye sacele kulo lonke esi sicwele esi sakusasa.

KwiRoma 1, uPawulos uthi isicwele sokudalwa kukaThixo asibukhokeleli kuphela ekunquleni kweyona uzukisayo, kodwa sifumaneka kuye wonke umntu oyena ebusweni bomhlaba. Amandla Akhe angunaphakade kunye nendalo Yakhe zibonakele ngokucacileyo, ziqondwa kwinto eyenziwe, ukuze abantu babe ngaphandle kwesizathu. Esi sicwele esimangalisa sokudalwa kukaThixo sikufanele ukunqulwa nokoyika – kwaye sikufanele ukuletha isigwebo kwabo bangavumi ukumvuma uMdali.

Ngendlela enomdla, kwabo bethu bathinjelweyo kwimfundo – ngakumbi imfundo yeKhristu – iivesi 1-6 zineempembelelo ezimangalisayo kwinto esiyenzayo ekilasini kuzo zonke iinkalo. Funda apha ukuba indalo ifanelekile ukufundwa; ukuba ibe yinto ebendeyo, iyabonakala, iyacacelwa. Asibambekanga ngaphakathi kwesifundo semihlathi yethu. Sinokujonga iipatheni, ukuqheleka, umyalelo. Sinokuwalinganisa. Sinokuchonga ukusebenzisana okubangela. Sinokufikelela kwiziphelo malunga nendlela imizamo yethu ingayichaphazela into existayo, entle okanye engalunganga.

Indalo ithetha ngokuqhubekayo – imini nobusuku. IThetha ngokwendalo – iyafika emiphelweni yomhlaba. Akekho mntu oyena ebusweni bomhlaba ongeyena nawo lo mboniso ongenazwi kaThixo phambi kwamehlo akhe.

Ekugqibeleni, le salmo ikhuthaza kungekhosi kuphela ukufundwa kwezokwakheka kwendalo, okubonakala ngathi yireferensi ekhethekileyo apha, kodwa onke amacandelwana e “incwadi yezwe.” Sibona imathematika neefiziksi – ukulinganisa, ukubala, iipatheni, umyalelo. Kwaye sele siqaphele ifomu yale salmo: yingqokole, ubugcisa obuphezulu obuhle kakhulu obunephaphathelo, umzekeliso, imbenakalo, nesingqisho.

Indalo iyathetha. Ndiyathanda umzekeliso: ilanga njengomkhwenyana ephuma ekamelweni lakhe.

Kwaye ukuba uqaphela kwiBhayibhile yakho, intshayelelo ithi, “Kowayekho umqambi” – le yingqokole eyenzelwe ukuculwa.

Kukho ukuqinisekiswa kwezinto zobugcisa bomculo apha ngokunjalo. Ngamanye amazwi, ngendlela ebanzi, into esinayo kwezi zivethu ziqala zithandathu ayikho kuphela umyalelo wokukhanya uMdali omkhulu wezulu, kodwa ukuqinisekiswa – ukuqinisekiswa okukhulu, ndiyakholelwa – kwemisebenzi yethu yonke, imibizo yethu yonke, engenza izinto ezibonakalayo zezinto zikaThixo. Kwaye ukuqaphela kwesipho esinjalo, indalo enjalo kuyo yonke imyalelo wayo nasebenziseni kwayo nayehlukahlukeneyo, kumele kukhuthaze wonke umntu ukudumisa uMdali.

Kwaye xa uya kusebenza kusasa okanye nokuba usihlala apha kule ntsasa – jonga kwakaloku. Yonke into oyibonayo ikhala ngobukhazikhazi bukaThixo. Nokuba ukhona kwishishini okanye uyi dokotela okanye uyagwaza okanye ushishinzelana okanye nokuba uyinxalenye yecawa, nokuba zeziphi na izinto nezikripthi zemsebenzi wakho, nokuba zeziphi na imithetho eyongamela ukusetyenziswa kwazo, nokuba zeziphi na izibonelelo neziqhamo zemsebenzi wakho – yonke into idumisa ubukhazikhazi bukaThixo. Kwaye njengoko uRom 1 esithi kwakhona, siyayangalela loo bukhazikhazi ngengozi yethu. Yeyiphi kutho ibhiyotha yobukhazikhazi nobuhle bezwe nayo yonke into ekuyo.

