Ukucamngca kwanamhlanje: Ukufuna ubulumko

Masifumane ukutya okungapheliyo, masenze umsebenzi wosindiso lwethu. Sisebenza kwisidiliya seNkosi, ukuze sikwazi ukufumana imali yethu yemihla ngemihla. Masenze ngokukhanya kobulumko obusithi: Lowo wenza imisebenzi yakhe ekukhanyeni kwam akazukuona (cf. Sir 24:21). "Intsimi lihlabathi" (Mt 13: 38), itsho iNyaniso. Masiyijonge kwaye siza kufumana ubutyebi obufihliweyo apho. Masikhuphe. Ngapha koko bubulumko obunye obukhutshwe kwindawo yokuzimela. Sonke siyayifuna, sonke siyayinqwenela.
Uthi: "Ukuba ufuna ukubuza, buza, guqula, yiza!" (Ngama-21, 12). Undibuza ukuba ndiguquke ntoni? Suka kwiminqweno yakho. Kwaye ukuba andibufumani kwiminqweno yam, ndingabufumana phi obu bulumko? Umphefumlo wam uyamlangazelela. Ukuba uyayifuna, uya kuyifumana. Kodwa akwanele ukuyifumana. Xa sele ifunyenwe, kufuneka uyigalele entliziyweni ngomlinganiso olungileyo, ucofiwe, ugungqisiwe kwaye uphuphuma (cf. Lk 6:38). Kwaye kulungile. Inene: Unoyolo umntu ofumene ubulumko, kwaye enobulumko obuninzi (cf. Pro 3: 13). Yifune ke ngelixa uyifumanayo, kwaye ngelixa ikufuphi kuwe, yibize. Ngaba uyafuna ukuziva ukuba sisondele kangakanani kuwe? Lisondele kuwe ilizwi elisentliziyweni yakho nasemlonyeni wakho (cf. Rom. 10: 8), kodwa kuphela xa ulifuna ngentliziyo ethe tye. Ngaloo ndlela ke uya kubufumana ubulumko entliziyweni yakho, uya kuwutha umlomo wakho ube sisilumko; kodwa bona ukuba iqukuqela isiza kuwe, ingekuko ukuba iyaphuma okanye iyaliwa.
Ngokuqinisekileyo ufumene ubusi, ukuba ufumene ubulumko. Musa nje ukuyitya kakhulu, ngenxa yoko akufuneki uyilahle emva kokuba uhluthi. Yitya ukuze uhlale ulambile. Ngapha koko, ubulumko buthi: "Abo bandityayo basaya kulamba" (Sir 24: 20). Sukuyithatha kakhulu into onayo. Musa ukutya ukutya kwakho ukuze ungalahli kwaye ngenxa yokuba ucinga ukuba unayo, ayikrazulwanga kuwe, kuba uye wakutyeshela ngaphambi kwexesha lokufuna. Ngapha koko, umntu akufuneki ayeke ukufuna okanye ukubhenela kubulumko ngelixa bunokufunyanwa busondele. Ngaphandle koko, ngokukaSolomon ngokwakhe, nanjengoko lowo utya ubusi obuninzi efumana ubungozi, ke yena ofuna ukuphonononga ubungangamsha bukaThixo utyunyuzwa bubuqaqawuli bakhe (cf. Pro. 25:27). Njengokuba umntu ofumana ubulumko esikelelekile, ngokunjalo, okanye nangakumbi usikelelwe, uhlala kubulumko. Oku eneneni mhlawumbi kuchaphazela ubuninzi bayo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo kwezi meko zintathu kukho ubulumko nobulumko obuninzi emilebeni yomlomo wakho.Ukuba uvuma emlonyeni wakho ubugwenxa bakho, ukuba unombulelo kunye nengoma yendumiso, ukuba ekugqibeleni unencoko eyakhayo. Ngokwenyani "ngentliziyo umntu ukholelwa ekufumaneni ubulungisa kwaye ngomlomo umntu wenza ukuba ukholo lwakhe lube nosindiso" (Rom 10, 10). Kananjalo: Ilungisa liba ngummangaleli kwasekuqaleni kwentetho yalo (cf. Ipro 18, 12), embindini kufuneka amkhulise uThixo kwaye ngomzuzu wesithathu kufuneka azaliswe bubulumko ukuze akhe ummelwane wakhe.