INTO ENGCONO ELANDELAYO OKUMELE UYENZE
“Funani, niyothola.”
NgokukaLuka 11:9
"Niyacela, kodwa animukeli, ngoba nicela ngokungafanele." Uma ucela izinto ekuphileni esikhundleni sokuzicela kuNkulunkulu, ucela ngokungafanele, okungukuthi, ucela ngenxa yesifiso sokuzenza ube ngokoqobo. Lapho uzenza ube ngokoqobo ngokwengeziwe kulapho uyomfuna kancane khona uNkulunkulu. "Funani, niyothola." Qala ukusebenza, unciphise okukhathalelayo kube yile nto eyodwa. Wake wamfuna uNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, noma uke wamkhalela ngokuvilapha kuphela ngemva kokuhlatshwa okuncane kobuhlungu bezinzwa zokuziphatha? Funa, gxila, uyothola.
"Hhawu, nina nonke enomile, wozani emanzini." Ingabe womile, noma awunandaba ngokuzanelisa — waneliseke kakhulu ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakho kangangokuba awusafuni lutho olwengeziwe kuNkulunkulu? Okuhlangenwe nakho kuyisango, akusona isiphetho. Qaphela ukwakha ukholo lwakho phezu kokuhlangenwe nakho, ngokushesha kuyongena izwi lensimbi, izwi lokugxeka. Awusoze wanika omunye umuntu lokho okutholile, kodwa ungamenza alangazelele njengokulangazelela ikhaya lokho onakho.
"Nqonqothani, niyovulelwa." "Sondelani kuNkulunkulu." Nqonqotha — umnyango uvaliwe, nenhliziyo yakho ishaya ngamandla lapho unqonqotha. "Hlanza izandla zakho" — nqonqotha kakhudlwana, uqala ukuthola ukuthi ungcolile. "Hlanza inhliziyo yakho" — lokhu sekungokwakho ngokwengeziwe, manje uzimisele ngendlela ephelele — uzokwenza noma yini. "Hlupheka" — wake wahlupheka yini phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngesimo sokuphila kwakho kwangaphakathi? Akusele ngisho nentambo eyodwa yokuzidabukela, kodwa kunokuhlupheka okudabukisa inhliziyo kokumangala ukuthola ukuthi uwuhlobo lomuntu oyilo. "Zithobe" — kuyinto ekuthobisayo ukunqonqoza emnyango kaNkulunkulu — kumelwe unqonqothe kanye nesela elabethelwa. "Lowo onqonqothayo, uyovulelwa."