Kodwa umbhali wengoma akayeki apho, kuba loo msebenzi kaThixo wokutyhilwa awukagqibanga. UThixo uzityhila kungenzi, kwimboni yendalo yakhe, kodwa kwakhona—kwaye ngakumbi nangakumbi ngokucacileyo nangakumbi—kwLizwi lakhe, ubutyhilelo bakhe obupheleleyo, iZibhalo. Ke okwesibini, kwiivesi 7–11, umbhali wengoma uthetha ngobutyhilelo bukaThixo obubhalwayo kwiZibhalo, ekuthiwa ngokuba yi-tyhilelo ekhethekileyo, ngamanye amaxesha ekubhekiselwa kulo “njengencwadi yLizwi.”

Ngoku, ukudlulela kwivesi 6 ukuya kwivesi 7—uqaphele ukuba ndiyekile—kuye kwabanye kubonakala ngathi kukuqhama okungazelelwe, bade bagqiba ukuba ezi kufuneka zibe ziingoma ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, ng somehow zidibaniswe ngokuzenzekelayo. Enyameni, ndicinga ukuba yeyona bungqina yokuba umbhali wengoma uyaziqonda ukuba ezi zihloko zimbini—incwadi yezulu nencwadi yLizwi—zidityanisiwe yaye zihlobene ngokuqinileyo.

Mamela indlela uC. S. Lewis achaza ngayo uqhagamshelo lwayo kwingoma, kwingoma yengoma. Yeyona khuthethw’ ende, kodwa iyaxabiseka. ULewis ubhala:

Okokuqala ucinga ngisibhakabhaka, indlela imihla ngemihla imboni esibonayo igeza isithunzi sakhe. Emva koko ucinga ilanga—uvuyo lwasemngautweni ekusitheka kwalo, isantya esingenakucingwa sokuhamba kwalo mihla ngemihla ukusuka empumalanga ukuya eNtshonjaneni; ekugqibeleni, ubushushu balo, hayi ubushushu obumnene bemozulu yethu, kodwa imitha yayo engenamafu, ekhazimlisayo, nemitha yayo yobugwaneba ebaya iintaba, ikhangela yonke ihenqe. Ibinzana eliphambili elixhomekeke kulo lonke ingoma “aku kho nto ifihliweyo ekushoneni kwalo.” Iyangena kulo lonke indawo ngobushushu bayo obomeleleyo, obuhlambulukileyo. Emva koko, kwivesi yesixhenxe, uya kuthetha ngento eyahlukileyo, nto leyo kuye ingabonakali njengento eyahlukileyo, kuba ifana kakhulu nemitha yelanga ekhangelayo. Umthetho ulungile, wahlambulukileyo yaye onaphakade—okhazimlisayo, onzima, oneshisa, onomthandazo. Kamsi njengoko uva ilanga, mhlawumbi entlango, likhangela yena kulo lonke ihenqe lendida awayezama ukuzifihla kulo, ngoko uva umthetho, ekhangela iindawo zokufihla komphefumlo wakhe.

Kwaye, kunjalo, uLewis ukhona kwiseko eliqinileyo leBhayibhile apha. Uyakhumbula loo mazwi athi avela kwincwadi yamaHebere 4: Ilizwi likaThixo libomvu yaye lisebenza, libukhali kuno naliphi na icala elibini… lihlola iingcinga neenjongo zentliziyo. Akekho uyilo olufihlakeleyo emehlweni alo. Ilanga elomzimba, ngelikhanya lalo elikhangelayo kunye nobushushu balo obushisayo, likhonkothe ngamandla kuthi ukuya kwelokukhanya oku-ningi- okuhlaba, okumhlophe, okwahlulayo, nokusindisayo kwelizwi elibhaliweyo likaThixo.

Kuyathakazelisa: Ndibonise ngaphambili ukuba igama likaThixo kwiiNdima 1–6 nguEl, igama eliqhelekileyo, elithetha uMdali. Kodwa apha kwindima yesi-7, igama likaThixo liyatshintsha. Ngoku nguYahweh- uThixo owenziwa isithembiso, ogcina isithembiso, othethayo kaAbraham noIsake noYakobe noDavide. Kwaye lo Nkosi, uThixo Jehova, uthethile. Utshilo ngamazwi asekhona kuthi kwiZibhalo, abhaliweyo ukuze zonke izizukulwana nabantu bonke namaqela onke abantu kuzo zonke izikhathi nezindawo babe nale nkqubo yamazwi ukuze bayibambe ezandleni zabo.

