Cela futhi uzonikwa: bonisa njengoba uthandaza
Buza futhi uzokwamukela; sesha futhi uzothola; kungqongqoze umnyango uvuleke ... "
"Kangakanani-ke uYihlo osezulwini ukubapha izinto ezinhle labo abamcelayo." UMathewu 7: 7, 11
UJesu ucace bha ukuthi uma sicela, sizokwamukela, lapho sithungatha, sizothola futhi uma singqongqoza, umnyango uzakuvulelwa. Kepha ingabe lokhu kungukuhlangenwe nakho kwakho? Kwesinye isikhathi singabuza, sicele futhi sicele, futhi kubonakala sengathi umthandazo wethu uhlala ungaphendulwa, okungenani ngendlela esifuna ukuphendulwa ngayo. Ngakho-ke uJesu usho ukuthini lapho ethi "buza ... funa ... knock" uzokwamukela?
Isihluthulelo sokuqonda lesi sikhuthazo esivela eNkosini yethu ukuthi, njengoba umBhalo usho ngenhla, ngomkhuleko wethu, uNkulunkulu uzobanika "izinto ezinhle kulabo abacelayo." Akusithembisi lokho esikucelayo; kunalokho, ithembisa okuhle nokuhle ngempela, ikakhulukazi, ukuze sisindiswe phakade.
Lokhu kuphakamisa umbuzo: "Manje ngithandaza kanjani futhi ngithandazela ini?" Empeleni, wonke umthandazo ophumelelayo esiwushoyo kufanele kube ngentando yeNkosi, akukho okunye futhi okungasho lutho. Kwenziwe intando yakhe ephelele.
Kungaba nzima ngokwengeziwe ukuthandazela lokho okungase kulindelwe ngaphambili. Kaningi sithanda ukuthandazela ukuthi "intando yami yenziwe" kunokuthi "intando yakho yenziwe". Kepha uma singathembela futhi sithembele ezingeni elijulile, ukuthi intando kaNkulunkulu iphelele futhi isinikeza zonke "izinto ezinhle", bese sifuna intando Yakhe, siyicele futhi singqongqoza emnyango weNhliziyo Yakhe kuzokhiqiza ubuningi bomusa njengoNkulunkulu funa ukukunikeza.
Cabanga namuhla ngendlela okhuleka ngayo. Zama ukuguqula umkhuleko wakho ukuze ubheke izinto ezinhle uNkulunkulu afuna ukukunika zona kunezinto eziningi ofuna uNkulunkulu azinikeze zona. Ekuqaleni kungaba nzima ukuyeka imibono yakho nentando yakho, kodwa ekugcineni uzobusiswa ngezinto eziningi ezinhle ezivela kuNkulunkulu.
Nkosi ngiyakhuleka ukuba intando yakho yenziwe ezintweni zonke. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngifisa ukuzinikela kuwe futhi ngithembele ezinhlelweni zakho ezinhle. Ngisize, Nkosi ethandekayo, ukulahla imibono yami nezifiso zami futhi ngifuna intando yakho ngaso sonke isikhathi. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.