Kutheni "asinayo kutheni singaceli"?

Ukubuza into esiyifunayo yinto esiyenzayo amaxesha ngamaxesha kuyo yonke imihla yethu: uku-odola kwi-drive-thru, ukubuza umntu ukuba enze usuku / umtshato, ukubuza izinto zemihla ngemihla esizifunayo ebomini.

Kodwa ungathini ngokucela into esiyifunayo nzulu-iimfuno zobomi esingazi ukuba sizifuna ngokwenene? Kuthekani ngemithandazo esiyithethileyo kuThixo kwaye sizibuze ukuba kutheni ingaphendulwanga ngentando okanye ngokungaphendulwa kwaphela?

Kwincwadi kaYakobi, uYakobi, umkhonzi kaThixo, wabhala ecela uThixo ukuba asikhathalele iimfuno zethu, kodwa wabuza uThixo ngendlela enokholo endaweni yokufuna indlela yethu. KuYakobi 4: 2-3, uthi: "Awunanto ngenxa yokuba ungaceli kuThixo. Xa ucela, awufumani, kuba ucela izizathu ezingalunganga, ukuze uchithe oko ukufumanayo ukonwaba kwakho."

Yintoni enokufundwa kwesi Sibhalo kukuba singangayifumani into esifuna ukuba uThixo asisikelele ngayo kuba asibuzi sinenjongo elungileyo engqondweni. Sicela ezi zicelo ukwanelisa iimfuno zethu, iimfuno kunye neminqweno, kwaye uThixo unqwenela ukusisikelela ngemithandazo yethu, kodwa kuphela ukuba bafuna ukunceda abanye kwaye bamzukise, hayi thina kuphela.

Kukho okungaphezulu kokutyhilwa kule vesi, kunye nezinye iivesi eziphathelele kwinyaniso efanayo, ke makhe singene ngaphakathi kwaye sifunde ngakumbi malunga nokuba kuthetha ukuthini ukubuza uThixo ngeenjongo zobuthixo engqondweni.

Uthini umxholo ka Yakobi 4?
Ibhalwe nguYakobi, ekuthiwa eBhayibhileni "ulikhoboka likaThixo neleNkosi uYesu Krestu," uYakobi 4 uthetha ngemfuneko yokungabi nekratshi kodwa ukuthobeka. Esi sahluko sikwachaza nendlela esingafanele sibagwebe ngayo abazalwana noodadewethu okanye sijolise kuphela kwinto esiza kuyenza ngomso.

Incwadi kaJakobe yincwadi eyabhalwa nguYakobi kwizizwe ezilishumi elinambini kwihlabathi liphela, iicawa zokuqala zamaKrestu, ukuze babelane nabo ngobulumko nenyaniso ehambelana nentando kaThixo neemfundiso zikaYesu. bagubungela izihloko ezinjengokugcina amazwi ethu (Yakobi 3), ukunyamezela izilingo nokuba ngabaphumezi, hayi nje abaphulaphuli beBhayibhile (uYakobi 1 no-2), ukungafundi izinto esizithandayo nokwenza ukholo lwethu (Yakobi 3).

Xa sifika kuJames 4, kuyacaca ukuba incwadi kaJames sisiSibhalo esisikhuthaza ukuba sijonge ngaphakathi ukuze sibone ukuba yintoni ekufuneka itshintshiwe, sisazi ukuba izilingo ezisingqongileyo zingaphathwa ngcono xa simanyene noThixo engqondweni, umzimba nomoya.

U-Yakobi ugxila kwisahluko 4 ekuthetheni ngokungazingci, kodwa ngokuzithoba kuThixo endaweni yoko athobeke ngokufuna ukuba ezo zidingo zifezekiswe, njengoko "uThixo emelana nabanekratshi, kodwa abababale abathobekileyo" (Yakobi 4: 6). Esi sahluko siqhubeka sixelela abafundi ukuba bangathethi kakubi ngomnye nomnye, ngakumbi abazalwana noodade kuKristu, kwaye bangakholelwa ukuba usuku lomntu luchazwa nguwe, kodwa lujolise kwintando kaThixo kunye nantoni Ufuna yenziwe kuqala (Yakobi 4: 11-17).

Ukuqala kwesahluko 4 kunika umbono othembekileyo kumfundi ngokubuza ukuba ziqala njani iimfazwe, ziqala njani iimbambano kwaye uphendula umbuzo ngomnye umbuzo wokuba ingaba ezi ngxabano ziqala ngenxa yabantu abalandela iminqweno yabo yomzabalazo nolawulo (uJames 4: 1 -2). Oku kukhokelela kukhetho lwezibhalo zikaYakobi 4: 3 ukuba uninzi lwabantu alufumani eyona nto bayifunayo kuThixo kungenxa yokuba babuza ngeenjongo ezingalunganga.

Iindinyana ezilandelayo zivavanya ezinye izizathu zokuba kutheni abantu bebuza ukuba bafuna ntoni ngezizathu ezingalunganga. Oku kubandakanya inyani yokuba abantu abazama ukuba ngabahlobo nehlabathi baya kuba ziintshaba zikaThixo, nto leyo ekhokelela kwimvakalelo yelungelo okanye ikratshi elinokwenza kube nzima ngakumbi ukuva uThixo ngokucacileyo.