Usazi ukuba okokuqala naliphi na isidalwa sabantu sabhala amazwi kaThixo- ubuncinzi ngokwam – kwakwiDuteronomi 31, apho uMoses nabantu beza kungena emhlabeni wisithembiso uMoses anika uYoshua ulawulo. Kwaye sifunda kwiDuteronomi 31:9 la mazwi: UMoses wabhalela lo mthetho. Loo mazwi anokudlula kalula, kodwa angamazwi amakhulu, aguqule umdlalo. Abantu ababenoThixo kuphela ababenoThixo bengabeno babeza kukwazi ukuva, kuzo zonke izizukulwana ezizayo, amazwi kaThixo- kwada kuthi.

Qaphela ukuba eli Lwi—la mazwi athethwe nguThixo—lichazwa njani. Okokuqala, amagama: umthetho, iziqulatho, imiyalelo, imithetho, ukoyika, imimiselo. Zonke ezi zidityanisiwe ukwenza ukuqonda okubanzi kwentetho kaThixo kuthi kwiZibhalo. Ngelixa ulwazi lwencwadi yezwe lufuna ukumthanda nokumbonga ngobungagobhezi, incwadi yeLwi—umthetho, imithetho, ukoyika—ifuna impendulo yokuziphatha nangokomoya. Kufuneka simthande. Kufuneka simoyike. Kufuneka simthobele.

Qaphela iimpawu: zehle kakhulu, ziqinisekile, zilungile, zicocekile, ziyinyaniso. Ubungenzi bokwenziwa kukaThixo obungenasiphelo. Inyaniso engenasiphelo. Akukho stitch enye yobuxoki okanye impazamo kuwo wonke.

Kwaye ke qaphela amabinzana asekelwe kwiintenzi achaza isiqhamo seLwi likaThixo elithathwe: livuselela umphefumlo. Lenzi kwiseleyo. Linika uvuyo kwintliziyo nokukhanya emehlweni. Liyaqhubeleka ngonaphakade. Linisilumkisa linika umvuzo omkhulu.

Incwadi yezwe—ngawo wonke umgobhozo nobuhle notsha nangcebileyo nangusizo—ayikwazi ukubonelela ngozo zaneliseko notsha nezibusiso.

Umshumayeli uyasikhuthaza ukuba sibone lonke ukuzibandakanya kwethu kwizwe—ukufunda kwethu, umsebenzi wethu, imisebenzi yethu, ukonwaba kwethu—ukubona konke oko kumxholo weLwi lakhe elityhiliweyo, eliluxabisekileyo ngakumbi kuneGolide, lumnandi ngakumbi kunu uhonzi olumnandi.

Njengokuba imisebenzi yethu iyamangalisa, njengokuba inika umdla yaye iyavelisa, yona ayiphelelangi, ayikhululi, yaye ayanelisi ngaphandle kokutyhilwa okukhethekileyo kweZibhalo. Ngokwenene, iingcebiso zonke zeZibhalo zisixelela ngokucacileyo ukuba asikwazi ukuqonda izwe elisingqongileyo ngaphandle kweLwi likaThixo elibhaliweyo, elisenza sikwazi ukubona yonke into ngokukhanya kwentliziyo kaThixo kwintlaleko yakhe yaye injongo yakhe yokugqibela yokuhlangula nokubuyisana zonke izinto kuye.

Kwaye ndifuna ukuthetha ngokufutshane: le yinyaniso yesiBhalo enigcwalise ngothando njengoko ndicinga ngalo nto iya kwenzeka kum. Kuba kwiindawo apho iinjeli inamandla, apho ibandla likhula, apho ukwanda kwabantu kunye nokukhula kwezoqoqosho kukhula ngokukhawuleza—kwiindawo ezinjengo Indonesia neIndiya, yaye kungekudala iCambodia neLaos—khona kukho intshukumo entsha kwezemfundo yobuKristu. Iinkokeli zeBandla khona zifuna ukuqhuba iinyaniso zeinjeli kunye nesakhelo seSibhalo kuzo zonke iindawo zokucinga kwabantu ngayo yonke into.

