UNkulunkulu usinika isithunzi ngokusinika inkululeko yokuzikhethela, amandla okuzenzela izinqumo kunokuba kube nguye onquma kusengaphambili lokho esizokwenza. Cabanga ngalokho okufundiswa iBhayibheli.

• UNkulunkulu wadala abantu bokuqala ngomfanekiso wakhe. (Genesise 1:26) Ngokungefani nezilwane, ezenza izinto ngoba ziqhutshwa umuzwa wemvelo, thina silingisa uNkulunkulu ngokuba nezimfanelo ezinjengothando nobulungisa. Futhi njengoMdali wethu, sinenkululeko yokuzikhethela.

• Ngokwezinga elithile, siyakwazi ukuhlela ikusasa lethu. IBhayibheli lisikhuthaza ukuba ‘sikhethe ukuphila ngokulalela izwi likaNkulunkulu,’ okusho ukukhetha ukulalela imiyalo yakhe. (Duteronomi 30:19, 20) La mazwi abengeke asho lutho, futhi abeyobe anonya, uma besingenayo inkululeko yokuzikhethela. Esikhundleni sokusiphoqa ukuba senze lokho akushoyo, uNkulunkulu uyasincenga: “O ukube ubuyoyilalela nokuyilalela imiyalo yami! Khona-ke ukuthula kwakho bekuyoba njengomfula.”—Isaya 48:18.

• Ukuphumelela nokungaphumeleli kwethu akunqunywa kusengaphambili. Uma sifuna ukuphumelela kufanele sisebenze kanzima. IBhayibheli lithi: “Konke isandla sakho esikutholayo ukuba sikwenze, kwenze ngawo wonke amandla akho.” (UmShumayeli 9:10) Liphinde lithi: “Amacebo okhuthele ayamzuzisa.”—IzAga 21:5.

Inkululeko yokuzikhethela iyisipho esiyigugu esivela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba isenza sikwazi ukumthanda “ngayo yonke inhliziyo” yethu—ngokuzithandela.—Mathewu 22:37.

IBhayibheli lithi uNkulunkulu unguMninimandla Onke, amandla akhe awanakuvinjwa umuntu. (Jobe 37:23; Isaya 40:26) Noma kunjalo, amandla akhe akawasebenziseli ukulawula yonke into. Ngokwesibonelo, iBhayibheli lithi uNkulunkulu ‘wazithiba’ ngeBhabhiloni lasendulo, isitha sabantu bakhe. (Isaya 42:14) Ngendlela efanayo, okwamanje, ukhetha ukubabekezelela labo abasebenzisa kabi inkululeko yabo yokuzikhethela ukuze balimaze abanye. Kodwa uNkulunkulu ngeke ababekezelele kuze kube phakade.—IHubo 37:10, 11.