INGABE UYINKOSI NGEMPELA?
“. . . ukuze ngiqede ibanga lami ngenjabulo, nomsebenzi wenkonzo, engawamukela eNkosini uJesu.”
IZenzo 20:24
Injabulo isho ukugcwaliseka okuphelele kwalokho engadalelwa khona futhi ngazalwa kabusha, hhayi ukwenza into ngempumelelo. Injabulo yeNkosi yethu yayisekwenzeni lokho uBaba ayithuma ukuba ikwenze, futhi ithi — "Njengoba uBaba engithumile, kanjalo nami ngiyanithuma." Ingabe ngiyamukele umsebenzi wenkonzo eNkosini? Uma kunjalo, kufanele ngithembeke kuwo, ngibheke ukuphila kwami njengokuyigugu kuphela ukuze ngifeze lowo msebenzi wenkonzo. Cabanga ngokwaneliseka okuyoba khona lapho uzwa uJesu ethi — "Wenze kahle, nceku enhle nethembekile"; ukwazi ukuthi ukwenzile akuthuma ukuba ukwenze. Sonke kufanele sithole indawo yethu ekuphileni, futhi ngokomoya siyithola lapho samukela umsebenzi wethu wenkonzo eNkosini. Ukuze senze lokhu kumelwe sihlale sihamba noJesu; kumelwe simazi njengongaphezu koMsindisi womuntu siqu. "Ngiyombonisa ukuthi kufanele ahlupheke kangakanani ngenxa yaMi."
"Uyangithanda?" Bese — "Yondla izimvu zaMi." Akukho ukukhetha inkonzo, kukhona kuphela ukwethembeka okuphelele emyalweni weNkosi yethu; ukwethembeka kulokho okuqondayo lapho usondelene kakhulu noNkulunkulu. Uma wamukele umsebenzi wenkonzo eNkosini uJesu, uyokwazi ukuthi isidingo asilona neze ubizo: isidingo siyithuba. Ubizo luwukwethembeka emsebenzini wenkonzo owawamukela lapho uthintene naYe ngempela. Lokhu akusho ukuthi kunomkhankaso wenkonzo owuhlelelwe wena, kodwa kusho ukuthi kuyodingeka ungazinaki izimfuno zenkonzo kwezinye izindlela.