Ngokwenyaniso, bayandixelela ukuba bayayithanda imbali yeli lizwe, apho kwisiqalo kwasekwa iiyunivesithi neekholeji kwaye zasungulwa kwisakhelo seSibhalo. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba sinokuthetha ngokufanelekileyo ukuba ukufunda kuloo mxholo kunikezelwe ekukhuliseni kwenkcubeko yethu. Ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuthetha ukuba sikwengozi kweli lizwe lokulibala okanye ukulishiya eloo mbali—okanye ukuyithatha nje. Hayi eIndonesia, apho kukho injala yokufundiswa kwezemfundo yobuKristu ngokupheleleyo, indadlana nezoqoqosho. Ndiza kuthetha ngalo nto kamva.

Kodwa eyona nto iphambili apha yile: ukuba incwadi yezulu ibongoza ngokufanelekileyo ukunqumla uThixo oMdali ngenxa yento ayenzileyo, yintoni ke ngakumbi incwadi yaLowo iguba kuthi isimangaliso neyothoba kunye nokunqumla noThixo nokungcweba nokonwaba. El nguJehova.

Kwaye ukuba uyakonwabela ukudalwa kukaThixo kuzo zonke iindlela zakhe—ukuba uyayithanda imvelo nokusebenza kwegadi yakho, ukuba uyayithanda ikhaya lakho nomsebenzi wakho nosapho lwakho nezinto zakho—kwaye ke kufanelekile, ubaleka kwelo thuba kunye neemeko apho unokuthi uve loo Thixo oMdali athetha ngamazwi akafumaneka kuthi.

UThixo uthethile. Kwaye uThixo uyathetha. Kwaye ndifuna ukuthi: singabantu bakaThixo, sifanele sanelwe yubufakazi bokudala obungenazwi – nangona buhle ngokupheleleyo – xa sinolu bufakazi bubhaliweyo, obo, ngokukaYakobe 1, busindisa iimimoya zethu.

Kodwa isengathi asikafiki ekupheleni kwebali lesiHlabeni. Kuba uThixo uyazimisele ukuba lonke ulwazi Lwakhe – zombini ngokubanzi nangokukhethekileyo – lukhokele kwindawo ethile. Kwaye ke sin转向 kwiivesi 12–14, apho umbhali weHlabeni athetha ngenjongo yokugqibela yayo yonke le nto. Kutheni lelibha lohlobo lwehlabathi, ekugqibeleni? Kutheni lelibha leLizwi?

Kuba kwingcungubhaniso zikaThixo, ulwazi olubanzi aliyinjongo yalo. Luyinto ekhazimlisayo – ilungile yaye ifanelekile ekukhokeleni wonke umntu ongeyeki ukuyinqaba ukuvuma nokukhanya uThixo njengoMdali. Kodwa alwanele ngokulula ukubhiyozela iimpahla zikaThixo zokudala neemisebenzi yethu.

Kwaye kwingcungubhaniso zikaThixo, akukho ulwazi olukhethekileyo njengenjongo yalo. IBhayibhile – iLizwi likaThixo eliphefumlelweyo, eliphumayo – ngelixa likunyanzelekileyo yaye liyimfuneko kufezeka lokholo lokholo, ekugqibeleni lijoliswe ukusikhokelela, ngomoya kaThixo, ekuthandazeni nasekukholweni naso ubuhlanti nokuthemba.

Singaba ziingcali ezibalaseleyo zeBhayibhile. Singayifunda, siyazi, kwanezonjwa ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya ekupheleni – yaye sisengathi singaphosi injongo zikaThixo kuthi. Singaba njengabo bantu abathi eYohane 5:39, abathi, “Unaphengulula iZibhalo kuba ucinga ukuba kuzo unobomi obungunaphakade; yaye ziBhalo ezitsho ngaye, kodwa anikuvuma ukuza kuye ukuze ube nobomi.”

Kwaye ke sifika kwiivesi 12–14:

"Ngubani onokwahlukanisa iimpazamo zakhe? Ndikhulule kwizono ezifihlakeleyo. Mthibele umkhonzi wakho kwizono ezingakwazi ukuzilawula; zingawadli amandla phezu kwam. Ke ndiya kuba ngumntu ogqibeleleyo yaye ndingenasola lentransgression enkulu."

