Ukucamngca kosuku: thandazela ukuthanda kukaThixo
Ukucamngca komhla, thandazela intando kaThixo: kucacile lo ngumbuzo ophendulwa nguYesu, akakho umzali onokuthi anike unyana okanye intombi yakhe ilitye okanye inyoka xa becela ukutya. Kodwa kucacile ukuba inqaku. UYesu uqhubeka athi: “… Wobeka phi na ke yena uYihlo osemazulwini ukubanika izinto ezilungileyo abo bamcelayo”.
Nguwuphi na umntu kuni ongázisa ilitye kunyana wakhe, akucela isonka; okanye inyoka xa ayicele intlanzi? UMateyu 7: 9–10 Xa uthandaza ngokholo olunzulu, ngaba iNkosi yethu iya kukunika oko ukufunayo? Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo. UYesu wathi: “Celani, niya kunikwa; funani, nofumana; nkqonkqoza uze uvulelwe umnyango. Kodwa le ngxelo kufuneka ifundwe ngononophelo ngaphakathi kwimeko yonke yokufundisa kukaYesu apha. Inyani yento yile, kukuba xa sicela ngokunyanisekileyo "izinto ezilungileyo", oko kukuthi, oko uThixo wethu olungileyo afuna ukusinika kona, akasayi kuphoxeka. Ewe akuthethi ukuba xa sicela into kuYesu, uya kusinika yona.
Zeziphi ezi "zinto zilungileyo" inkosi yethu eya kuthi ngokuqinisekileyo isinike zona? Okokuqala, kukuxolelwa kwezono zethu. Singaqiniseka ngokupheleleyo ukuba ukuba siyazithoba phambi koThixo wethu olungileyo, ngakumbi kwiSakramente yoXolelwaniso, siyakunikwa isipho sokuxolela simahla nesiguqulayo.
Ngaphandle kokuxolelwa kwezono zethu, zininzi ezinye izinto esizifunayo ebomini kwaye zininzi nezinye izinto uThixo wethu olungileyo afuna ukusinika zona. Umzekelo, uThixo uya kusoloko efuna ukusinika amandla esiwafunayo ukuze soyise izilingo ebomini. Uya kusoloko efuna ukusinika ezona mfuno zethu zisisiseko. Uya kuhlala efuna ukusinceda sikhule kuzo zonke izinto ezintle. Ngokuqinisekileyo ufuna ukusisa ezulwini. Ezi zizinto ekufuneka sizithandazele ingakumbi yonke imihla.
Ukucamngca kosuku: Thandazela ukuthanda kukaThixo
Ukucamngca kosuku, ukuthandazela ukuthanda kukaThixo - kodwa uthini ngezinye izinto, ezinje ngomsebenzi omtsha, imali eninzi, ikhaya elingcono, ukwamkelwa kwisikolo esithile, ukuphiliswa ngokwasemzimbeni, njl. Imithandazo yethu kwezi kunye nezinto ezinje ebomini kufuneka zithandazwe, kodwa ngesilumkiso. Isilumkiso kukuba sithandazela ukuba ukuthanda kukaThixo kwenziwe, hayi okwethu. Kuya kufuneka sizithobe siqonde ukuba asiwuboni umfanekiso omkhulu wobomi kwaye asisoloko siyazi into eza kunika uThixo olona zuko lukhulu kuzo zonke izinto. Ke ngoko, kunokuba ngcono ukuba ungawufumani loo msebenzi mtsha, okanye wamkelwe kwesi sikolo, okanye nokuba esi sifo asipheli ekuphiliseni. Kodwa sinokuqiniseka ukuba Dio iya kuhlala isinika ukuba yintoni eyona ilungele thina kwaye yintoni esivumela ukuba sinike uThixo olona uzuko lukhulu ebomini. Ukubethelelwa kweNkosi yethu ngumzekelo ogqibeleleyo. Wathandazela ukuba le ndebe ithathwe kuye, “kodwa hayi ukuthanda kwam kodwa okwakho makwenziwe. Ukucamngca okunamandla komhla kunokusebenza konke oku.
Cinga namhlanje ngendlela othandaza ngayo. Ngaba uthandaza ngokuzikhethela kwisiphumo, usazi ukuba iNkosi yethu iyazi ngcono? Ngaba uyavuma ngokuthobekileyo ukuba nguThixo kuphela owaziyo okona kukulungeleyo? Ndiyathemba ukuba kunjalo kwaye thandaza ngokuzithemba ngokupheleleyo ukuba ukuthanda kukaThixo kuyenzeka kuzo zonke izinto kwaye ungaqiniseka ukuba uya kuwuphendula loo mthandazo. Umthandazo onamandla kuYesu: Nkosi ethandekayo yobulumko obungenasiphelo kunye nolwazi, ndincede ndihlale ndibeka ithemba lam kukulunga kwakho kwaye ndizikhathalele. Ndincede ndiguquke kuwe yonke imihla ndiswele kwaye ndithembe ukuba uya kuwuphendula umthandazo wam ngokwentando yakho egqibeleleyo. Ndibeka ubomi bam ezandleni zakho, Nkosi ethandekayo. Yenza kum njengoko unqwenela. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.