Akungesabi Empini Isampula

Umthandazo uyimoto futhi ukholo lungamafutha.  

UMathewu 21:22 uthi, “Noma yini eniyicela ngokukhuleka niyoyithola, uma ninokholo.” 

Lapho sicela noma yini “ngokwentando yakhe, uyasizwa futhi uma sazi ukuthi uyasizwa noma yini esiyicelayo siyoyithola.” (1 Johane 5:14)

Ukwesaba kuvame ukusenza singakhuleki. Uma sithandaza, ngokuvamile kuba yindlela yokugcina. Sigxila kakhulu enkingeni yethu kunasesimeni sikaNkulunkulu. 

Umthandazo, nokho, uyinqola yempumelelo yakho. Kodwa imoto engenawo uphethiloli ayinanjongo. Umthandazo udinga amafutha okholo. Umkhuleko ongakholwa ungahle ungabi umkhuleko nhlobo.

Imibhalo isitshela ukuthi sizokwamukela lokho esikucelayo ngokholo, uma kuhambisana nentando kaNkulunkulu. 

Kuyo yonke imiBhalo, sibona izibonelo zezimangaliso ezandulelwa umthandazo ogcwele ukholo. Ekufundweni kweBhayibheli kwanamuhla, siyabona ukuthi uJesu wathandaza ngaphambi kokuba acele uLazaru ukuba aphume ethuneni. KuMathewu 14, uJesu wathatha izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili futhi wathandazela umnikelo - futhi wanda. Lapho uPetru ephulukisa indoda eyisishosha kuzEnzo 3, waqala wathandaza “egameni likaJesu Kristu waseNazaretha.”

Lapho indodakazi yethu uJenita isempini ngemva kokulwa nomdlavuza, mina nomkami sasichitha isikhathi esiningi siguqe ngamadolo. Sakhala kuNkulunkulu ukuba amphulukise. Sashaya iminyango yezulu. Yebo, ekugcineni, sahambisa intando yethu kuYe. Kodwa, ngazi ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi sinoNkulunkulu ozwa umkhuleko nophendula imithandazo ophendula okholweni lwethu.

Uma ungathanda ukufunda okwengeziwe ngohambo lwethu njengomndeni endaweni yempi yokwelashwa komdlavuza, ungafunda ngakho encwadini yami,  Ukungesabi Empini. 

Ohambweni lwethu, safunda ukuthi ukholo lubona okwenzekayo phakathi kokungenzeki; lubona amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo futhi akukunaki okwemvelo; ukholo luyabekezela ethembeni, luhleka okunengqondo futhi lungenisa izimangaliso.