Nanga sibona impendulo uThixo ayifunayo. Umhlobo wam omhle uDon Carson uyibeka ngolu hlobo: yile nto uThixo ayifunayo ekubonakaleni okujikelele kunye nokubonakaliswa okukhethekileyo. UCarson ubhala ukuba uThixo afuna ngaphezu kokumangala phambi kwamandla angaphezu kwawomntu, ngaphezu koku yonwaba kuye njengoThixo othandekayo, othethayo. Impendulo efanelekileyo yintshutshiso neenkolelo kunye nomthandazo onomkhuhlane wokuba uThixo ngokwakhe angasihlambulisa ngaphakathi aze enze amazwi ethu neengcinga zethu zibe mnandi phambi kwakhe.

Intshutshiso yezono ezifihliweyo – ezo zimine kakhulu kuthi singazi nokuba zikhona.

Intshutshiso yezono ezenziwe ngabom – ezo zi zenzo zoluleko olucacileyo ezichasene nezilindelo zikaThixo.

Kwaye hayi nje kuphela intshutshiso, kodwa nomthandazo wokhuseleko lukaThixo: Mthibele umkhonzi wakho kwizono ezenziwe ngabom; zingawadli amandla phezu kwam.

Kodwa yinto enziwa ngaphezu komthandazo woku tshutshisa, ngaphezu komthandazo wokhuseleko phambi koku lingwa. Ndiyakholelwa oku ngumthandazo wokholo olusindisayo, kuba uDavide uthandaza ibinzana elinomdla: Ndikhulule… ke ndiya kuba ndingencama yaye ndimsulwa ekuwini kwentransgression enkulu.

Yintoni enokwenza uDavide abe msulwa yaye angencama? Yintoni enokwenza thina sibe msulwa yaye singencama? Hayi ubuntu bethu bokwenene – asikho kwaphela ubuntu. UDavide wayeyazi oku kakuhle. Funda uPsalima 32. Funda uPsalima 51. Akazibangi ubuntu njengesiseko sokwamkelwa kwakhe phambi kukaThixo. Ukhalela ukukhishwa kukaThixo.

Ndikhulule, uyakhala – yaye kuphela ke ndiya kuba msulwa.

Yintoni le? Ndiyakholelwa apha, ifihliwe iminyaka emininzi phambi kokuba uJesu afike emveni, isalathiso esikhazimulayo kwinto iBhayibhile ebiza iinjil – iindaba ezimnandi zindlela uThixo ayisebenzisa ngayo inceba yaye enobubele ukuxolela yaye ukuhlangula.

Ngeencwadi zelizwe, siyazi ukuba uThixo yumdali ohlukileyo.

Ngokwencwadi yeLizwi, siyiqonda ukuba Uyingcwele nobulungisa—kwaye ngokuchasene okubi, thina, njengoDavide, singabagqubi abavukela uThixo ezintweni zethu. Asinancedo asinayethemba, asikwazi kuzikhulula kwimeko yethu yokugwazwa.

Kwaye nguDavide ke waziphosa ekuceleni inceba kaThixo—uThixo ongenza ukuba angasiphathi njengoDavide okanye thina ngendlela izono zethu ezifanelayo, kodwa asixolele, asibulele njengoDavide, nasibulele thina. Asibulungisi, kuba uThixo ukhetha ukujonga ekufeni koNyana Wakhe, uYesu—okungeniDavide wabona kuphela emthunzini, yena othesabona ngokucacileyo—okufeni kwakhe sibhiyozela kunye xa si thatha isidlo seNkosi.

UYesu, yena yedwa olungileyo, yena yedwa owayengenacala, wafezeka, wafela endaweni yethu njengesibumkiso—ongenacala endaweni yabonayo, ongenacala endaweni wabagulayo—ebuyisela imali yentlawulo yentvukelo yethu ngokuchasene noThixo ongcwele. UThixo uyamkele loo ntlawulo. Ngokufaneleka kokufa kuyaYesu, uyasibulungisa yena asibulele phambi kwakhe.

Uyazi ukuba iNdumiso 19 ibhiyozela ukulungiswa ngokholo yedwa? Yintoni na ukuzukiswa.

Kodwa nokuba yiyo ayisiyo ekupheleni. INdumiso iyaphela ngaloo vesi lihle, lathi:

"Mawokuba amazwi omdomo wam nombono womntliziyo wam ukholwe emehlweni akho, O Nkosi, ilitye lam neNkosi Yami."

