Inhliziyo Yenkosi
Singakwazi ukutadisha impilo kaSawule sindawonye? USawule wanikezwa enye inhliziyo, ekhombisa ukuthi uSawule owaba yinkosi wayehlukile kulowo owaphuma efuna izimbongolo. Izinto ezithile ezidingekayo ezenzeka ngoSawule ukuba abe yindoda eyayingahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi. Lapho esukuma enamandla, wanendaba nezimiso ezibalulekile ekuqaleni ezazifanelekele ukuba inhliziyo yakhe yashintsha.
Ukhiye wokuqala kwakuwukuzithoba kwakhe kumprofethi. Walandela imiyalo, yingakho iBhayibheli kamuva lithi, "Ukulalela kungcono kunomhlatshelo" (1 Samuweli 15:22, NIV). Oguqula uSawule abe yinye indoda kwakuyikhono lakhe lokulandela imiyalo engokwesiprofetho lapho iZwi likhululiwe. Abantu abaningi bafuna izixazululo ezinkingeni zabo, kepha ukubekezelela kubangela ukuba kube yiphutha lokho uNkulunkulu afuna ukukwenza. Mangaki amagama angokwesiprofetho owamukele, futhi wakwazi ukulandela imiyalo?
Yini uNkulunkulu ayenzela uSawule ukuba amenze enye indoda? Okokuqala, uSawule watshelwa ukuthi izimbongolo zitholakele. Lokhu kwamnika ukuphumula, njengoba engasaphishekele into efanayo angena kuyo. Imvamisa, siphishekela izinto eziningi kakhulu empilweni kangangokuba siphuphuthekise intando kaNkulunkulu futhi sibize. Abantu abaningi bajaha "izimbongolo," ngakho lapho ziba khona ezinkonzweni ezingokwesiprofetho, zikhathazekile kakhulu ngezinkinga zazo zesikhashana futhi ziphuthelwe yilokho uNkulunkulu afuna ukukhulula, okukukhulu kakhulu.
Yini oyiphishekelayo? Into yokuqala eyenzeka kuSawule ukuthi watshelwa ukuthi: "Izimbongolo zitholakele." Into elandelayo, uSawule ayithola isinkwa. Abantu abaningi abakwazi ukugxila eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu ngoba bafuna njalo ukuhlinzekwa. Kungakho uJesu asifundisa ukuthandaza, "asinike lolu suku isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla" (UMathewu 6:11, NIV). Uma ungenalo ilungiselelo, inhliziyo yakho ihlukene phakathi, okwenza kube nzima ukuthola nokuhamba ngenjongo kaNkulunkulu ngempilo yakho. UNkulunkulu ukhipha umusa wezimali, hhayi ngoba sikufanele, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi uyaqonda ukuthi inhliziyo ehlukanisiwe ngeke igxile ngokuphelele eMbusweni wayo.
Iphethini lapha ibalulekile. Lapho uSawule ayeka ukuphishekela izimbongolo, wavula isiteshi selungiselelo likaNkulunkulu. Emva kokuhlinzekelwa, uNkulunkulu wahola uSawule endaweni yokukhulekela, lapho ahlangana khona nabaprofethi. Lapho uSawule ehlangana nalaba baprofethi ezansi ezindaweni eziphakeme zokukhulekela, naye, waprofeta. Lokhu kuhlangana okungokwesiprofetho akuzange kumnikeze amazwi; Kwamshintsha kwabanye indoda.
Abantu abaningi baphatha amakhono okuprofetho, kepha lokhu awenzi abaprofethi. Isizathu sokuhlangana naso esingosiprofetho ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukukunika amandla okukhuluma ngempilo yakho nesiphetho sakho. Ukuguqulwa kukaSawule kwaba omunye umuntu wamenza wamenzela isihlalo sobukhosi ngoba inhliziyo yakhe yashintshwa ngokukhulekelwa.
Imvamisa uNkulunkulu kusivumela ukuba sidlule ezinyathelweni zokuvimba izinto zethu ezinhle, sithole ukuhlinzekelwa, sihlangabezane nesosiprofetho, futhi ekugcineni siguqulwe izinhliziyo zethu. Kungemva kwalokhu kuguqulwa kwenhliziyo esikulungele ukuhlala esihlalweni sobukhosi uNkulunkulu asilungisile. "Isihlalo sobukhosi" sifanekisela igunya endaweni yakho yokubiza, kungaba kwabezindaba, uhulumeni, noma imali. Isihluthulelo ukuyeka izinkathazo zakho, thembelani elungiselelweni likaNkulunkulu, futhi uvumele inhliziyo yakho iguqulwe ekukhulekeleni.
Abantu abaningi babizelwa ukuhlala esihlalweni sobukhosi, kepha bambalwa baqonda ukuthi lesi sihlalo sobukhosi sidinga isimo senhliziyo esifanele. Kukukhulekelwa ukuthi inhliziyo yakho ifanelekele indawo yombuso uNkulunkulu ikuhlelele wona. Ukubusa kukaSawule kusifundisa ukuthi umbuso ukhululiwe ekukhulekeleni, kodwa kudinga ukubekezela nokuzithoba. Sengathi uNkulunkulu angasivusela izinyathelo okufanele sizithathe ukuze sime ezindaweni zokubusa uzibizele kuzo, egameni likaJesu.