Ithini enye iBhayibhile ngokucela izinto?
UJames 4: 3 ayisiyiyo kuphela iivesi ethetha ngokucela uncedo lukaThixo kwiimfuno zakho, amaphupha akho kunye neminqweno yakho. UYesu wabelana ngeyona ndinyana ibonakalayo kuMateyu 7: 7-8: “Celani, niya kunikwa; funani, nofumana; nkqonkqoza uze uvulelwe umnyango. Kuba bonke abo bacelayo bafumana; lowo ufunayo uyafumana; kwaye kuye nabani na onkqonkqozayo, ucango luya kuvulwa. ”Kukwathethwa okufanayo kuLuka 16: 9.

UYesu wathetha nangento ezakwenzeka xa sicela kuThixo ngokholo: "Kwaye nantoni na eniyicela emthandazweni, nikholwa, niyayifumana" (Mat. 21:22).

Ukwabelana ngokufanayo kuYohane 15: 7: "Ukuba nithe nahlala kum, namazwi am ahlala kuni, niyakucela into eniyifunayo, niyenzelwe."

UYohane 16: 23-24 uthi: “Ngaloo mini aniyi kuba sandibuza nto. Inene ndithi kuni, Zonke izinto enithe nazicela kuBawo egameni lam, woninika. Khange ubuze nto egameni lam kude kube ngoku. Celani, niya kwamkela, novuyo lwenu luzaliseke. "

U-Yakobi 1: 5 ukwacebisa ngento eyenzekayo xa sifuna ukhokelo lukaThixo: "Ukuba ke ubani kuni uswele ubulumko, makacele kuThixo, onika bonke ngesisa, engangcikivi; wobunikwa."

Ukukhanya kwezi ndinyana, kuyacaca ukuba masibuze ngendlela eya kuzisa uzuko kuThixo kwaye itsalele abantu kuye, ngelixa kwangaxeshanye sanelisa iimfuno kunye neminqweno esinayo. UThixo akasayi kuyamkela imithandazo malunga nokuba sisityebi, ngokuziphindezela kwiintshaba, okanye ngokuba ngcono kunabanye ukuba akuhambelani nentando yakhe ukuba sithande abamelwane bethu njengoko sizithanda ngako.

Ngaba uThixo uya kusinika yonke into esiyicelayo?
Ngelixa sicela uThixo ukuba iintswelo zethu zifezekiswe ngeenjongo ezilungileyo, akanyanzelekanga ukuba azifezekise ezo zicelo ngomthandazo. Ngapha koko, kukho amaxesha amaninzi ayenzi njalo. Kodwa siyaqhubeka nokuthandaza kwaye sicela izinto nangayiphi na indlela.

Xa sijonga into esiyithandazelayo, kufuneka siqonde kwaye sikhumbule ukuba ixesha likaThixo alifani nexesha lethu. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba wenze izicelo zakho zenzeke ngokuqhwanyaza kweliso, ukuba umonde, ukwaneliseka, unyamezelo nothando ziyafezekiswa ngokulinda.

NguThixo okunike loo minqweno entliziyweni yakho. Ngamanye amaxesha, xa kukho ukuphelelwa lixesha ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke into, yazi ukuba injongo kaThixo kukusikelela ngalo mnqweno akunike wona.

Olunye uvakalelo endihlala ndilukhumbula xa ndisokola nokulindela ilungiselelo likaThixo kukukhumbula ukuba u "hayi" kaThixo usenokungabi ngu "hayi" kodwa "hayi okwangoku". Okanye, ikwanokuba ngu "Ndinento ebhetele engqondweni".

Ungatyhafi xa ucinga ukuba ubuza ngenjongo ezintle kwaye uyazi ukuba uThixo angakunika, kodwa ufumanisa ukuba umthandazo wakho awukaphendulwa okanye uzalisekisiwe. Ayilibalekanga emehlweni kaThixo, kodwa iya kusetyenziswa ukufezekisa okuninzi ebukumkanini bakhe kwaye ikhule njengomntwana wakhe.

Chitha ixesha uthandaza
U-Yakobi 4: 3 usinika idosi eyiyo yokwenyani xa uYakobi esabelana ukuba izicelo zomthandazo esinazo zisenokungaphendulwa kuba asiceli ngenjongo zobuthixo kodwa ngeenjongo zehlabathi.

Nangona kunjalo, le vesi ayithethi ukuba awukwazi ukuya kuThixo ngomthandazo kwaye akazukuphendula. Kuthetha okungakumbi ukuba xa uthatha ixesha lokufumanisa ukuba le nto uyicelayo iyinto elungileyo kuwe nakuThixo, emva koko uye wazimisela ukuba yinto onqwenela ukuba uThixo ayifeze okanye hayi.

Kukwanokuqonda ukuba ngenxa yokuba uThixo engawuphendulanga umthandazo wakho akuthethi ukuba ngekhe; Ngokwesiqhelo, kuba uThixo usazi ngcono kunokuba sizazi thina, impendulo kwisicelo sethu somthandazo ingcono kunokuba besilindele.