Davide uyazi ukuba uyaxolelwa ekubulungiseni okumncedayo kuyaThixo. Ngoku uthandaza umdomo wakhe nomntliziyo wakhe—yonke into ayithethayo yaye yonke into ayicingayo nayivayo—ziyakholwa zibe mnandi kuyaThixo. Ngamanye amazwi, uthandaza ukuba uThixo olungisayo angamngcwelisa. Yiyo kanye iYohane 1:9: Ukuba sivuma izono zethu, uThixo uthembekile yena ulungile ukusixolela izono zethu yena ukusicoca kuko konke okungabakho kwakhe.

Yeyiphi enye impendulo esinokuyinika kuThixo osindisileyo, osikhululile kwimeko yethu yokungenakuzinceda nokungenathemba, ngaphandle kokuphendula ngobomi obutsha obuqhutywa yinjengo, obuqhutywa ngumusa wakhe—ubomi bokuthobela nokulandela ubungcwele kuwo wonke umqondo wobomi bethu?

Kwaye ke ngoko sinentshukumo epheleleyo yale salm:

Ukuba siyathokoza kwisixeko esingabhaliweyo sikaThixo ekubonakalisweni ngokubanzi, singathokoza kangakanani ngakumbi kwisixeko esibhaliweyo sikaThixo ekubonakalisweni okukhethekileyo? Ukubandakanyeka kwethu kwihlabathi likaThixo kucinga ukuba siqhubele phambili kwilizwi likaThixo, apho siweva khona uThixo ethetha.

Kodwa ke, ukuba siyathokoza kwisixeko esibhaliweyo sikaThixo ekubonakalisweni okukhethekileyo, singakwenza kangakanani ngakumbi—naye kule ntsasa—ukuzivula kwisebenzi sokusola, sokuthethelela, sokulungisa, nokwenza ubungcwele? Thobekile yaye ndikhumbula, njengoDavide, siqhubele phambili kuye ukuze akwenze loo msebenzi kuthi—hayi kanye kanye, njengokungathi saxakekisa oko kudala, kodwa sihlala sichitha injengo ekuhlanguleni kukaThixo kokusenza sibe yinto emitsha, siyaliphika igama likaYesu ekubalekeni kwakhe, yaye silandela ubungcwele obuqhutywa yinjengo nokuthobela kuye oyedwa uNqweliphambili wethu yaye oThixo wethu.

Kwaye ke ngoko, ndabazalwana nabasisters, thokoza kwihlabathi likaThixo yaye ekubizweni awanikele kuko ukuze niwugcwalise. Nangakumbi, thokoza kwilizwi likaThixo yaye kuko konke akunixelela khona ngaye yaye ngeenjongo zakhe zokuhlangula. Kodwa okona kubalulekileyo, landela umzila weSalm 19—landela incwadi yihlabathi yencwadi yeLizwi kude kube injengo: iindaba ezimnandi zokuba uThixo uyawasula aboni kuba uYesu wafa emsaleni, yaye iindaba ezimnandi zokuba ngale njengo singathetha yaye sicinga yaye siphila ngokuvisisanayo emehlweni akhe.

Lo mkhondo—lo mkhondo weencwadi yihlabathi, incwadi yeLizwi, ukulungiswa nokwenziwa kube ubungcwele—nangoku akusiyo ekupheleni komzila wentshukumo weSalm 19, kodwa akusiyo ekupheleni komzila wentshukumo weenjongo zikaThixo zokuhlangula ekuhlalanguleni kwakhe yaye kuwe.

Kwayo, siza kuvala ngokucula ingoma ebonisa isiphelo sokugqibela sophakamo olukhulu lukaThixo—ukuzibonisa yena ukuze simazi, sikhululwe, kwaye sihambhe ebusweni bakhe ngcwele. Uya kuyiva kwindinyana yokugqibela:

"Gqibezela, ke, ubumko bakho obutsha; bube nguwo ubumngca nobungenasifungo. Makhsibone ubusindiso bakho obukhulu buhlaziywe ngokugqibeleleyo kuwe; uguquleke ekwazini kwakho ekwazini…. KuYesu Kristo yedwa makube inkazimulo nothando."

Niel Nielson ngumongameli weKholaji yeSivumelwano eLookout Mountain, GA.

Esi sikhala sisekelwe kumbhalo ochanekileyo wombiko kaGqirha Nielson. Ihleliwe kancinane nguCopilot kunye nabasebenzi beenkolo kwa Third Millennium Ministries.